General Motors signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Norway’s Vianode for the delivery of a material critical for electric-vehicle batteries, the companies said Wednesday. Vianode will supply synthetic anode graphite that will be used in next-generation EV batteries produced by Ultium Cells,

General Motors has reached an agreement with battery materials producer Vianode that will develop and supply synthetic anode graphite for the automaker’s battery manufacturing.

Battery materials company Vianode has secured a deal with General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) to supply high-performance anode graphite solutions. The master supply agreement, which has a multi-billion value for Vianode,