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GM investing $760M in Toledo propulsion plant for electric truck drive unit production

Green Car Congress

General Motors will invest $760 million at its Toledo, Ohio propulsion manufacturing operations to prepare the facility for production of drive units that will be used in future Ultium-based battery electric trucks, including the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV and GMC HUMMER EVs. billion at Toledo since 2011.

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Staff 1 acquires 3 Buick-GMC dealerships in Texas

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The Houston-based dealership staff on Monday bought Beck & Masten Buick-GMC North, Beck & Masten Buick-GMC South and Beck & Masten Buick-GMC Coastal Bend from the Beck & Masten staff, in line with Ryan Kerrigan, managing director of Kerrigan Advisors, a dealership sell-side company in Lean Village, Nev.

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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

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The company’s latest EV First Responder Training program will focus primarily on personnel in fire services, providing instruction and sharing of best practices on how to most effectively support emergency situations involving electric vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and Cadillac LYRIQ.

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GM investing $650M in Lithium Americas; offtake agreement from Thacker Pass

Green Car Congress

GM is launching a broad portfolio of trucks, SUVs, luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles using the Ultium Platform, including the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV, GMC Sierra EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Cadillac CELESTIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Chevrolet Equinox EV, BrightDrop Zevo 400 and BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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Hertz, bp collaborate to accelerate EV charging in North America

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Last week, Hertz announced it plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. Through large-scale purchases from Tesla, Polestar and GM, Hertz has assembled a fleet of tens of thousands of EVs, which are available at 500 Hertz locations across 38 states. Earlier post.).

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GM invests in Queensland Pacific Metals; nickel and cobalt from Australia

Green Car Congress

The nickel and cobalt from Queensland Pacific Metals will help power a broad portfolio of trucks, SUVs, vans and luxury vehicles from GM, including the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Chevrolet Blazer EV and Chevrolet Equinox EV. —Jeff Morrison, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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GM boosting EV product spending to $27B through 2025; 1st use of Li-metal anode in GM battery

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We can accelerate our EV plans because we are rapidly building a competitive advantage in batteries, software, vehicle integration, manufacturing and customer experience. Cadillac, GMC, Chevrolet and Buick will all be represented, with EVs at all price points for work, adventure, performance and family use. —Mary Barra.

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