General Motors has hired Kurt Kelty as the vice president of batteries. In this newly created role, Kelty will be responsible for building out GM’s battery cell strategy and a new end-to-end approach, helping the company work toward its vision of an all-electric future.
Kelty has more than three decades of experience developing and commercializing battery technologies for electric transportation. He previously served as a vice president at Sila, where he was responsible for sales, business development and battery engineering. Prior to that, Kelty spent over a decade at Tesla leading the company’s battery development team.
As VP of batteries at GM, Kelty will oversee the use of raw materials, research, technology development, commercialization and end-of-life opportunities. His team will play a critical role in GM’s electrification strategy that centers on its Ultium battery platform. This solution aims to power everything from mass-market to high-performance vehicles.
