Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. Greatly reduce proliferation of parts combinations used in today’s internal combustion lineups, helping enhance EV profitability.

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EV Central

MARCH 24, 2024

The new alliance, dubbed a ‘strategic partnership in the fields of vehicle electrification and intelligence mobility’, will see both Honda and Nissan develop both core components for EVs as well as all-new automotive software platforms. Nissan Ariya is still yet to make it to Australia.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

GM expects the Equinox EV to be “the most affordable” electric vehicle that offers 319 miles range. The new Chevy Equinox EV will officially start at $34,995 (including destination fee) as dealers gear up to begin orders.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Hyundai Motor Group, including Kia, is using affordability to gain market share in the US. With low-cost electric cars, Hyundai Motor , along with Kia, surged past American automakers Ford and GM in the US EV market in the first three months of 2024. Ford sold 20,223 electric cars in the first quarter of 2023, while GM sold 16,425.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

The company’s AI-powered platform and advanced research and development facility in Mountain View, California, will help accelerate GM’s commercialization of affordable electric vehicle batteries. Mitra Chem’s labs, methods and talent will fit well with our own R&D team’s work.

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Teslarati

JUNE 12, 2023

It would be a pretty interesting twist of fate, but Tesla’s next-generation vehicle might find itself competing in the market with a vehicle that was once considered a rival to the Model 3. Considering the outgoing vehicles’ prices, the potential reborn Chevy Bolt EV would likely be priced in the sub-$30,000 range.

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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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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2024

Back in October 2020, General Motors (GM) officially launched the GMC Hummer EV. The vehicle was a behemoth in both specs and size, but it was quite reasonable with a starting price of just $80,000 for its base EV2 trim. Citing industry sources, GM Authority recently reported that there will be no base EV2 trim for the Hummer EV.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 5, 2022

GM and Honda plan to fill the void left by other manufacturers for affordable EVs.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For Honda to compete as the industry shifts to electric, CEO Toshihiro Mibe explained, “We need more affordable EVs.” Honda to launch an affordable electric Civic replacement The company revealed two new EV concepts as part of its new “0 series” electric brand at CES earlier this month. Let us know below.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 4, 2021

General Motors’ move to electric pickups—and its large-scale shift of its entire lineup to electric vehicles–is starting with a 1,000-hp supertruck packing enough batteries for a 350-mile range.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

GM is executing plans to install 1 million units of annual EV capacity in North America in 2025, supported by four US battery cell joint venture plants with 160 GWh of capacity and grow from there in subsequent years. This announcement is the latest in a series of actions GM has taken to build a more secure EV supply chain.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2024

A GM advisory committee with several dealers is leading the messaging, saying that they believe the automaker risks losing customers with an overly aggressive electrification strategy. GM offers hybrids in China, so the technology exists. The company understands its dealers’ concerns but has not detailed plans to offer such products.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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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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Teslarati

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Tesla cut prices on its cars once again recently and contributed to a broader scope of affordability for electric vehicles. As new vehicle transaction prices declined once again in September, according to Kelley Blue Book data, Tesla is the culprit, helping consumers find industry-leading vehicles for a reasonable price.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 12, 2022

RMI has received a philanthropic grant from the General Motors Climate Equity Fund to support efforts to increase equitable access to electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and drive costs out of the system across the United States and Canada.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ahead of the General Motors (GM) earnings call this week, the automaker has new union contracts and is expected to report around $10 billion in earnings. GM will report Q4 and FY 2023 earnings on Tuesday, and the company said in November it expected to earn almost $10 billion throughout 2023—despite around $1.1

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The partnership between Honda and GM to build affordable electric cars has been cancelled for reasons that are not entirely clear.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

The company’s AI-powered platform and advanced research and development facility in Mountain View, California, will help accelerate GM’s commercialization of affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2024

General Motors (GM) and Honda announced that their 50-50 joint venture on a hydrogen fuel cell facility in Michigan is ready to start commercial production. Specifically, GM and Honda wanted to double the durability of the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. The FCSM is a 70,000-square-foot facility in Brownstown, Michigan.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

One of the big challenges the industry faces right now is affordability. continued] The post A More Affordable Cadillac EV Is On The Way appeared first on CleanTechnica. When times are good, there are plenty of.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2023

GM’s Ultium project will enable a new platform of EVs for the legacy automaker, bringing a software-based offensive to one of the United States’ best-selling car companies and a major player in the EV sector. Although GM and other Detroit automakers like Ford have not been able to keep pace with U.S.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Despite recent supply-chain issues causing a backslide in battery affordability, General Motors and Volvo now predict that will happen by mid-decade. For mass adoption to succeed, EVs will need to sell at prices comparable to internal-combustion cars while still generating profits for their manufacturers.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As GM prepares for the introduction of two very upscale electric vehicles, the GMC Hummer EV and the Cadillac Lyriq, the Bolt lineup plays an important role, it faces one pesky problem.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2018

billion in GM Cruise Holdings LLC (GM Cruise), further strengthening the company’s plans to commercialize autonomous vehicle (AV) technology at large scale. GM will also invest $1.1 billion in GM Cruise upon closing of the transaction. The investments value GM Cruise at $11.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In North America, Honda has laid out a timeline of EV introductions based on three initial phases leading to 2030 and ultimately to 100% zero-emission automobile sales by 2040: 2024: Begin sales of the Honda Prologue, co-developed with GM.

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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. 1 and the vehicle is planned for 2027,” Shafer confirmed during VW’s annual press conference Thursday. The $20K Volkswagen ID.1

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 25, 2023

The Chevy Bolt and Bolt EUV production will end this year, GM says. There are no plans to replace it with an affordable EV.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic. It might take a technology breakthrough, like solid-state battery tech, before Honda sees a small, affordable car as making sense—late in the decade. Yet decades on, segueing into an era of EVs, it has no battery-electric equivalent to the Civic.

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InsideEVs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Signed by over 600 EV drivers so far, the petition is asking GM to not turn its back on affordable electric vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 9, 2023

GM released a video with its announcement to highlight the feature, and at the end, text appears that says the tech will be available with “New Ultium-Based Coupes.” The Equinox and Blazer EVs are on the way for 2024, and the Equinox is expected to bring a surprisingly affordable price tag of around $30,000 to start.&

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

GM fuel cell system. In addition, applying General Motors’ electrified technology solutions to the heavy-duty class of commercial vehicles is another important step in fulfilling our vision of a zero-emissions future. —General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. General Motors’ battery development work is ongoing.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 11, 2023

General Motors is implementing a strategic shift in its electric vehicle strategy. Fans of the Chevy Bolt EV need not fear, however, as GM would be transitioning the slightly larger and arguably better-looking Chevy Bolt EUV to the Ultium platform. This makes the Chevy Bolt GM’s most popular electric vehicle today.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2023

General Motors bid farewell to the Chevy Bolt today in its first-quarter earnings call, bringing closure to its best-selling electric vehicle. Barra said the decision concerns GM’s progression in its quest to dethrone Tesla from the peak of EV leadership. The methodology of GM to eliminate the EV that made up 97.5

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2021

General Motors is going all-in on its electric vehicle investment. 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. Battery cells are the most crucial and most expensive part of electric vehicle development.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 16, 2021

When a technology is new, and relatively expensive, they started by selling it in the top-end vehicles in a segment. GM did this with Cadillac, Ford did this with Lincoln, Toyota did this with Lexus, and Honda did this with Acura. […]. For decades, the automotive industry has been following a basic formula for new technologies.

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