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Forget Solid-State. This EV Battery Breakthrough Is Ready To Upend The Market Now

General Motors is betting on silicon anodes as the next leap in EV battery technology.

InsideEVs · Jun 18

GM is getting in on the data center game — auto giant will start building huge sodium-ion batteries to help with energy storage

GM and Peak Energy will develop sodium-ion batteries for utilities and data centers, aiming to lower power storage costs.

TechRadar · Jun 16

Sodium Batteries And EVs That Power The Grid: Inside GM's Big Energy Push

With sodium-ion batteries and vehicle-to-grid technology, General Motors' growth ambitions extend far beyond cars.

InsideEVs · Jun 13

GM’s Next-Gen EV Truck Battery Promises More Range, Lower Cost

General Motors and Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution have jointly developed a new lithium manganese rich (LMR) battery chemistry that promises to extend driving range and lower the cost of electric trucks. The new batteries will debut on GM’s models in 2028.

InsideEVs · May 13, 2025

General Motors Just Hired Tesla's Former Head Of Autopilot

Another day, another Tesla defector heads to Detroit. This time, it's none other than Sterling Anderson, one of the OGs who headed up Tesla's early Autopilot program until he left in 2016 to co-found the autonomous trucking company, Aurora.

InsideEVs · May 12, 2025

General Motors’ EV Battery Cell Production Overtakes Tesla: Report

In many ways, the lithium-ion battery is the combustion-engine equivalent for EVs. It defines how EVs are built, sold and driven. But unlike gas engines, which take years and billions of dollars to develop for each new vehicle, a well-designed battery platform can do a lot more with a lot…

InsideEVs · Apr 15, 2025

Chevy Silverado EV, New Chevy Bolt Will Get Cheaper LFP Batteries

Unlike most other so-called "traditional" automakers who are trying to go electric, General Motors seems to have figured out the secret sauce: whoever controls the batteries controls the future. And two promising electric models are about to benefit from GM's battery advancements that should make cars cheaper to buy. 

InsideEVs · Apr 15, 2025

Elon Musk Will Not Get A $100 Billion Pay Package For Christmas

Remember Elon Musk's $56 billion payday? I know what you're thinking: not this news again. But, yes, this news again—Musk's multi-billion-dollar pay package is once again a topic of debate. More than five months after it fell off the news cycle, things aren't looking great for ol' Elon despite the…

InsideEVs · Dec 3, 2024

GM Will Dump 'Ultium' Branding, Rethink How It Does Batteries

GM is changing how it incorporates batteries into its EVs. They will no longer be all the same, but be tailored for individual EVs.

InsideEVs · Oct 8, 2024

GM Just Poached Tesla's All-Time-Great Battery Chief

Today on Critical Materials: GM poaches Tesla's battery chief, China will help EV manufacturers despite sanctions, and the UAW calls for higher import tariffs.

InsideEVs · Feb 8, 2024