![]() GM said it is spending “hundreds of millions of dollars” on the lab but wouldn’t give specifics. “We need to make better batteries that cost a lot less,” said Tim Grewe, GM’s director of battery cell engineering and strategy. Structural steel already is in place for the 300,000-square-foot lab on the grounds of GM’s Technical Center in the Detroit suburb of Warren.Įxecutives say the lab will be operational by mid-to-late next year and will house hundreds of engineers and others who will work on battery innovations and how to manufacture them. General Motors says it’s building a huge new electric vehicle battery lab in Michigan where scientists will work on chemistry to cut costs 60% over current vehicles and allow people to travel 500 to 600 miles (800 to 965 kilometers) per charge.
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