March 6, 2025: Electrovaya, the Canadian-headquartered lithium ion polymer firm, said on March 3 it is set to launch the first phase of battery system manufacturing in the US next month.

The firm’s Jamestown campus, a 52-acre site with a 135,000 ft2 manufacturing facility in New York State, is its first step toward producing lithium ion cells and battery systems in the country, with overall investments estimated to exceed $70 million over the first phase.

The announcement came a day before Electrovaya confirmed it had received a purchase order valued at around $4.2 million for batteries to be used by a cold storage logistics operator in the US to power material handling electric vehicles. 

The operator already operates six facilities using Electrovaya’s Infinity Battery Technology.

Electrovaya CEO Raj DasGupta said the firm will be one of just a few independent lithium ion battery manufacturers in the US. 

In addition to Jamestown, Electrovaya has two operating sites in Canada.