GM to open battery cell lab in suburban Detroit

A GM Research and Development electrochemist forms a prototype battery cell in the fabrication lab within GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. GM is projecting that its second-generation Ultium packs, expected later this decade, will cost 60 percent less than the batteries in use today with twice the energy density expected. (JENNY RISHER)

October 05, 2021 12:00 PM

DETROIT — General Motors next year plans to open a battery cell innovation lab at its Global Technical Center campus in Warren, Mich., centralizing much of its battery operations and accelerating development of a longer-range battery, the automaker said Tuesday.

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