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,

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

GM will import Chinese LFP batteries for electric vehicles as a temporary measure as it prepares to produce this battery chemistry in the United States.