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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Electrek

JUNE 11, 2024

General Motors does not expect to build as many electric cars as initially planned this year. On Tuesday, CFO Paul Jacobson announced GM aims to build 200K to 250K EVs in 2024, down from its previous target of 200K to 300K, citing slower-than-expected EV demand in the US.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

GM and Vacuumschmelze (VAC) of Germany announced plans for VAC to build a plant in the US that will manufacture permanent magnets for the electric motors used in the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV and more than a dozen other models using GM’s Ultium Platform. Magnets are at the heart of an EV motor.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2023

General Motors will expand vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology across its retail portfolio of Ultium-based electric vehicles by model year 2026. The technology allows consumers to store and transfer energy to help offset electricity needs during peak demand days and mitigate the impact of power outages.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2024

General Motors (GM) is investing $390 million in Kansas for next-gen Chevy Bolt EV production. Last week, General Motors announced that it would end Chevy Malibu production, one of the last gas-powered sedans Chevrolet offers in the United States. Kansas isn’t the only state GM is investing in for EV production.

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Teslarati

JUNE 12, 2024

General Motors (GM) recently confirmed that the Cadillac OPTIQ electric vehicle (EV) will be built in Mexico. The OPTIQ EV will build on the GM LYRIQ. It will be built at General Motors’ Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico. The base model will also come standard with 3 years of GM’s Super Cruise connected service.

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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. Enable mobility beyond GM’s own portfolio through third-party licensing of its EV technology, co-development agreements and partnerships.

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Electrek

MARCH 20, 2024

General Motors (GM) looks to get back on track this year as executives believe EV “production hell” is behind it. After missing EV sales targets for the past two years, will 2024 be the year of execution, as GM says it will?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

General Motors Co. The facility will build both traditionally powered Cadillac products and EVs. The six US facility investments total more than $2 billion, bringing the total amount GM has invested or committed to invest in its US manufacturing sites to more than $29 billion since 2009.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A Detroit-based startup wants to turn General Motors electric vans into RVs. Called Grounded, the startup on Wednesday announced the G2, an RV based on the GM BrightDrop Zevo 600 van. The dual-motor all-wheel-drive G2 is a follow-up to the Grounded G1 launched earlier this year. But where.

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2024

General Motors (GM) recently showed its commitment to electric vehicles (EVs) by continuing its plans for a $3.5 GM is currently preparing for landscaping, the creation of retention ponds, and the installation of essential utilities for the main building at the site. billion battery plant in Indiana, near New Carlisle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mary Barra is sure that General Motors (GM) “is well positioned for a year of strong financial performance.” ” The GM. continued] The post GM CEO Promises To “Build On Everything We Accomplished — And Learned — In 2023” appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2023

General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two of its Flint, Michigan, manufacturing sites—Flint Assembly and Flint Metal Center—to prepare those plants for production of the next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) heavy-duty trucks. GM has announced more than $1.7

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Cirba Solutions (previously Retriev Solutions, LLC) has extended a prior agreement with General Motors (GM) to recycle electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion battery and cell scrap generated by manufacturing and research at select GM facilities through 2024.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 1, 2020

Lordstown Motors was created to build electric pickup trucks at a former General Motors factory in Lordstown, Ohio. GM built cars in Lordstown for 53 years, and the current factory was capable of.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2022

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. These fuel cell generators could ultimately replace gas- and diesel-burning generators with fewer emissions at worksites, buildings, movie sets, data centers, outdoor concerts and festivals. Mobile Power Generator. Retail EV Charging Stations.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 21, 2024

As it seeks to address production issues with its current Ultium battery cells, General Motors may be considering something even more complex. First spotted by Motor1, a recently filed GM patent application discusses battery cells with Lego-like shapes meant to accommodate cooling channels.

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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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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

General Motors has announced that it plans to invest in its powertrain plant in St. While the exact amount of GM’s investment was […] The post General Motors to build Ultium electric drives in Ontario appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

General Motors and Lithium Americas will jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is the largest known source of lithium in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass will be used in GM’s proprietary Ultium battery cells. Tranche 1: GM to purchase 15.0

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Green Car Congress

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. Product details and timing related to GM’s future full-size SUVs are not being released at this time.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

General Motors and POSCO Chemical plan to form a joint venture through which the parties will construct a factory in North America to process critical battery materials for GM’s Ultium electric vehicle platform. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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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

APRIL 7, 2021

—General Motors President Mark Reuss. GM plans to deliver more than 1 million electric vehicles globally by 2025 and earn EV market leadership in North America. With the company’s Ultium Platform, virtual development tools and technology, GM has reduced vehicle development times by nearly 50% to 26 months.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2024

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) is negotiating with General Motors (GM) to license its LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery technology. CATL and GM are also discussing the possibility of building a joint factory in North America. Last year, Ford announced plans to build a $3.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

General Motors has secured a new source of cost-competitive nickel and cobalt for Ultium battery cells after making a strategic investment in Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) of Australia ( earlier post ). —Jeff Morrison, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, was selected by the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype an energy storage unit. GM Defense’s solution will meet the requirements of DIU’s Stable Tactical Expeditionary Electric Power (STEEP) program.

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Teslarati

MAY 24, 2024

Redwood Materials is partnering with General Motors to recycle the legacy automaker’s production scraps from its Ohio and Tennessee plants. Together, we’re building America’s battery supply chain,” said Redwood Materials. Together, we’re building America's battery supply chain. billion battery plant in South Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

General Motors will invest $760 million at its Toledo, Ohio propulsion manufacturing operations to prepare the facility for production of drive units that will be used in future Ultium-based battery electric trucks, including the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV and GMC HUMMER EVs. billion at Toledo since 2011.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

General Motors and Nikola Corporation announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday in which GM will supply hydrogen fuel-cell systems and battery systems to Nikola. Furthermore, GM will build the upcoming Nikola Badger pickup truck starting in 2022.

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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 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. —Mark Reuss, president of General Motors. —Seiji Kuraishi, executive vice president of Honda Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

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

APRIL 26, 2023

General Motors and Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States that is targeted to begin operations in 2026. The plant will have more than 30 GWh of capacity and will bring GM’s total US battery cell capacity to about 160 GWh when it is at full production.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

General Motors announced a collaboration with Tesla to integrate Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector design into its EVs beginning in 2025. Additionally, the collaboration will expand access to charging for GM EV drivers at 12,000 Tesla Superchargers, and growing, throughout North America. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2021

General Motors introduced Ultium Charge 360, a holistic charging approach that integrates charging networks, GM vehicle mobile apps, and other products and services to simplify the overall charging experience for GM electric vehicle owners.

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