A Michigan lab is building sodium batteries that will never power a car, and General Motors says the chemistry cuts grid storage costs by 20 percent instead

A battery lab in Michigan is quietly building a chemistry that answers a question EV shoppers keep asking about range, mostly by refusing to…

Battery lab hands assembling a sodium-ion cell for grid storage, michigan lab
Automotive · Hugo Rojas · November 14, 2026
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