General Motors has cracked the chemistry of lower-cost, energy-dense electric vehicle batteries. Budget-conscious gasoline ...

The new batteries and packs utilize more-prevalent, less-expensive minerals and are lighter and more cost-effective.

GM says the new cells will be cheaper for a few reasons. For one, manganese is cheaper than cobalt or nickel. The LMR ...

So what is LMR? Lithium manganese-rich is a lithium-ion technology designed to remove a significant amount of cobalt from the ...

GM says it has developed cells that will make batteries cheaper and more energy dense. The automaker aims to be the first to ...

General Motors is teaming up with LG to develop lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries for its electric trucks and SUVs. The ...

The lithium-manganese-rich cell, developed with LG Chem, uses far less cobalt and nickel than current lithium-ion cells.

A battery tech breakthrough has GM on the verge of releasing less-expensive long-range electric trucks and full-size SUVs.

GM and its partner LG Energy Solution plan to launch production of the technology, called lithium manganese-rich batteries, ...

The Detroit automaker is trying to lower its battery costs to enable cost parity with its gas-powered products by adding new ...

General Motors and LG Energy Solution will begin commercial production of lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic battery ...

General Motors and battery partner LG Energy Solution are planning to start commercial production of lower-cost cells for ...