Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors). million to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

General Motors will invest more than $81 million into the company’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, to prepare the campus to build the Cadillac CELESTIQ ( earlier post ). The investment will be used to purchase and install related equipment to hand-build the CELESTIQ and campus renovation work has already begun.

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InsideEVs

MARCH 18, 2025

The automaker is teaming up with the chip giant to build next-generation vehicles, factories and robots.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

Despite previously having committed itself toward a future where it builds all-electric vehicles, General Motors has made plans to bring plug-in hybrids back to our market. General Motors already delivered the Chevrolet Bolt, with the model becoming one of the first affordable EVs offering real utility to customers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2023

Seven major global automakers—BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group, and Stellantis NV—will create a joint venture to build a new charging network that will significantly expand access to high-powered charging in North America.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 17, 2024

General Motors (GM) announced a $10 million investment for battery development. General Motors subsidiary providing EV battery tech for military project With its Atomic Armor technology, Forge Nano hopes to develop thin-film coatings so General Motors can enhance its battery’s performance while reducing costs.

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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. The plant builds the GMC Acadia and the Cadillac XT5 and XT6, as well as several engines. The wildlife area has received Gold recognition and certification from the Wildlife Habitat Council.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2025

Like its Detroit-based rivals Stellantis and Ford, General Motors operates a significant manufacturing business in Canada and Mexico, putting all three at substantial risk of disruption from tariffs. The automaker employs thousands at the plant in Ramos Arizpe, where it builds the Equinox EV and Honda Prologue, among others.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM’s focus will be offering zero-emissions vehicles across a range of price points and working with all stakeholders, including EDF, to build out the necessary charging infrastructure and promote consumer acceptance while maintaining high quality jobs, which will all be needed to meet these ambitious goals.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

General Motors has opened Canada’s first full-scale electric-vehicle manufacturing plant in Ontario. With investment support from both the Canadian and Ontario governments, GM has completely retooled the CAMI Assembly plant as the new global manufacturing home of BrightDrop’s fully electric delivery vans.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

General Motors Co. The facility will build both traditionally powered Cadillac products and EVs. Newly announced planned investments include: $2 billion will be invested in Spring Hill Manufacturing to build fully electric vehicles including the luxury Cadillac LYRIQ. Construction of the facility is well underway.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2023

General Motors’ Chevrolet brand reported US deliveries of 19,700 units of the Bolt EV/EUV in Q1 2023. Combined with Cadillac LYRIQ deliveries of 968 units—and the delivery of 2 units of the HUMMER EV Pickup—General Motors delivered 20,670 battery-electric vehicles in Q1. This represented 3.4%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2021

At a Washington Post Live virtual conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss provided more details about GM’s next-generation Ultium lithium metal battery and announced a joint development agreement with lithium metal battery innovator SES (formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems) ( earlier post ).

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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.

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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. GM and POSCO Chemical are building a new facility in Quebec, Canada, as part of their joint venture to produce CAM for GM’s Ultium batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

General Motors plans to invest $632 million in Fort Wayne Assembly to prepare the plant for production of the next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size light-duty trucks. This investment will support new conveyors, tooling and equipment in the plant’s body and general assembly areas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group recently teamed up with HYZON Motors to build a new fleet of hydrogen buses. Earlier this year, Hyzon expanded existing operations by opening its new US headquarters and Engineering Center at the former General Motors fuel cell facility in Honeoye Falls, New York.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2023

General Motors plans to invest $918 million in four US manufacturing sites, including $854 million to prepare these facilities to produce the company’s sixth-generation Small Block V-8 engine and an additional $64 million in Rochester, New York and Defiance, Ohio for castings and components to support EV production.

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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. General Motors’ all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. GM unveiled the platform and batteries in early March.

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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. billion investment in Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center for retooling and upgrades will position the facility to build EVs at scale. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

Building on his leadership experience at General Motors and Nikola Corporation, Lie will oversee the development of future Volkswagen vehicles for the North American market, as well as research and development priorities across North America.

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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). The total production ISV contract award value is $214.3

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

General Motors will invest $2.2 Our electric pickup will be the first of multiple electric truck variants we will build at Detroit-Hamtramck over the next few years. Detroit-Hamtramck currently operates on one shift of production and builds the Cadillac CT6 and the Chevrolet Impala. —Mark Reuss, GM president.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Despite regulatory changes and a massively uncertain economic future, General Motors has continued pressing forward with electrified vehicles. GM builds the ICE Blazer at a facility in Mexico, which will shift to focus on EV production. Images: General Motors/Chevrolet] Become aTTAC insider.

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 28, 2025

CEO Mary Barra and other execs say they expect 2025 to be another EV growth year too, but "want to be disciplined" about what's coming.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 19, 2024

A spokesperson told CNBC , “As we build GM’s future, we must simplify for speed and excellence, make bold choices, and prioritize the investments that will have the greatest impact. Images: General Motors] Become a TTAC insider. This morning, the automaker announced layoffs that will impact around 1.3

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Green Car Congress

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. Most importantly, General Motors has a vested interest to see Nikola succeed.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While the sport’s governing body, the FIA, approved the American team’s entry to the grid with backing from General Motors and Cadillac, F1 itself has yet to accept the application. Even so, Andretti’s position recently got much stronger, as GM announced that it would develop and build power units in-house beginning in 2028.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Honda-General Motors EV saga may be ending sooner than expected. Honda’s CEO, Toshihiro Mibe, said the automaker is scrapping plans to build affordable EVs with GM because of the “changing business environment.” more… The post Honda is abandoning plans to build affordable EVs with GM appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

General Motors (GM) will allegedly purchase LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries produced with technology from China-based CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.). People familiar with the matter hinted that General Motors will purchase TDK’s finished products.

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Green Car Congress

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. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors). billion joint venture plant that GM and LG Chem plan to build in Lordstown, Ohio.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

The opportunity for potential future upstream investment integration supports BASF’s strategy to build an integrated, closed-loop battery materials ecosystem in all key regions. Project planning is progressing and subject to necessary approvals, BASF targets project commissioning in 2025. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

AUGUST 29, 2024

General Motors is delaying its jointly-run electric vehicle factory with Samsung SDI by one year, a move that shows another legacy automaker tempering their expectations as the U.S. Ford recently announced that it would push its EV plans back and would instead focus on building out more hybrids in the coming years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

In support of General Motors’ vision of a zero-emissions, all-electric future, Buick will bring its first electric vehicle to market for North America in 2024. No longer a circular logo, the badge incorporates a sleek, horizontally aligned layout that builds upon Buick’s recognizable tri-shield.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The General Motors (GM) Ultium Cells Warren plant in Ohio celebrated a major milestone recently by producing its 100 millionth battery cell. The work being done here at Ultium Cells Warren is critical to the future of transportation and to General Motors efforts to drive the industry forward.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 14, 2023

General Motors and Samsung SDI will build a more than $3 billion EV battery cell factory in St. Joseph County, Indiana scheduled to begin operations in 2026, Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced Tuesday.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2023

General Motors has paused production at a plant in Ontario, Canada, due to a shortage of batteries, according to the local London Free Press. The Cami Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, builds BrightDrop electric vans, but has been closed for a month due to a reported battery shortage.

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