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Few people know that General Motors Co.’s largest technical center outside the U.S. is in South Korea, an Asian country where electric cars are hardly proliferating.
With about 3,200 employees, including 2,300 engineers, GM Technical Center Korea is located next to the automaker’s main plant in Bupyeong city near Seoul and has as one of its main goals helping GM spearhead its electric push, including in batteries.