SES AI opens UAM facility in South Korea

SES AI announced that it completed the conversion and Field Acceptance Test, or FAT, of its Li-Metal cell production facility dedicated to Urban Air Mobility UAM in Chungju, South Korea. The completion of this line conversion and FAT is the world’s first high-energy density Li-Metal line dedicated to UAM applications. The facility will also have AI for Manufacturing and AI for Safety installed. SES AI has been working with its UAM partners on new cell design and converting its previous EV A-sample line to a UAM line since it first announced UAM as an exciting, new strategic market that complements its EV efforts in 2023.