Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2021

At a Washington Post Live virtual conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss provided more details about GM’s next-generation Ultium lithium metal battery and announced a joint development agreement with lithium metal battery innovator SES (formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems) ( earlier post ). Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors).

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 17, 2024

Sure, the current Malibu is a bit behind the competition -- most car reviewers would place it behind the segment stalwarts from Honda and Toyota, and clearly most buyers have, too -- but it is still affordable and fuel efficient. And to be fair to GM, you can still get a Cadillac in sedan form. Seems silly to me. Maybe I am wrong.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

For the first time, Volkswagen announced it aims to start producing its most affordable ID.1 1 will offer “affordable electric mobility for everyone,” VW brand leader Thomas Shafer said Thursday. Volkswagen to begin building $20K ID.1 However, the biggest challenge will be deciding where to build it. Work on the ID.1

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2024

GM had its fair share of EV hurdles last year, leading to disappointing sales. Moving past Production Hell After delivering 75,883 electric cars last year, GM missed its goal of selling 100,000 EVs in the second half of 2023. GM’s delayed rollouts were caused by software issues, freight delays, and other factors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries.

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The Driven EV News

JULY 26, 2023

GM brings back its most-affordable EV after stating the end of production only months ago, and it will build six new electric models. The post GM reboots its best-selling EV, the Chevrolet Bolt appeared first on The Driven.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

Chevy Malibu production will end later this year as GM prepares to launch new EVs, including the highly anticipated new Bolt EV. Production of the current Chevy Bolt EV , GM’s top-selling electric car, ended at the end of 2023 as the automaker prepares for its next wave of EVs. in Q4 2022 and 8.4% a year ago.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2023

CEO Mary Barra confirmed the Bolt’s two offerings, the EV and EUV, will be phased out as GM aims to transition away from its older offerings and make progress toward higher production rates of vehicles that will utilize the Ultium platform , the automaker’s next-generation architecture for electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

GM fuel cell system. By joining together, we get access to their validated parts for all of our programs, General Motors’ Ultium battery technology and a multi-billion dollar fuel cell program ready for production. Badger production is expected to start in late 2022 at a location to be announced at a later date. Nikola Badger.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The legacy automaker announced today that it would be building a new battery cell research and innovation facility, known as the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, in Warren, Michigan. The Wallace Center will be located on the campus of GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan,” the automaker wrote in a press release.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

General Motors (GM) is reportedly in talks with battery giant CATL to license its cheaper LFP battery tech. After software glitches, freight delays, and other issues caused GM to miss its EV sales target in 2023, the company believes “production hell” is behind it. Ford announced a $3.5

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Baua Electric

APRIL 23, 2024

After losing EV market share in the US in the first three months of 2024, GM believes it can turn things around. GM expects new models like the Chevy Equinox EV and improved battery production will help regain EV market share in the second half of the year. Chevy Bolt (Source: GM) GM accounted for 6.2%

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Baua Electric

APRIL 23, 2024

After losing EV market share in the US in the first three months of 2024, GM believes it can turn things around. GM expects new models like the Chevy Equinox EV and improved battery production will help regain EV market share in the second half of the year. Chevy Bolt (Source: GM) GM accounted for 6.2%

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2023

General Motors (GM) has announced its Q4 auto sales, showing that it has become the top automaker in the United States for 2022. As General Motors has quickly fallen behind traditional and up-and-coming rivals alike regarding EV sales, specifically Tesla, Hyundai/Kia, and Ford, it has moved towards more electric models and production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Additionally, Honda announced plans to launch 30 EV models globally by 2030, with a production volume of more than 2 million units annually. In the past, Honda divided its organization by products, namely motorcycle, automobile and power products. In North America, Honda will procure Ultium batteries from GM.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2023

“Accepting unsustainably high costs would put our future and GM team member jobs at risk, and jeopardizing our future is something I will not do,” the CEO said.& & Domestic automakers have enjoyed record-setting profits in recent years after culling small, affordable models from their lineups.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

GM China Advanced Technical Center’s Cell Fabrication Lab in Shanghai recently produced its first batch of battery cells. These systems are expected to be more affordable for GM customers around the world and help GM expand vehicle electrification. —John Du, Director of GM China’s China Science Lab.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Korean automakers surged past Ford and GM with stylish, functional EVs built for the modern era. Hyundai IONIQ 5 (left) and IONIQ 6 (right) at Tesla Supercharger (Source: Hyundai) According to new research from BloombergNEF , the growth was enough for Hyundai and Kia to top Ford and GM for second in US EV sales.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

After calling off beats with GM to “beat out Tesla” with a cheap SUV, it has now emerged with news that it is mulling over a $14 billion EV and battery plant in Canada. The company is expected to decide sometime this year, with production beginning in 2028. Thomas, Ontario, with production starting in 2027.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2024

Credit: Ford The news also comes after Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis also faced historic six-week strikes from the United Automotive Workers (UAW) union in 2023. million a year,” Fain said (via Automotive News ). “Let’s be clear: this is corporate greed, plain and simple.” million euros ($39.5 million euros ($39.5

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 17, 2024

He stated that he believes the future GM remains electric and that a sports coupe focused on sublime driving dynamics and a lower price point would be preferable to a model that’s focused on lap times and output figures. We will never build a Mustang that isn’t a Mustang,” he told the outlet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. Akerson said the bi-fuel Impala is an example of using affordable technology to reduce oil consumption and save consumers money at the pump.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. Next-generation fuel cell stack co-developed by Honda and GM.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

General Motors didn't have to construct an all-new assembly plant to build its affordable, mass-market Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car. That's not the most interesting aspect of Bolt EV production, though: GM actually builds the.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

Despite previously having committed itself toward a future where it builds all-electric vehicles, General Motors has made plans to bring plug-in hybrids back to our market. Let me be clear: GM remains committed to eliminating tailpipe emissions from our light-duty vehicles by 2035. But this hasn’t been GM’s style in the past.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

RelayRides is the first third-party developer to integrate with GM OnStar’s proprietary application program interface (API) that will be available to other developers later this summer. RelayRides is backed by more than $13 million in venture capital funding from investors including Google Ventures and GM Ventures. Eckhardt (Suffolk.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

GM will invest $491 million to bring two new press lines to the Indiana plant, complete press and die upgrades, and renovate the facility, including a 6,000-square-foot-addition. This investment is another example of the company bringing everyone along and investing in the people who make manufacturing a competitive advantage for GM.”.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

An electric traction motor (right) and stator (left) at the GM Powertrain Engineering Development Center Friday, 15 January 2010 in Pontiac, Michigan. The first GM-designed and built electric motors are scheduled to debut in 2013 in next-generation, rear-wheel-drive two-mode hybrid technology. Photo by John F. —Tom Stephens.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

GM and Honda plan to work together with stakeholders to further advance hydrogen refueling infrastructure, which is critical for the long-term viability and consumer acceptance of fuel cell vehicles. GM’s hydrogen fuel cell product milestones. —Dan Akerson, GM chairman and CEO. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Lucid has been building EVs since 2021 when it unveiled the Air lineup. ” But it said that its price point is $50,000, or roughly £40,000, which would be a lower cost than what it offers for the Air sedan, but would still be priced higher than the most affordable versions of Tesla’s Model 3 or Model Y.

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Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2024

automotive groups have expressed concerns over the Seagull EV and other affordable mass-market EVs eventually coming to North America. However Tesla and other automakers have generally been considered to be targeting a $25,000 price tag, and while affordable, it’s still far greater than $10,000. BYD last year sold 1.57

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

GM Ventures invested in NanoSteel in 2012. Designed to provide automakers with a new standard in material performance, the sheet steel is poised to accelerate vehicle lightweighting initiatives focused on affordably meeting rising global fuel-economy regulations. Earlier post.). —NanoSteel CEO and president David Paratore.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

After GM drastically cut the starting price of the new Chevy Blazer EV , early buyers are now eligible for a reimbursement of up to $6,520. Chevy offers early Blazer EV buyers reimbursement GM finally lifted the Blazer EV stop-sale after nearly three months in early March.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

Nissan and Honda are considering teaming up to introduce more affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD. BYD, which started as a battery maker, has a significant advantage by building nearly all vehicle parts in-house. The partnership could include a new EV platform.

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2023

The car is still commonly considered one of the more affordable electric options on the market, and the most recent model year was no different. On one hand, GM has been extremely dependent on the Bolt models to drive EV sales. On one hand, GM has been extremely dependent on the Bolt models to drive EV sales. billion to remedy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

During its most recent earnings call, the company said it would slow down production of some of its EVs, including the F-150 Lightning. And as we’ve always said, we’ll have a very small number of those…We’re also adjusting our capital switching more focused on to smaller EV products. Don’t hesitate to contact us with tips!

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