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General Motors is backing Colorado startup Peak Energy to develop sodium-ion batteries for U.S. grid storage, aiming to compete with lithium-iron phosphate batteries at lower lifetime cost despite lower energy density.
GM is leveraging AI and machine learning to collapse traditional engineering phases into a single probabilistic method, reducing simulation times from hours to minutes and accelerating vehicle development.
The article discusses the growing demand for AI skills in the automotive industry, resulting in job losses as companies like GM lay off IT workers to hire AI-focused talent. It also highlights Samsara's AI-powered pothole detection product and Mind Robotics' recent funding.