此前有报道称，三星SDI一直在与包括Stellantis和Rivian在内的电动汽车制造商进行谈判，以供应在美国潜在工厂生产的电池。据消息人士称，三星正考虑投资至少3万亿韩元（26.2亿美元），为Stellantis生产电池，并投资至少1万亿韩元，为Rivian生产电池。
Samsung SDI, a subsidiary of South Korea's Samsung Group, is considering building a battery factory in central Illinois, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin revealed on Thursday.
Samsung SDI is discussing building a battery factory in Normal, Illinois, Durbin said. AmazonRivian, an electric car start-up backed by Ford and Ford, currently has a factory in Normal and said in April that Samsung SDI would provide batteries for its cars.
"We are competing for a large battery factory at Samsung," Durbin said on Thursday. A delegation came from South Korea this week. I talked to them, and so did others. We hope that Samsung's factory will be located next door to Rivian. This decision has not been made yet. Owning the battery factory will also create thousands of jobs. "
It follows reports that Samsung SDI has been in talks with electric car makers, including Stellantis and Rivian, to supply batteries produced at potential factories in the US. Samsung is considering investing at least Won3,000bn ($2.62 billion) to produce batteries for Stellantis and at least Won1tn to produce batteries for Rivian, according to sources.
