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Title: GM Says New Battery Chemistry Will Enable 400-Mile Range EVs
Link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/14/...
General Motors is partnering with LG to develop lithium manganese-rich (LMR)
batteries, which are safer, denser, and cheaper than current EV battery tech.
The automaker aims to begin U.S. production by 2028 and become the first to
deploy LMR cells in electric vehicles. Ford also announced it would start
adopting LMR batteries for its EVs, but not until 2030. The Verge reports:
GM's current crop of electric Chevys and Cadillacs use high-nickel batteries,
which supply enough energy for around 300-320 miles of range. The new LMR
batteries are denser, with greater space efficiency due to their prismatic
shape, enabling up to 400 miles of range, GM says. Prismatic cells are packed
flat in rigid cases and are generally thought to be less complex to
manufacture than cylindrical cells. Less complexity and cheaper materials
will hopefully lead to lower-cost EVs, which has been a significant challenge
for the auto industry's shift to electric vehicles. "The EV growth rate is
really dependent on how quickly we can bring the costs down over time," says
GM's VP for batteries Kurt Kelty. "And this is the biggest lever we have.
Batteries make up roughly 30 to 40 percent of the cost of vehicles. And if
you can drop that down significantly like we're doing here, then it ends up
being a lower cost to the consumer."
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