LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — General Motors is promising a new electric vehicle battery that it says will be cheaper and have more range.
It’s called the LMR battery, short for lithium manganese rich. General Motors officials said there are no EVs with this type of battery on the road currently because, in the past, there have been issues with battery life and voltage decay. GM, along with its collaborator, LG Energy Solutions, says they have figured out the problems and are ready to move.
Now that one of Lansing’s assembly plants is converting into an EV facility, 6 News spoke with the President and C.E.O. of the Lansing Economic Development Corporation, Karl Dorshimer, and what this new technology could mean for demand in the area.
“One way or another they’re going to be on the forefront of automotive technology,” Dorshimer said about GM…