SEE MORESila’s newly commissioned silicon anode manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, Wash. (Sila Photo)Battery materials startup Sila is starting operations today at its automotive-scale manufacturing facility, located in Moses Lake, Wash. (Sila Photo)The company broke ground in Moses Lake less than two years ago and last year raised $375 million to help fund the completion of the plant. It has 400 employees, with 100 working at the manufacturing plant. California-based OneD Battery Sciences shuttered its pilot manufacturing facility in Moses Lake this past spring, and appears to have ceased all operations. Sila expects to employ up to 500 people in Moses Lake when it ramps up to full capacity.