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LG Energy Solution will now solely own a factory in Michigan that it had planned to operate through a joint venture with General Motors.

General Motors said on Monday that it was selling its stake in a nearly complete battery factory in Michigan to its partner LG Energy Solution, reducing to three the number of battery plants the carmaker will operate in the United States.

G.M. and LG, a South Korean company, already produce batteries jointly at factories in Warren, Ohio, and Spring Hill, Tenn., that supply vehicles like the Cadillac Lyriq and Chevrolet Equinox.

G.M. has a separate battery joint venture with Samsung SDI that is building a factory in New Carlisle, Ind. G.M. said it remained committed to that project.

Electric vehicle sales, while brisk, have not lived up to projections from a few years ago, prompting many carmakers to delay or cancel investments. “We believe we have the right cell and

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