GM Partners With Peak Energy to Develop Sodium-Ion Battery for Data Center Power Storage
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Alan Ohnsman
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Summary
General Motors is shifting focus from scaled-back EV goals to energy technology, specifically developing a sodium-ion battery with startup Peak Energy for large-scale energy storage. The battery aims to be cheaper and more durable than current LFP (lithium-iron phosphate) technology, which is dominated by China. GM plans to commercialize the sodium-ion battery by 2028 to serve growing electricity demand from data centers.
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The Detroit-based automaker is working with startup Peak Energy to develop a sodium-ion battery, aiming to commercialize it by 2028.
Its goal is to leapfrog the dominant battery cell tech used for energy storage packs right now — LFP (lithium-iron phosphate), which is dominated by China.
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