The Electric
Exclusive From The Electric: Inside GM's Secretive Battery Lab
GM's secretive prototyping center, in Warren, Mich. Photo: Courtesy GM
In 2020, General Motors CEO Mary Barra told investors, analysts and journalists how the company planned to transform itself into an electric vehicle powerhouse. The key, the executives said in a two-hour presentation, was Ultium, a proprietary new battery they said would make GM’s EVs profitable almost from the get-go.
