The facility will also interface with a network of battery development sites located inside GM’s Global Technology Center campus.
see photosThe new generation battery will be different from the pouch cell
General Motors is investing a lot of money in a next-generation battery platform it calls Altium and now has a facility in Michigan called the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center that will accelerate the development and commercialization of long-range EV batteries. more affordable. The facility is located at GM’s Global Technical Center and will play an important role in GM’s EV-only future, to which it is already committed.
The facility will also be used to integrate GM-affiliated battery innovators, helping the company reach at least 60 percent lower battery costs with its next-generation Ultium batteries. The facility under construction will be completed in mid-2022, but is expected to grow to three times the size of the facility.
The facility will manufacture prototype cells in the fourth quarter of 2022. This will accelerate new technologies such as lithium metal, silicon and solid-state batteries. It is also part of GM’s joint venture with LG Energy Solutions. The facility will manufacture large format lithium metal batteries as large as 1,000 mm that will be twice the size of the initial Altium pouch cell battery.
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These batteries will range from 600 to 1200 watt-hours per liter and the plant will also make important battery cell materials such as cell active ingredients.
“The Wallace Center will significantly enhance the development and production of our next generation Ultium batteries and our ability to bring the next generation EV batteries to market. The Wallace Center addition is a major expansion of our battery development operations and will be a The sale is an important part of our plan to build what will be the basis for more affordable EVs with longer range in the future,” said Doug Parks, GM Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.
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The facility will also interface with a network of battery development sites located inside GM’s Global Technology Center campus.
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