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,

Production of the latest Bolt model is scheduled to commence at the Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas towards the end of this year.

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.

As GM brings the Chevy Bolt back just as demand for EVs is cratering, it seems the batteries will be coming from China. That’s right, once again GM makes an unbelievably stupid move, lagging behind the market,

Until GM builds its own, the new Chevy Bolt EV will use lower-cost LFP batteries from China’s CATL. GM will temporarily lean on CATL to power its most affordable electric vehicle. The new Chevy Bolt EV is set to begin rolling off the production line at GM’s assembly plant in Fairfax,