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Exclusive-GM may ditch LFP batteries for future EVs

Exclusive-GM may ditch LFP batteries for future EVs SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 : General Motors may scrap plans to use a lower-cost, iron-based battery chemistry that many automakers are using to cut electric-vehicle costs, GM's head of battery technology said. The Detroit automaker had said it planned to develop lithium-iron phosphate, or LFP, batteries for use in future EV models, and would begin making those batteries in late 2027 at a jointly owned plant in Tennessee. But GM battery chief...