The EV Game Just Changed FOREVER

General Motors just dropped a BOMBSHELL that’ll shake up the electric vehicle industry. Their new lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) battery technology is about to DESTROY the cost vs. range tradeoff we’ve all been suffering through.

“With LMR, we can deliver over 400-mile range in our trucks while significantly reducing our battery costs”

Kurt Kelty, GM’s VP of Battery, Propulsion, and Sustainability

Why This is a TOTAL GAME-CHANGER

• Costs SLASHED: Manganese is cheaper than cobalt or nickel – the new LMR chemistry uses 60-70% manganese vs current batteries with 80% nickel
• Range PRESERVED: 400+ miles while being cheaper than today’s 492-mile Silverado EV ($73,000+)
• Supply Chain WIN: Reduces reliance on scarce domestic nickel and cobalt (just 0-2% cobalt vs current 10%)

GM Cracked the Code Where Others Failed

Previous manganese-rich batteries degraded too fast – but GM’s decade of research and 50+ patents have SOLVED it. They’ve already:

• Built 300 large-format test cells
• Simulated 1.5 MILLION miles of driving
• Switched to prismatic cells that use 50% fewer parts

The EV Market is About to Get SHAKEN UP

GM’s strategy is CRYSTAL CLEAR:

• Entry-level: Lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries (~$6,000 cheaper but 350-mile range)
• MAINSTREAM: New LMR batteries (400+ mile range at lower cost)
• Premium: Current nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) for max range/performance

“It meets all our performance metrics, we have a partner that’s going to manufacture it, and we’ve got a manufacturing location… There’s a lot of things coming together here that really make us want to go quickly.”

Kurt Kelty on hitting the 2028 target

The Bottom Line

GM isn’t just playing the EV game – they’re CHANGING it. By 2028, we could see:

• More affordable EVs WITHOUT range anxiety
• Less reliance on problematic supply chains
• A potential DOMINO EFFECT across the industry

One thing’s certain: The race for better, cheaper EV batteries just got REAL.