GM is willing to pay high tariff import taxes in exchange for more affordable batteries to go into what will be its lowest-priced EV.

Two-year stopgap move to power Chevy’s most affordable electric car until its venture with LG unit can increase U.S. production.

General Motors will import electric vehicle batteries from Chinese battery giant CATL, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The arrangement is a stopgap for GM in the next couple of years as it works to manufacture its own lower-cost batteries made with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry,