Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

An electric traction motor (right) and stator (left) at the GM Powertrain Engineering Development Center Friday, 15 January 2010 in Pontiac, Michigan. The first GM-designed and built electric motors are scheduled to debut in 2013 in next-generation, rear-wheel-drive two-mode hybrid technology. Photo by John F. —Tom Stephens.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

RelayRides is the first third-party developer to integrate with GM OnStar’s proprietary application program interface (API) that will be available to other developers later this summer. RelayRides is backed by more than $13 million in venture capital funding from investors including Google Ventures and GM Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

General Motors and Honda plan to expand the two companies’ relationship by codeveloping a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a new global architecture using next-generation Ultium battery technology. —Mary Barra, GM chair and CEO. In 2018, Honda joined GM’s EV battery module development efforts.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

GM and its strategic partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. EN-V is a two-seat electric vehicle designed to alleviate concerns surrounding traffic congestion, parking availability, air quality and affordability for tomorrow’s cities. prototype that was developed by GM and Segway and which made its debut in April 2009.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

GM and Samsung SDI, which announced their joint venture in April, will build the plant just east of New Carlisle at Larrison Boulevard and Indiana 2 to supply GM’s growing EV production needs. GM plans to install more than 1 million units of annual EV capacity in North America in 2025 and accelerate from there.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

GM and Honda plan to work together with stakeholders to further advance hydrogen refueling infrastructure, which is critical for the long-term viability and consumer acceptance of fuel cell vehicles. GM and Honda are both leaders in fuel cell technology, with longstanding fuel cell research and development programs. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. Akerson said the bi-fuel Impala is an example of using affordable technology to reduce oil consumption and save consumers money at the pump.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

General Motors and battery manufacturer Microvast will work together to develop specialized EV battery separator technology and build a new separator plant in the US. GM will contribute its separator and coating technology to the collaboration with Microvast. This work will be supported by a $200-million grant from the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

GM fuel cell system. We are growing our presence in multiple high-volume EV segments while building scale to lower battery and fuel cell costs and increase profitability. General Motors’ battery development work is ongoing. It is already demonstrating automotive-grade durability and significantly higher energy density. Nikola Badger.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The partnership between Honda and GM to build affordable electric cars has been cancelled for reasons that are not entirely clear.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

The company’s AI-powered platform and advanced research and development facility in Mountain View, California, will help accelerate GM’s commercialization of affordable electric vehicle batteries. Mitra Chem’s labs, methods and talent will fit well with our own R&D team’s work.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2010

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, is launching the Baojun brand (Boajun is the Chinese word for “treasured horse”). The JV partners said that Baojun is being introduced to address the growing demand for affordable passenger cars in China. stake, GM China a 34.0%

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Honda did a deal with GM to develop its own electric SUV, the Prologue, on Blazer EV underpinnings. GM planned to roll out a variety of vehicles based on its Ultium architecture, from the luxury Cadillac Lyriq through the rock-climbing GMC Hummer EV to the mass-market compact Chevrolet Equinox EV. Is it really a Honda?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2011

GM has been testing the technology in two mobile platforms: a transponder about the size of a GPS unit and a smartphone application that can be tied to the vehicle’s display unit. By putting the technology into portable devices, we could make this potentially life-saving technology widely available and more affordable. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

GM is executing plans to install 1 million units of annual EV capacity in North America in 2025, supported by four US battery cell joint venture plants with 160 GWh of capacity and grow from there in subsequent years. This announcement is the latest in a series of actions GM has taken to build a more secure EV supply chain.

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EV Central

JUNE 30, 2025

GM is dealing with literally huge challenges in its home market, where it has to supply enormous electric trucks – including the GMC Hummer EV, Cadillac Escalade IQ and Silverado EV – which need vast amounts of battery power. We don’t think anybody’s building a lower-cost cell in North America than we are.”

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2023

It's an unexpected statement from the head of an automaker that's been fairly optimistic about affordable EVs. As reported by Reuters, Barra told conference attendees that EV battery costs are still too high to build.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2022

General Motors and Honda have announced a new partnership to develop affordable electric vehicles based on a global platform. “GM Vehicles developed by the Detroit and Japan-based companies will run on GM’s Ultium battery technology , which the automaker developed for its massive transition to EVs.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The legacy automaker announced today that it would be building a new battery cell research and innovation facility, known as the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, in Warren, Michigan. The Wallace Center will be located on the campus of GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan,” the automaker wrote in a press release.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show. A partial draft checklist of stakeholders and enablers to help guide cities in making their regions plug-in friendly suggested by GM includes: Draft Checklist for a Plug-in Ready City. GM will undertake similar efforts around the country in communities such as Washington, D.C.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Nanostructured steel materials company NanoSteel ( earlier post ) closed a new round of equity investment led by GM Ventures. The goal of NanoSteel’s products is to assist automakers in building new, affordable, lightweight vehicles to meet rising global fuel economy regulations.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2023

CEO Mary Barra confirmed the Bolt’s two offerings, the EV and EUV, will be phased out as GM aims to transition away from its older offerings and make progress toward higher production rates of vehicles that will utilize the Ultium platform , the automaker’s next-generation architecture for electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

In North America, Honda will procure Ultium batteries from GM. Separately, aside from GM, Honda is exploring the possibility of creating a joint venture company for battery production. For North America, in 2024, Honda will introduce two mid- to large-size EV models currently being developed jointly with GM.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

Over the past three years, GM and Honda have been collaborating on next-generation fuel cell and hydrogen storage systems, aiming at commercialization in the 2020 time frame. Next-generation fuel cell stack co-developed by Honda and GM. GM and Honda rank No. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

MAY 10, 2021

GM is targeting affordability for at least some versions of its Chevy Silverado EV. And a Canadian company has big plans to build electric school buses in the U.S. GM CEO Mary Barra. Rivian rolls out towing and cargo details for its R1T electric truck. The Ford F-150 Lightning is official, and due soon.

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The Driven EV News

JULY 26, 2023

GM brings back its most-affordable EV after stating the end of production only months ago, and it will build six new electric models. The post GM reboots its best-selling EV, the Chevrolet Bolt appeared first on The Driven.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2024

Today we covered Tesla's back-and-forth on whether it will or won't build an affordable EV. If it helps, take Tesla out of the equation and think about a $25K EV sold by Ford or GM or Honda or whoever. Does that ring true? In other words, will the availability of cheaper EVs make you pull the trigger on an EV? Sound off below.

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InsideEVs

MAY 5, 2022

Mary Barra is confident that GM can pivot and snatch the world's largest EV maker title from Tesla by building affordable EVs.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

General Motors didn't have to construct an all-new assembly plant to build its affordable, mass-market Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car. That's not the most interesting aspect of Bolt EV production, though: GM actually builds the.

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Plug in America

APRIL 23, 2025

They know this, which is why Ford , Stellantis , and GM publicly backed the federal EPA standards. Finance companies affiliated with some automakers offer $7,500 toward leases on EV models, making monthly lease payments very affordable. Tip #2: Buy a used EV The affordability of EVs is often listed as a barrier to adoption.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

GM Ventures invested in NanoSteel in 2012. Designed to provide automakers with a new standard in material performance, the sheet steel is poised to accelerate vehicle lightweighting initiatives focused on affordably meeting rising global fuel-economy regulations. Earlier post.).

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EV Central

JUNE 19, 2025

GM’s top EV battery guru, Andy Oury, believes we could switch to a hydrogen-based economy in the future, if we could build enough renewable energy to run it. READ MORE: Now it’s GM’s turn to tout cheaper, more efficient new battery tech! GM battery guru Andy Oury. GM battery tech. Lithium is central.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The opportunity to build up such an important company with a powertrain pioneer like Peter Hofbauer, and backed by a visionary like Vinod Khosla, was just too good to pass up. At Volkswagen, he spent nine years as head of Advanced Propulsion System Research, followed by nine years as head of Worldwide Powertrain Development. Don Runkle.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2024

Japanese automaker Honda is considering locations to build an electric vehicle (EV) factory in Canada featuring the use of in-house battery cells. “Each company remains committed to affordability in the EV market.” . “Each company remains committed to affordability in the EV market.” million sales per year by 2030.

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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. According to GM’s press release, the auto group sold 16,108 Chevrolet Bolts/Bolt EUVs , 86 Cadillac Lyriqs, and 72 GMC Hummer EVs. Overall, GM brands sold a combined 2.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). Woebcken, most recently President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America Inc., He received a B.S. Larry Burns.

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