General Motors (GM) plans to extend its control of the midstream processing chain in the next 18 months while it gets battery plants in the United States up and running, a senior company executive at the automotive manufacturer said.
This is also part of a push by the automaker to create a greener supply chain via reduced movement of materials around the world, GM manager of energy environment and electrification policy Michael Maten said."We want to, as quickly as possible, get those midstream [battery raw materials] - in cathodes, anodes, the copper in the separator, the electrolytes - from plants here in...