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AUGUST 4, 2023

Building on his leadership experience at General Motors and Nikola Corporation, Lie will oversee the development of future Volkswagen vehicles for the North American market, as well as research and development priorities across North America.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

General Motors will expand vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology across its retail portfolio of Ultium-based electric vehicles by model year 2026.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

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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JUNE 9, 2023

General Motors plans to invest more than $500 million in Arlington Assembly to prepare the plant for production of future internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size SUVs, subject to successful discussions with local government officials.

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JULY 24, 2021

General Motors will introduce new Super Cruise capabilities on six model year 2022 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022. These enhancements will be available on select model year 2022 Super Cruise enabled vehicles, including Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac CT4, Cadillac CT5, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and GMC Sierra.

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JUNE 1, 2023

The Government of Canada announced support for the latest cathode active materials (CAM) facility to be operational in Canada, to be built by a joint venture between General Motors (GM) and POSCO Future M in Bécancour, Québec ( earlier post ).

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MAY 21, 2019

General Motors President Mark Reuss unveiled the company’s all-new electronic platform necessary for its next-generation of vehicles, EVs, active safety, infotainment and connectivity features, and the evolution of the Super Cruise driver assistance feature.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

General Motors plans to invest $45 million at its Bedford, Indiana aluminum die casting foundry. This investment will be used to expand the facility’s production capacity of EV drive unit castings to support the anticipated strong demand for the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV full-size pickups.

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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. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors). million to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Pierburg (Rheinmetall Automotive), Swoboda, BASF and General Motors (GM) have developed the first all-plastic fuel vapor pump assembly in series production. It is currently produced at Pierburg’s facility in Fountain Inn, South Carolina and placed on the 2019 Cadillac XT4.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

GM will build the Cadillac ELR, a luxury coupe featuring extended-range electric technology, at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, General Motors North America President Mark Reuss said Tuesday. The ELR is the production version of Cadillac’s Converj, a concept vehicle revealed at the North American International Auto Show in 2009.

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JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. Site selection will be announced later.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 3,539,970 vehicles in China in 2014, an average of one vehicle every 9 seconds and almost 9,700 vehicles each day. Cadillac sales in China were up 47.0% Shanghai GM Norsom Motors opened its Phase III manufacturing facility in Shenyang, Liaoning. GM’s sales were up 12.0%

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JUNE 5, 2017

Cadillac’s CTS sedan, one of the first production vehicles to contain Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication ( earlier post ), has now successfully demonstrated Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) capability in Michigan. This is similar to the encryption used on Cadillac’s V2V technology.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

General Motors and MP Materials ( earlier post ) have formed a strategic collaboration to develop a fully integrated US supply chain for rare earth magnets. Neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets are critical inputs that enable electric motors to transform electricity into motion.

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MAY 10, 2016

Aluminum rolling and recycling leader Novelis announced that its aluminum is used in the new 2016 Cadillac CT6 body. The new mixed material vehicle construction featured in the Cadillac CT6 represents a first of its kind for General Motors (GM) in North America and China. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 26, 2023

General Motors and Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States that is targeted to begin operations in 2026. The plant will have more than 30 GWh of capacity and will bring GM’s total US battery cell capacity to about 160 GWh when it is at full production.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Super Cruise, GM’s semi-automated driving technology, will come to market in a new 2017 Cadillac vehicle. It will warn drivers and can supplement active safety features, such as forward collision warning, already available on many production cars. Click to enlarge. —Mary Barra.

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JUNE 24, 2021

General Motors and Shell, through its wholly owned subsidiary MP2 Energy, LLC, are collaborating to provide comprehensive energy solutions programs to GM’s customers and supply chain partners, including fixed-rate home energy plans backed by 100% renewable energy resources. of EV charging.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

Seeing Machines, a developer of computer vision technologies, announced the automotive production debut of its FOVIO driver monitoring technology in the 2018 Cadillac CT6.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

General Motors and Lithium Americas will jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is the largest known source of lithium in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Lithium Americas estimates the lithium extracted and processed from the project can support production of up to 1 million EVs per year.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Cadillac unveiled the first 2017 Crossover Touring 5 (XT5), a comprehensively upgraded luxury crossover and the cornerstone of a new series of crossovers. Cadillac crossovers will wear the “XT” designation. The XT5 premieres this month at the Dubai and Los Angeles auto shows and begins production in the US and China in spring 2016.

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MARCH 9, 2022

The investment is intended to further enhance BASF’s CAM production footprint in North America by complementing its existing manufacturing sites. BASF signed an agreement to secure land for its future cathode active materials and battery recycling site along Saint Lawrence River in Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hertz and General Motors announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. GM plans annual production capacity of 1 million EVs in North America by 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between LG Energy Solution and General Motors (GM), will use Honeywell’s Quality Control System (QCS) to ensure the quality and integrity of the lithium-ion batteries produced at its new manufacturing plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Due to be completed in 2022, the 2.8 Due to be completed in 2022, the 2.8

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APRIL 20, 2012

Cadillac is road-testing a semi-autonomous driving technology it calls “Super Cruise” that is capable of fully automatic steering, braking and lane-centering in highway driving under certain optimal conditions. The system could be ready for production vehicles by mid-decade.

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APRIL 13, 2022

Glencore and General Motors announced a multi-year sourcing agreement in which Glencore will supply GM with cobalt from its Murrin Murrin operation in Australia. The company will then expand into magnet manufacturing around 2025 at its new production facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Ultium Cells LLC, the battery cell manufacturing joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors is investing an additional $275 million in the Ultium Cells Spring Hill plant to expand the facility’s battery cell output by more than 40 percent, from 35 gigawatt-hours to 50 GWh, when the plant is fully operational. Earlier post.)

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MAY 24, 2022

The final year of the four-year competition challenged teams to test, prove, and refine their work from the previous three years, mimicking a real-world automotive product development cycle. The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third.

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JUNE 23, 2023

The study is designed to provide manufacturers with information to facilitate the identification of problems and to drive product improvement. Porsche (167 PP100) ranks second and Cadillac (170 PP100) ranks third. The study was fielded from February through May 2023.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

General Motors will invest $2.2 GM’s first all-electric truck will be a pickup with production scheduled to begin in late 2021. Detroit-Hamtramck currently operates on one shift of production and builds the Cadillac CT6 and the Chevrolet Impala. Approximately 900 people are employed at the plant.

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JULY 26, 2022

General Motors announced two major Li-ion battery supply chain agreements, one with LG Chem for cathode active material (CAM), and one with Livent for the supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide. Livent will provide battery-grade lithium hydroxide to GM over a six-year period beginning in 2025.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

and General Motors signed a term sheet for the long-term supply of battery grade nickel sulfate from Vale’s proposed plant at Bécancour, Québec, Canada. This agreement secures for GM a supply of nickel sulfate from a US free-trade partner to support GM’s fast-growing EV production needs in North America.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

General Motors will invest $190 million in its Lansing Grand River assembly plant for the production of a new Cadillac model. Built in 2001, Lansing Grand River is GM’s second-newest US assembly plant and the manufacturing home of the Cadillac CTS and STS as well as their V-series performance versions.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

General Motors has secured a new source of cost-competitive nickel and cobalt for Ultium battery cells after making a strategic investment in Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) of Australia ( earlier post ).

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

The new 2013 Cadillac ATS compact luxury rear wheel drive sedan will be among four General Motors concept or production vehicles making world premieres at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in January. ATS is a crucial part of Cadillac’s expansion. Grand River Assembly plant.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

kWh battery pack in the new Cadillac ELR extended-range electric luxury coupe that goes on sale in North America in early 2014 ( earlier post ). For the production system at Brownstown, GM uses an integrated camera vision system is used to shoot a reference image of the weld area prior to the operation to achieve pinpoint accuracy.

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