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GM Returns to Europe With Electric Crossovers

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However, the company vowed a return in 2023 and that’s now taking place in Switzerland. The American automaker has officially confirmed that it has begun taking orders on the battery-powered Cadillac Lyriq crossover, with deliveries assumed to commence in the first half of 2024.

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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

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General Motors has increased its electric vehicle investment by 75%, from $20 billion to $35 billion through 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. The plan is to eventually transition its entire fleet of vehicles to be fully electric, but the company doesn’t plan to accomplish this until 2035. assembly capacity for EV SUVs.

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GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

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Key factors changing the decision landscape include strong public reaction to the GMC HUMMER EV and HUMMER EV SUV, the Cadillac LYRIQ and the Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup; GM and dealer investments in the EV customer experience; public and private investment in EV charging infrastructure; and the global policy environment.

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Tesla Model Y’s complete lineup now qualifies for EV tax credits through Inflation Reduction Act

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” EV adoption has been a main point of emphasis for Tesla, and its influence on other car companies to also develop competitive electric vehicles has been a critical part of the country’s adoption of battery-powered cars. .” One of the topics of the meeting was “the broader cause of electrification.”

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

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That phrase is a business principle that leaders of customer-centric companies live by. Some of the EVs we saw in GM’s Design Dome (Cadillac Celestiq and probably the unnamed Buick crossover) are clearly targeted for China. Two Navistar fuel cell-powered long-haul trucks. Under promise, over deliver.

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Cadillac electrifies its most popular SUV as the Escalade goes EV

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Cadillac said it would electrify its most popular SUV as the Escalade will go EV with the introduction of its battery-powered Escalade IQ. Cadillac will roll out the Escalade IQ sometime later this year, and it will join two other SUV EVs that the automaker has rolled out with the Celestiq and Lyriq.

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GM Will Apply Plug-in Hybrid Technology To One of Its Remaining Four Core Brands, Delivery Still in 2011

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In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of the four core brands remaining after the restructuring: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. of Energy (DOE) and nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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