General Motors and LG Energy Solution will begin commercial production of lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic battery ...

GM says the new cells will be cheaper for a few reasons. For one, manganese is cheaper than cobalt or nickel. The LMR ...

The lithium-manganese-rich cell, developed with LG Chem, uses far less cobalt and nickel than current lithium-ion cells.

GM and its partner LG Energy Solution plan to launch production of the technology, called lithium manganese-rich batteries, ...