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Why General Motors Is Betting on Sodium-Ion Batteries

Inside Climate News · Jun 18, 2026, 1:00 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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Peak Energy announced last week that it has entered a new partnership with General Motors to manufacture sodium-ion batteries for energy storage systems. The deal marks a pivotal moment for Peak, a startup founded three years ago, and an opportunity for GM to branch out into a battery technology tha

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