Teslarati

MAY 29, 2023

General Motors (GM) and POSCO Chemical will receive funds for a battery materials facility in Quebec, Canada. The Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Hummer EV, and Cadillac LYRIQ are expected to use GM’s Ultium battery cells, making the Bécancour facility a critical part of General Motors’ supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

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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EV Central

MARCH 20, 2024

The battery electric Chevrolet Silverado EV full-size pick-up is not under consideration for Australia sale. The shock news was confirmed to EV Central at this month’s 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD launch by Jess Bala, Managing Director of Chevrolet’s local outpost GM Australia and New Zealand. Price is also a factor.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

News: 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ EV Cadillac’s Biggest SUV Goes All-Electric Cadillac has jumped to the head of the class by announcing the 2025 Escalade IQ will be the most luxurious full-size, three-row, seven-passenger electric SUV when it debuts in late 2024. Photos by Cadillac. Story by John Faulkner.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2021

General Motors’ second all-electric pickup, the Chevrolet Silverado EV, will enter production in early 2023, new reports suggest. GM will unveil the Silverado EV at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January. GM expects to manufacture the Bolt EV once again in 2022.

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2022

General Motors has inked a new cobalt supply deal with Glencore PLC, a mining company that has dealt with EV leader Tesla in the past, as electric vehicle material availability becomes more unpredictable. GM to expedite Hummer EV production as reservations increase to 65,000. I’d love to hear from you!

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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. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors). The Chevrolet Silverado EV officially debuts next month at CES.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2021

General Motors has increased its electric vehicle investment by 75%, from $20 billion to $35 billion through 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. GM also plans to roll out the Cadillac LYRIQ and the Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup in the coming years. “We kWh lead-acid battery in its earliest versions.

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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

Cadillac gave a sneak peek of “the future of electric performance,” teasing its new Opulent Velocity EV concept. General Motors has already pushed back production of several key electric models, including the Equinox EV, Silverado EV, and GMC Sierra Denali EV. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Teslarati

MAY 18, 2023

According to a new analysis of General Motors’ (GM) EV production, its goal for 2025 may be overly-optimistic. However, with a bold plan to introduce numerous new electric models and ramp production to 1 million units annually by 2025, many saw a silver lining to GM’s predicament.

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Green Car Congress

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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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

General Motors told its suppliers that it plans to increase the production of its electric trucks and the Cadillac Lyriq SUV by more than six times in an attempt to keep pace with industry leaders. Production figures could reach a total of 46,000 units in 2022, an over 6x increase from original figures of 7,000 this year.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) is gearing up for a major shift in 2022 thanks to its evolving electric vehicle program, planning for record profit levels that could surge the company into a more well-rounded placement in an increasingly competitive sector. GM plans to launch deliveries of the Cadillac LYRIQ in “less than 60 days.”

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Green Car Congress

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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EV Central

JULY 22, 2022

Cadillac has a new high-tech flagship in the form of the Celestiq – and it’s powered purely by electricity. Officially a concept car for now, the sleek uber limousine is set for production by 2024 to take on the big guns of the luxury world, Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Cadillac Celestiq show car. “It

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 3, 2022

General Motors said it would pause production of the GMC Hummer EV for several weeks, starting in late November, to complete upgrades on its Factory ZERO plant in preparation for a massive electric vehicle push in 2023. GM stopped accepting reservations for the Hummer EV in September and has struggled to ramp production.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

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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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

General Motors may have found its solution to the trouble and bottlenecks it has had with the Ultium battery project. That solution lies within Kurt Kelty, a former Tesla battery technology senior director, who will join General Motors later this month as the company’s Vice President of Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

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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Teslarati

DECEMBER 3, 2022

GM and LG will invest an added $275 million into their Ultium battery production facility in Tennessee. Much like the rest of the automotive industry, General Motors is currently supply-constrained regarding battery cells that will go into electric vehicles. Perhaps most notably the Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV counterparts.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

General Motors ended 2023 with disappointing EV delivery figures. sales increase in their final year of production. 2024 Cadillac Lyriq In early 2022 it announced a goal to produce a cumulative 400,000 EVs in North America from 2022 through the first half of 2024—a goal it’s fallen well short of.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2021

General Motors recently noted that the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV’s production shutdown at the GM Lake Orion Assembly Plant has now been extended to at least the end of February 2022. Production activities in the plant have been halted since the end of August 2021. . The Bolt EV and EUV have proven quite troublesome for GM.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2023

General Motors has delayed the opening of its Ultium Cell production plant in Tennessee due to construction delays. GM Authority noted that the automaker is also planning to bump up starting wages for production operators and quality inspectors at the Spring Hill plant.

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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. “We have progressed so far that it’s now time to plan to end the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV production, which will happen at the very end of the year,” she said.

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Teslarati

JULY 27, 2022

General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra noted that the legacy automaker has a few binding agreements with suppliers for raw battery materials. General Motors secures enough cathode active material for 5 million EVs. General Motors has plans for at least four battery cell manufacturing plants.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It will also enable the company to recycle all recoverable rare earths from end-of-life magnets and magnet production scrap, increasing the resiliency and environmental sustainability of the domestic supply base. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). MP Materials’ operations provide certainty of US provenance and sustainability.

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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

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and POSCO Chemical are working with the governments of Canada and Québec to build a new $400-million facility in Bécancour, Québec, to produce cathode active material (CAM) for GM’s Ultium batteries, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Following news that production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV would be delayed, General Motors has announced that the Chevy Equinox EV would likewise be arriving behind schedule. The facility is responsible for manufacturing the Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Yukon XL.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

General Motors announced that Chevrolet Bolt EV production will last through March and will extend until early April. Following several delays in the recall process, GM eventually shared that it would halt production lines of the Bolt at the Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan. I’d love to hear from you!

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 29, 2023

General Motors recently announced new home charging offerings for its EV customers, including solutions that enable vehicle-to-home (V2H) functionality.& & GM’s Ultium Home products come in three bundles. The Cadillac Escalade IQ is also expected soon, along with the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

General Motors (GM) looks to get back on track this year as executives believe EV “production hell” is behind it. Is GM putting production hell behind it? To make matters worse, GM ended production of its best-selling Chevy Bolt EV at the end of 2023, which accounted for 62,045 or over 81% of EV sales last year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

General Motors will invest approximately $385 million to prepare the Romulus Engine plant in Michigan for production of an all-new, fuel-efficient engine program. Romulus-built engines also are used for marine and industrial applications. The investments will support tooling and equipment upgrades.

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