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Originally Posted by dammage79
I think within the decade we will see batteries double in charge and drop in production cost.
GM's battery advancements alone are positioning them to leapfrog Tesla within 5 years. Their gen 3 batteries are rumored to be much lighter, hold more charge and full customizable on a single platform. Meaning they can build anything from corvettes to Hummers on a single platform. I think it's a lot more nuanced than that but the gist is, GM looks like the ones who will take this whole landscape and move if forward a pretty significant leap.
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GM doesn't even make their own batteries but neither does Tesla. Pretty much every EV company is supplied by CATL, LG, BYPD or Panasonic at this point. Any major breakthroughs will likely be led by them and any huge improvements won't likely happen with Li-ion batteries but some other new technology like solid state batteries.
Your post sounds like you are describing GM's Ultium platform which is a good start for GM in that it is their first platform designed solely with the EV drivetrain in mind but nothing revolutionary is there.