Over the past year, researchers at GM's large laboratory in Warren, Michigan, have debugged 18 new battery chemical system solutions with the goal of reducing battery costs — the high cost of batteries is one of the biggest barriers to American consumers buying electric vehicles. GM management believes that if it can finalize a suitable formula for this special battery that relies on cheap manganese, after many failed attempts, the company will finally have a chance to launch a large number of affordable electric vehicles. If this test is successfully completed and mass production is scaled up, GM plans to install this manganese-based battery in at least one new commercial electric vehicle in 2028, and promote it to more models in the next few years. The news that this test plant has been put into operation and trial production of cathode materials has been revealed for the first time. This marks GM entering a new stage of careful scrutiny in the electric vehicle business. Just eight months ago, GM calculated an impairment loss of 6 billion US dollars for investment related to electric vehicles; between 2024 and 2025, Cruise, an autonomous driving subsidiary of GM, also brought about an investment impairment of about 1.1 billion US dollars, and the company was shut down at the end of 2024.

Over the past year, researchers at GM's large laboratory in Warren, Michigan, have debugged 18 new battery chemical system solutions with the goal of reducing battery costs — the high cost of batteries is one of the biggest barriers to American consumers buying electric vehicles. GM management believes that if it can finalize a suitable formula for this special battery that relies on cheap manganese, after many failed attempts, the company will finally have a chance to launch a large number of affordable electric vehicles. If this test is successfully completed and mass production is scaled up, GM plans to install this manganese-based battery in at least one new commercial electric vehicle in 2028, and promote it to more models in the next few years. The news that this test plant has been put into operation and trial production of cathode materials has been revealed for the first time. This marks GM entering a new stage of careful scrutiny in the electric vehicle business. Just eight months ago, GM calculated an impairment loss of 6 billion US dollars for investment related to electric vehicles; between 2024 and 2025, Cruise, an autonomous driving subsidiary of GM, also brought about an investment impairment of about 1.1 billion US dollars, and the company was shut down at the end of 2024.