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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Nikola Corporation and General Motors Co. As part of the agreement, Nikola will utilize General Motors’ Ultium battery system and Hydrotec fuel cell technology, representing a key commercialization milestone for General Motors. GM fuel cell system. —General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra.

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MAY 11, 2022

General Motors and Red Hat Inc., The companies expect to expand an ecosystem of innovation around the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, which provides a functional-safety certified Linux operating system foundation intended for the ongoing evolution of GM’s Ultifi software platform ( earlier post ). The time to innovate is now.

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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. GM has announced nearly $2 billion in investments for Arlington Assembly since 2013.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

General Motors expects its Spring Hill Manufacturing plant will be powered by 100% solar energy beginning in late 2022. Green tariff solutions are a key component of GM’s renewable energy strategy and allow the company to work with utilities to provide renewable energy solutions near its facilities.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. —Charlie Freese, GM executive director of the global HYDROTEC business. GM is supplying HYDROTEC fuel cell power cubes to Renewable Innovations of Lindon, Utah to build the Mobile Power Generator. Mobile Power Generator.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2020

General Motors is moving engineers from its Chevrolet Corvette development team to its electric-vehicle program, InsideEVs reported Thursday. Specifically, GM moved the engineers from its Global Products Programs group to the Autonomous and Electric Vehicles group, according to the report.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2020

General Motors and Honda have agreed to develop jointly two all-new electric vehicles for Honda, based on GM’s highly flexible global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. GM unveiled the platform and batteries in early March. General Motors’ all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Canada-based FLO announced the installation of the first wave of workplace electric vehicle (EV) charging stations as part of a multi-year agreement with General Motors (GM), whereby FLO provides AC Level 2 and direct current (DC) fast chargers for GM to be installed on their premises in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

More than 27,000 students from 93 unique educational institutions have participated to date, seeding the industry with engineers who have helped redefine the automobile for more than three decades. EcoCAR prioritizes inclusion in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to unlock the benefits of clean transportation for all.

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APRIL 23, 2022

GM will provide student teams across 15 academic institutions with a Cadillac LYRIQ, the brand’s first all-electric vehicle, to develop and to demonstrate technology that utilizes automation and vehicle-to-everything connectivity.

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Electrek

JANUARY 20, 2023

General Motors (GM) announced today that it will invest nearly $1 billion in four US facilities to produce V-8 engines and EV components. Despite GM advertising it’s going “all in” on electric vehicles, less than 10% of the investment is going toward EV development.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

General Motors will invest $300 million in China-based Momenta to accelerate the development of next-generation self-driving technologies for future GM vehicles in China. —Julian Blissett, executive vice president of General Motors and president of GM China. —Xudong Cao, CEO of Momenta.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Lordstown Motors Corporation, a startup developing an all-electric pickup truck serving the commercial fleet market, merged with DiamondPeak Holdings Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). billion transaction provides Lordstown Motors with $675 million of gross proceeds.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2024

General Motors (GM) has detailed its first-quarter financial results for the year, citing its gas vehicles and continued growth of electric vehicle (EV) business and software-based platform development. “The engine of the company is truck and SUV at this point,” he added. billion to $11.5 Full steam ahead.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

General Motors and Liebherr-Aerospace will join forces to develop a hydrogen fuel cell power generation demonstrator system for aircraft. The demonstrator will incorporate GM’s precisely crafted fuel cells, HYDROTEC power cube and fuel cell system, along with the GM’s controls and models.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

General Motors and Honda today signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) following extensive preliminary discussions toward establishing a North American automotive alliance. Co-development planning discussions will begin immediately, with engineering work beginning in early 2021.

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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

JUNE 28, 2020

The US Army Contracting Command–Detroit Arsenal announced that GM Defense LLC , a subsidiary of General Motors, has been awarded the production contract to build, field and sustain the Army’s new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). Duramax turbo-diesel engine, and six-speed automatic transmission.

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MARCH 5, 2020

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. GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium.

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Electrek

JUNE 15, 2021

General Motors (GM) has announced a collaboration with Wabtec Corporation to attempt to develop and implement its Ultium battery technology into Wabtec’s freight locomotives. GM also plans to develop its HYDROTEC hydrogen fuel cell systems for Wabtec to commercialize zero-emission, heavy-duty locomotives.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

General Motors announced Ultifi, an end-to-end software platform that it says will unlock new vehicle experiences and connect customers’ digital lives. On top of this foundation, GM engineers will separate key software into a new centralized layer that acts as a hub for vehicle systems. —Mark Reuss, GM president.

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Teslarati

APRIL 17, 2024

Tesla Cybertruck engineer Wes Morrill revealed the company considered equipping the all-electric pickup with the “Crab Walk” feature that General Motors has flexed with its HUMMER EV, but it did not seem useful. However, it is only operable at incredibly low speeds — GM says up to 1.2

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

General Motors has agreed to form a strategic investment and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to secure sustainably produced lithium from the CTR’s Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development, located in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in California.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

General Motors Co. announced it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Nikola Corporation for a global supply agreement to provide GM’s Hydrotec fuel cell system for Nikola’s Class 7/8 semi-trucks. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president of Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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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. 2022 - GM announced agreement with Vale to source nickel from Canada.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2021

General Motors has reached an agreement under which LG Electronics Inc. will reimburse GM for costs and expenses associated with the recall of Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs due to manufacturing defects in battery modules supplied by LG. LG is a valued and respected supplier to GM, and we are pleased to reach this agreement.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Lordstown Motors Corp. LMC), a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM), has acquired the GM manufacturing complex in Lordstown, Ohio. The LMC entity was created in connection with, and for the purpose of, acquiring the GM facility to manufacture electric trucks in Lordstown. Workhorse CEO Duane Hughes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

To help protect workers in essential services across the country, GM launched a rapid-response project to produce masks at scale on 20 March. By next week, GM expects to deliver its first 20,000 masks to frontline workers. Martin for General Motors. —Karsten Garbe, GM plant director, Global Pre-Production Operations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2022

American Rheinmetall Vehicles, a leading developer of tactical wheeled and tracked combat vehicles and systems has formed a strategic collaboration with GM Defense LLC, to compete in the US Army’s Common Tactical Truck (CTT) program. GM Defense is a rapidly expanding, wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors. GMC HUMMER EV.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2013

General Motors has begun manufacturing the electric motor for the Spark EV at its Baltimore Operations plant in White Marsh, Md. The heart of the Spark EV’s propulsion system is the GM-designed, oil-cooled, permanent magnet motor. —Larry Nitz, GM executive director of Vehicle Electrification Engineering.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 17, 2023

According to a statement on Tuesday, General Motors (GM) is delaying the production of its electric pickups to late 2025 at one Michigan plant, though the automaker says the change is not related to the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

General Motors outlined its technology rollout plan for electrification, intelligent driving and connectivity in China. At Tech Day, China’s version of GM’s EV Day held in March in Warren, the company provided a fast-forward look at its technologies developed globally that combine a local perspective.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Basic Motors plans to do away with about 200 engineering positions, even though the workers in the ones roles will be capable of journey to alternative jobs. In a observation, a GM spokesperson stated the automaker “is taking steps to rebalance our engineering resources to better align with our growth strategy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

SAE International announced the launch of the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II through a continued partnership with GM. The competition continues the strong partnership between GM and SAE in STEM education and will build on the success of the original AutoDrive Challenge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

General Motors on Monday released an update on development of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV, which is scheduled to start production in the first quarter of 2022. Cadillac engineers of completed 80% of validation testing, meaning they can now begin fine-tuning the Lyriq ahead of the start of production, the GM press release said.

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APRIL 17, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, will invest more than $2.3 Ultium Cells will build the new plant on land leased from GM. —,GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design.

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