General Motors said Friday it has acquired Algolion, an Israel-based software startup that can detect potential hazards in battery cells.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The automaker did say that Algolion six employees, including the company’s founders, will remain based in Israel and join more than 850 employees at the GM Technical Center in Herzliya, Israel.
Algolion has developed software that is particularly important to any automaker trying to scale EVs. The 9-year-old startup, founded by Niles Fleischer and Alex Nimberger, developed software that uses data streams from EV battery management systems to help identify anomalies in cell performa …
