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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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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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OCTOBER 12, 2022

General Motors introduced Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, which in combination with the existing Ultium Charge 360, create an ecosystem of energy management products and services that will be housed under a new business unit called GM Energy.

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JANUARY 22, 2022

General Motors plans to invest nearly $154 million in its Western New York Lockport Components plant. The investment will be used to renovate the facility and purchase and install new machinery and equipment used in the production of the stator module, a key component in an electric motor. Ultium Drive stator.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

EVgo and General Motors have surpassed 1,000 fast charging stalls as part of their collaboration to expand fast-charging infrastructure. To date, EVgo and GM have opened fast-charging stalls across nearly 230 locations in 39 markets covering 27 states, with the majority featuring high-power 350kW fast charging.

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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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JULY 2, 2021

General Motors has agreed to form a strategic investment and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to secure sustainably produced lithium from the CTR’s Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development, located in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in California.

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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

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. The name Factory ZERO reflects the significance of this facility in advancing GM’s zero-crashes, zero-emissions and zero-congestion future. Out with the old, in with the new.

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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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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. GM has announced nearly $2 billion in investments for Fort Wayne Assembly and more than $2.8

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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. GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium.

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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. Martin for General Motors. —Karsten Garbe, GM plant director, Global Pre-Production Operations.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2025

General Motors is supporting a bidirectional home EV charging pilot project in California, with an eye on applying it to virtual power plants across the country. The post GM Pitches Home EV Charging As Tesla Stock Slithers Down, Again appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

General Motors (GM) has officially launched layoffs at its self-driving robotaxi business Cruise, coming just months after the automaker first announced plans to cut funding and wind down operations for the startup. “We look forward to teaming with Cruise to accelerate our work together.” million fine.

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JUNE 18, 2021

General Motors and Liebherr-Aerospace will join forces to develop a hydrogen fuel cell power generation demonstrator system for aircraft. The demonstrator will incorporate GM’s precisely crafted fuel cells, HYDROTEC power cube and fuel cell system, along with the GM’s controls and models.

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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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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Lordstown Motors Corporation, a startup developing an all-electric pickup truck serving the commercial fleet market, merged with DiamondPeak Holdings Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). billion transaction provides Lordstown Motors with $675 million of gross proceeds.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 5, 2025

General Motors has issued a factory fix for a problem where third-generation Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups were leaving car washes with dented roofs. GM Trucks has been talking about the problem since January of 2024 and there are forum postings that go back further than that. Images: General Motors] Become aTTAC insider.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2020

General Motors will invest $2.2 GM’s first all-electric truck will be a pickup with production scheduled to begin in late 2021. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first fully-dedicated electric vehicle assembly plant. Through this investment, GM is taking a big step forward in making our vision of an all-electric future a reality.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

General Motors plans to source 100% renewable energy to power its US sites by 2025—five years earlier than previously announced, and 25 years ahead of its initial target that was set in 2016. For 10 years, GM has been awarded the EPA Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award for its energy efficiency efforts.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

The first VOCSN V+Pro critical care ventilators produced by General Motors and Ventec Life Systems in Kokomo, Indiana ( earlier post ) are being delivered by UPS to Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago at the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Face shields.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Lightning eMotors announced the production launch of its next generation General Motors (GM)-based Lightning ZEV4 work trucks. This announcement follows the company’s recent announcements of accelerated ZEV4 production to meet customer demands for Class 4 school buses and shuttle buses built on the same popular platform.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 27, 2025

General Motors small-block V8s have long been famous for boasting solid reliability at competitive prices. The probe was launched earlier this month after the NHTSAs Office of Defects Investigation placed 877,710 GM under the microscope. But there weren't actually any motors on hand to install and allegedly havent been for weeks.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2025

General Motors is expanding a recall it issued last year as it discovered more vehicles affected by the problem. GM said it had recorded 115 reports of lockups potentially related to the issue. GMs fix for this recall is the same as the last one. Images: General Motors] Become aTTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

General Motors introduced CarBravo, a new marketplace for used vehicles. GM says that CarBravo will offer used-vehicle customers access to an expansive inventory, an omnichannel shopping experience and exclusive ownership benefits. Importantly, the program features will also be offered on non-GM used vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. I sang the praises of the car and how GM stood behind it. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

Last month, DOE, GM, and MathWorks launched the next Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge , with the announcement of the 15 North American universities selected to participate.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors and GE Renewable Energy signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate opportunities to improve supplies of heavy and light rare earth materials and magnets, copper and electrical steel used for manufacturing of electric vehicles and renewable energy equipment.

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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

OCTOBER 27, 2022

General Motors has finalized energy sourcing agreements required to secure 100% of the energy needed to power all its US facilities by 2025. Sourcing renewable energy is a critical component of GM’s plans to decarbonize. For 11 years, GM has been awarded the EPA Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award for its energy efficiency efforts.

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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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2021

General Motors and Shell, through its wholly owned subsidiary MP2 Energy, LLC, are collaborating to provide comprehensive energy solutions programs to GM’s customers and supply chain partners, including fixed-rate home energy plans backed by 100% renewable energy resources. of EV charging.

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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

APRIL 29, 2021

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has licensed its award-winning artificial intelligence software system, the Multinode Evolutionary Neural Networks for Deep Learning ( MENNDL ), to General Motors for use in vehicle technology and design.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

XL Fleet announced that the Company’s XLP plug-in hybrid electric drive technology is being expanded for use across a range of fleet vehicles from General Motors.

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