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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd (Tengzhong) have entered into a definitive agreement that will allow Tengzhong to acquire GM’s HUMMER brand. Tengzhong intends to purchase HUMMER through an investment entity, in which it will hold an 80% stake.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

BrightDrop, GM’s new business focused on electric last-mile deliveries ( earlier post ), has completed the first production builds of the EV600, a key milestone to deliver its first electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) to FedEx Express in time for the holiday season. BrightDrop plans to begin EV410 production in 2023 at CAMI Assembly.

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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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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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss revealed GM’s group of three all-new motors that will power its Ultium-based EVs. Designed by GM, the 180kW front-drive motor, 255kW rear- and front-drive motor and 62kW all-wheel drive assist motor are part of Ultium Drive.

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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.).

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Green Car Congress

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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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

APRIL 7, 2021

The recently revealed GMC HUMMER EV SUV ( earlier post ) will also be built at Factory ZERO. —General Motors President Mark Reuss. Reuters quoted unnamed sources as saying that production of the Silverado electric pickup truck would start late next year and go on sale in early 2023 as a 2024 model.

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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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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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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

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

JUNE 2, 2009

Ltd (Tengzhong) and General Motors Corp. confirmed that the China-based industrial machinery group will acquire the rights to the premium off-road HUMMER brand, along with the existing senior management and operational team. Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Earlier post.). Yang Yi, CEO of Tengzhong.

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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.). MP Materials’ operations provide certainty of US provenance and sustainability.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Army expects to execute multiple Prototype Projects before determining whether to proceed to initial production that could entail purchase of approximately 5,700 vehicles at a value of around $5 billion. GM Defense is a rapidly expanding, wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors. GMC HUMMER EV.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

General Motors Co. In addition, the company is confirming investments in five Michigan plants, including the Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Flint Assembly for future crossover and full-size pickup production. Production of the Cadillac XT6 and XT5 will continue at Spring Hill.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

General Motors will increase its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion, representing a 75% increase from its initial commitment announced prior to the pandemic. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra. The company now expects its first-half EBIT-adjusted will be between $8.5

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

An American green technology company has developed a hybrid Hummer capable of over 100mpg. Raser Technologies, the company behind the hybrid hummer, claims to have achieved the impossible by greening up one of the cars with the worse environmental record. The Hummer H3E is a plug-in electric vehicle with an onboard range extender.

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JUNE 8, 2015

where General Motors previously built the Hummer H3 and Chevy Colorado. Nearly 43,000 people have made reservations for a place in line when they go to production. Elio and its manufacturing partner Comau (wholly owned by FCA) will build the vehicle at a manufacturing facility in Shreveport, La.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2014

I regularly see a woman driving a Hummer 2 that easily weighs 50 times as much as she does. metric tons, General Motors’ Volt is more than 1.7 Assuming a 70 kg passenger, a 7 kg bicycle has a weight ratio of 0.1; a modern bus, 5 or less; the Model T, 7.7; a Toyota Camry, 20; the F-150, 32. metric tons. —Vaclav Smil.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Taylor, who was previously an advisor and Board member for AMP, brings extensive experience in the automotive industry, with former positions at General Motors as the head of the Cadillac and Hummer Divisions. In addition, AMP Holding has appointed Joseph S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

General Motors Co. At the virtual Barclays Global Automotive Conference, Barra and Doug Parks, GM executive vice president of Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain, shared key elements of GM’s plan, including: By 2025, GM will launch 30 EVs around the world, and more than two-thirds will be available in North America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

General Motors announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. The GMC HUMMER EV pickup and the Cruise Origin, a purpose-built electric, self-driving, shared vehicle, and other GM EVs will be built at Factory ZERO. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

General Motors. Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. On 27 July, Chrysler restarted production at 9 of its 11 manufacturing facilities. Monthly sales of hybrids. Click to enlarge. decline year-on-year by volume.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

GMC Hummer EV SUV Will Debut April 3 – The GMC Hummer electric pickup’s SUV stablemate will be revealed on April 3. The key differences between the truck and the SUV will be found inside, where the Hummer SUV may offer a third row of seats. The Hummer SUV likely won’t go on sale until late 2022 or early 2023.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

DETROIT — The rapidly deteriorating finances of General Motors are forcing the federal government to decide whether to bail out the largest American automaker or face the prospect that it might go bankrupt. Congress has already provided $25 billion in low-interest loans to help car companies build more fuel-efficient vehicles.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

To date, two manufacturers — Tesla and General Motors — saw the tax credit phaseout completely. The credit is not available for Tesla vehicles acquired after December 31, 2019 and General Motors EV purchased after March 31, 2020. Hyundai Motor will offer a suite of American-made electric vehicles to U.S.

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APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required).

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