Detroit — General Motors Co.'s global battery leader on Tuesday announced plans to introduce the first electric vehicle powered by a lithium manganese-rich battery in 2028, an example of automakers' strategy to leapfrog EV powerhouse China with new technologies.

GM plans to unveil an LMR truck shortly after beginning manganese-rich battery production at a U.S.-based Ultium Cells LLC plant, Battery Vice President Kurt Kelty told a crowd of hundreds Tuesday at a battery conference at Huntington Place in downtown Detroit.

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