Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, was selected by the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop a battery pack prototype for testing and analysis on Department of Defense platforms. GM’s HUMMER EV Ultium battery pack. —Steve duMont, president of GM Defense.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss revealed GM’s group of three all-new motors that will power its Ultium-based EVs. Designed by GM, the 180kW front-drive motor, 255kW rear- and front-drive motor and 62kW all-wheel drive assist motor are part of Ultium Drive.

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JUNE 16, 2025

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) just dropped its third annual Global Automaker Rating, showing that Chinese carmakers dominate the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) space. China now accounts for over 11 million EVs sold annually – over half of global EV sales. ” India’s Tata Motors also hit a turning point.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

This dedicated EV architecture and propulsion system is the foundation for GM’s all-electric future, giving the company the capability not only to build an entire retail and commercial portfolio, but also leverage the technology to expand its business to non-automotive applications. GMC HUMMER EV. BrightDrop EV600. Ultium Ship-To-Commerce.

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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). Ricardo Defense will support key product logistics and fielding requirements of the GM Defense ISV.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2019

During its Capital Markets Day presentation, GM said that Cadillac will be GM’s lead electric vehicle brand and will introduce the first model from the company’s all-new global battery electric vehicle architecture (BEV3), GM’s foundation for an advanced family of profitable EVs. —Mark Reuss, GM President.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The GMC HUMMER EV pickup and the Cruise Origin, a purpose-built electric, self-driving, shared vehicle, and other GM EVs will be built at Factory ZERO. It represents the single largest investment in a plant in GM history. Both the upcoming GMC HUMMER EV and the Cruise Origin will be built on GM’s Ultium battery platform.

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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. GM and Honda have an ongoing relationship around electrification. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2021

The initial prototype batteries have already completed 150,000 simulated test miles at research and development labs at GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, demonstrating real-world potential. GM’s prototype lithium metal batteries were developed at the company’s research and development labs in Warren, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

The 2023 Chevrolet Silverado was the best-selling retail full-size light-duty pickup in 2022, based on S&P Global Mobility 2022 CYE US new vehicle registrations using GM custom retail registration type. GM has announced nearly $2 billion in investments for Fort Wayne Assembly and more than $2.8

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AUGUST 20, 2022

The ZDX is being co-developed with GM utilizing the highly flexible global EV platform powered by Ultium batteries. Acura then will launch additional EV models starting in 2026 based on the company’s own global e:Architecture. Earlier post.). —Emile Korkor, assistant vice president of Acura National Sales. 2011 Acura ZDX.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The transaction between the two companies includes an engineering services agreement (ESA) to support GM’s global product programs through the end of 2021. Since 2005, Turin has served as a global center of excellence for diesel propulsion systems and electronics for GM. —Doug Parks, executive vice president, GM.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

By accelerating its renewable energy goal, GM aims to avoid 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that would have been produced between 2025 and 2030. The company has committed to invest $35 billion in electric and autonomous vehicles and plans to introduce more than 30 electric vehicle models globally by 2025.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

recently announced a binding agreement for a large-scale supply of Cathode Active Material (CAM) to help GM meet its fast-growing EV production needs. These recent announcements have strengthened POSCO Chemical’s collaboration with GM and has raised its position in the market as a global battery raw material producer.

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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. —Karsten Garbe, GM plant director, Global Pre-Production Operations. Photo by John F.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

The construction and testing of this demonstrator—based, in part, on GM’s HYDROTEC fuel cell technology—will take place in a specialized laboratory multi-system integration testing at Liebherr-Aerospace in Toulouse (France). —GM Executive Director – Global HYDROTEC Charlie Freese.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

With ventilators and face masks now in production, GM is expanding its manufacturing of personal protective equipment, including latex-free face shields, protective gowns and aerosol boxes. GM employees are delivering protective gowns to hospitals in the Henry Ford Health System and aerosol boxes to other area healthcare facilities.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2020

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. These include GM’s new global EV platform, the Ultium battery system and next-generation EVs to be launched in China.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said that the company will offer 30 all-electric models globally by mid-decade; 40% of the company’s US entries will be battery electric vehicles by the end of 2025. More than half of GM’s capital spending and product development team will be devoted to electric and electric-autonomous vehicle programs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2022

By achieving this accelerated goal, GM expects to avoid the production of an estimated 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that would have been produced between 2025 and 2030, equal to the emissions produced by burning 1 billion pounds of coal. This is the main way through which GM is achieving its renewable energy goal.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This will be the first application of an available fixed-glass roof on a GM pickup in the full-size truck segment. The Silverado EV is based on GM’s Ultium Platform and leverages Silverado’s proven capability. The electric Silverado will offer customers a GM-estimated range of more than 400 miles on a full charge.

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APRIL 7, 2025

The vehicle was said to be "an advanced design study" of the Chevrolet Corvette and looks to be one of many GM has asked its various styling teams to produce in preparation of the sports car being redesigned. Our advanced design teams mandate extends well beyond creating production vehicles," stated Michael Simcoe, senior VP of global design.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2021

Coming this summer, owners of electric vehicles from GM brands will have the opportunity to select home energy plans that include the option for free overnight hours (from midnight to 5 a.m.) Employees of participating GM suppliers will be eligible for the home energy plans mentioned above. of EV charging.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

However, there is no apparent correlation identified between the level of investment announced and expected contribution to growth as can be seen in the case of Ford, Stellantis and GM. and is an innovation leader with the highest number of patents filed amongst other global automakers. —Bakar Sadik Agwan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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. Following a record-setting launch for GM, BrightDrop completed delivery of the first Zevo 600s to FedEx last year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

OnStar Vehicle Insights can now be used with most non-GM vehicles via a plug-in adapter. The OnStar Vehicle Insights Fleet Adapter, created by GM’s Global Innovation team, plugs into the OBD-II port of non-GM vehicles, as well as GM vehicles built without OnStar hardware and model year 2014 or older GM vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As part of the agreement, GM is expected to invest up to $69 million in Queensland Pacific Metals for the development of its proposed Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) Project in Northern Australia. —Jeff Morrison, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The combined scale of GM and GE will enable us to unlock the potential for securing low-carbon footprint, ESG-friendly, secure and cost competitive materials. —Shilpan Amin, GM vice president for Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. —GE Renewable Energy Chief Technology Officer Danielle Merfeld.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

GM Ventures, the automaker’s investment arm, has made a strategic investment in Lithion Recycling’s Series A financing round, supporting a new GM-Lithion strategic partnership agreement to pursue a circular battery ecosystem using Lithion’s advanced battery recycling technology.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The announcement came shortly after GM announced plans to roll out more than 15 Ultium-based models in China by 2025, and reinforced its commitment to making electric vehicles more connected and intelligent. GM is accelerating the introduction of Ultium-empowered EVs in China to support the market’s move toward an all-electric future.

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GM announced AR?V V was selected as part of a global crowdsourcing campaign announced in November 2018. V used GM’s automotive-grade capabilities to set high standards in eBike engineering. V eBikes were engineered and designed in GM facilities in Michigan and Oshawa, Ontario. The name AR?V V eBikes connect with the AR?V

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

The site’s construction will allow for future expansion opportunities as GM continues to pursue many potential future EV supply chain projects. GM and our supplier partners are creating a new, more secure and more sustainable ecosystem for EVs, built on a foundation of North American resources, technology and manufacturing expertise.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As GM has made major steps and gained expertise with fuel cells, the two companies see substantial synergies by transferring this to Nel’s PEM platform. General Motors is one of the global leaders in hydrogen fuel cell propulsion with more than 50 years of experience. —Charles Freese, GM executive director, Global HYDROTEC.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

DMAX is 60% owned by GM, 40% owned by Isuzu Diesel Services of America, Inc. Strong demand for GM’s all-new family of Chevrolet and GMC heavy and medium duty pickups is driving us to find ways to build more Duramax diesel engines. —Gerald Johnson, GM’s executive vice president of Global Manufacturing.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Chevrolet won't follow sibling General Motors brands Buick and Cadillac in offering buyouts to dealerships that don't want to sell electric vehicles, a GM executive said in a recent interview with The Verge.

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