GM eyes new battery chemistry to grow AI data center, energy storage business
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- Both moves are meant to address concerns about rising energy costs amid an artificial intelligence boom.
- Not having to cool the battery cells could lead to lower upfront costs as well as operating costs, the automaker said.
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General Motors is expanding efforts to capitalize on the expected growth of energy storage and data centers by promoting different battery cell chemistries, while also offering more support for its electric vehicle owners to combat higher energy costs.
The Detroit automaker detailed plans Tuesday to increase its vehicle-to-grid capabilities — in which a vehicle can provide energy to the electric grid — for its EV customers and develop next-generation sodium-ion batteries that GM's battery leader said "will reshape grid-scale energy storage."