GM and LG Energy’s LMR Battery Shift: Is Cheaper EV Range Closer?
A battery plant already making cells for energy storage is getting ready for a very different job. That caught my eye. Ultium Cells, the GM–LG Energy Solution joint venture, says it will upgrade its Spring Hill, Tennessee, facility for lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic cells intended for future GM electric vehicles. The company sees a way to get more energy from an affordable battery chemistry. There is an appealing headline here: longer-range EVs without the price tag of a conventional high-nickel battery. But the factory change and the vehicle economics are two separate tests. Can this chemistry pass both? Previous Tech(EN) post: GPT-6.1 Sol vs GPT-6 Sol: Better Agents, Same API Price? Key Takeaways On its September 28, 2026-dated announcement, the GM–LG Energy joint venture said it plans to modify Spring Hill for LMR prismatic EV cells . The work is expected to finish in 2028; a specific start date for the new line was not disclosed. The site has already begun ma...