article thumbnail

Lightning eMotors announces production launch of GM-based ZEV4 work trucks

Green Car Congress

Lightning eMotors announced the production launch of its next generation General Motors (GM)-based Lightning ZEV4 work trucks. To help accelerate fleet vehicle electrification efforts, a number of state and federal level funding programs are available across North America to help offset the cost significantly.

GM 397
article thumbnail

POSCO Chemical, GM in large-scale CAM supply agreement to support EV growth

Green Car Congress

recently announced a binding agreement for a large-scale supply of Cathode Active Material (CAM) to help GM meet its fast-growing EV production needs. CAM is a key battery material consisting of components like processed nickel, lithium and other materials representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell.

GM 334
article thumbnail

NREL and GM announce multi-year R&D partnership to reduce cost of automotive fuel cells

Green Car Congress

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Motors (GM) are partnering on a multi-year, multi-million dollar joint effort to accelerate the reduction of automotive fuel cell stack costs through fuel cell material and manufacturing research and development (R&D). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

GM 268
article thumbnail

General Motors to recall all additional Bolt EVs, through MY 2022, for battery replacement; $1B cost

Green Car Congress

In rare circumstances, the batteries supplied to GM for these vehicles may have two manufacturing defects—a torn anode tab and folded separator—present in the same battery cell, which increases the risk of fire. GM and LG are working to rectify the cause of these defects.

article thumbnail

Government of Canada, Québec invest in GM-POSCO CAM plant in Québec

Green Car Congress

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 ). The governments of Canada and Québec will each contribute around $150 million to the project.

Canada 170
article thumbnail

GM expands access of OnStar Vehicle Insights telematics solution to non-GM vehicles

Green Car Congress

OnStar Vehicle Insights can now be used with most non-GM vehicles via a plug-in adapter. The OnStar Vehicle Insights Fleet Adapter, created by GM’s Global Innovation team, plugs into the OBD-II port of non-GM vehicles, as well as GM vehicles built without OnStar hardware and model year 2014 or older GM vehicles.

Insight 243
article thumbnail

GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

Green Car Congress

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.

GM 362