GM, LG Power Strategy to create new, low charge battery cells for long run EVS
General Motors (GM) and battery partners LG Energy Solutions are planned to start commercial production of low -cost cells for the future Electric vehicle in an American facility Started in 2028, companies said on Tuesday.
The cells will have a lithium manganese-rich (LMR) chemistry, which GM says that the nickel-rich cells used today have a lower cost, but still they will give customers in future electric trucks and full-sized SUVs.
According to GM, cells will vs. current bags versus current bag structure, reduce the number of parts in the battery pack.
Detroit automakers, which now have 12 electric vehicles in its lineup, are trying to reduce your battery cost to enable cost equity with their gas-operated products by combining new types of cells and chemistry in those cells.
“We are adopting flexible chemistry for the best balance of range, performance and strength,” said Calty, Vice President of GM of battery, propulsion and stability during a media briefing on the announcement.
“My mission here is to get more and more EVS on the road.
The LG Energy Solution is a South Korean-based battery company that is partnered with Stalentis in a large-scale Nextstar Energy EV Battery Factory at Windsor, Onts. Some? Production is already running Last year with workers assembled in groups known as modules. This is eventually expected to provide employment to 2,500 people.
Despite the word on Tuesday Honda was postponing the scheme For at least two years for its Ontario EV plant, the Nextstar plant is still on track. However, a firm has not yet been determined for full production opening.
For GM convenience, LMR cells will be made on one of the two LG-GM joint-elevated ultimal cells that companies have in Ohio and Tennessee. With LMR prismatic cells, GM is expected to offer more than 640 kilometers range in the same charge on an electric truck, “Calty said,” Calty said significantly, “a significant reduced cost of our battery.
GM is expecting the cost of its battery pack in 2025 to reduce the $ 30 USD per kilowatt-hour, but it is not said how much it costs per kilowatt.
GM lithium-core is also planning to offer vehicles with phosphate-based cells that are also lower cost than nickel cells. Calty said that GM will soon release more information.
While GM aims to become the first automeker to commercially deploy LMR batteries in its electric vehicles, Crossstown rival Ford Motor is also working on deploying technology, recently its director has written on LinkedIn according to a blog.
