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

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2021

GMC unveiled the 2024 HUMMER EV SUV, the next model in its electric supertruck lineup. Driven by General Motors’ next-generation Ultium Platform, the new HUMMER EV SUV launches with the exclusive Edition 1, offering customer choice to equip the vehicle for optimal driving range or maximum off-road capability. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

General Motors on Monday released an update on development of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV, which is scheduled to start production in the first quarter of 2022. Cadillac engineers of completed 80% of validation testing, meaning they can now begin fine-tuning the Lyriq ahead of the start of production, the GM press release said.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2022

The first pre-production 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV has rolled off the assembly line at General Motors' Spring Hill, Tennessee, factory, GM president Mark Reuss announced Thursday on LinkedIn. GM is aiming to ship the first customer vehicles in "a few months" Reuss said.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2013

GM was the US sales leader among the major OEMs for plug-in vehicles in December, and for 2012. GM sold 2,633 units of the Volt extended range electric vehicle in December, up 72.2% For the year, GM posted sales of 23,461 Volts, up 205.8% Overall, total GM deliveries were up 4.9% Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

The all-new Cadillac XT4 compact luxury SUV that is coming to China later this month features the all-new General Motors TriPower propulsion system that incorporates multiple innovative technologies, and that is also deployed on the Silverado with a 2.7-liter liter engine. It meets China’s National VI-B emissions standard.

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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

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

APRIL 8, 2018

GM’s Buick brand will stage the global debut of the Enspire, its new all-electric concept SUV, at Buick Brand Night on 17 April in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. Buick Enspire all-electric concept SUV teaser. The Enspire leverages GM’s global resources and is an exploration of design and new technologies. GM China sales in February.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2020

General Motors and its joint ventures delivered 461,716 vehicles in China in the first quarter, down 43.3% The brand likewise began accepting preorders for the Blazer SUV to tap into the popular large SUV segment. from 813,973 in Q1 2019. Cadillac deliveries topped 26,800 units (-40% y-o-y). Hong Guang MINI EV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2021

General Motors will introduce new Super Cruise capabilities on six model year 2022 vehicles in the first quarter of 2022. GM’s vehicle intelligence platform, which provides more bandwidth and data processing power, enabled these enhancements and underscores GM’s software expertise. Super Cruise adds hands-free trailering.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Nat G CNG Solutions has delivered the first natural gas half-ton pickup trucks with General Motors’ 5.3-liter Nat G is offering an underbody cylinder system for the full line of GM full-sized SUVs to allow customers to upgrade their SUVs without losing cargo space. liter direct injection engine. direct injection engine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2018

General Motors and its joint ventures sold more than 4 million vehicles in China for the first time in 2017. China was GM’s largest retail market for the sixth consecutive year. In 2017, GM added 18 new and refreshed models in China. GM’s SUV sales in China surged 37% last year. from the previous high in 2016.

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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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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Honda did a deal with GM to develop its own electric SUV, the Prologue, on Blazer EV underpinnings. The secret to this remarkable debut lies in a deal announced back in 2020 between Honda and General Motors. Honda did a deal with GM to develop its own electric SUV, the Prologue, on Blazer EV underpinnings.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

General Motors Co. 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. In the last 19 months, GM has committed to invest more than $4.5 In January, GM announced it was investing $2.2

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

Cadillac will add wireless charging of smartphones in the 2015 model ATS sport sedan and coupe launching this fall, to the CTS sport sedan this fall and to the Escalade SUV at the end of 2014.Compatible The wireless charger GM and Powermat created accommodates the majority of these enabled devices.

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Electrek

MARCH 17, 2023

The first images of the Baojun Yep (YueYe in Chinese) – a mini electric SUV made by a joint venture between GM , SAIC, and Wuling ( SGMW ) – have surfaced in China. The two-door compact SUV bears a resemblance to a Ford Bronco, only fun-sized.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

The recently revealed GMC HUMMER EV SUV ( earlier post ) will also be built at Factory ZERO. —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. GM has released no official timing on the truck.

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Electrek

JANUARY 21, 2022

General Motors (GM) shared plans to invest nearly $154 million to renovate its Lockport Components plant in western New York to support stator module production. These key components for electric motors will eventually serve GM brand electric trucks and SUVs built upon the company’s Ultium Platform.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hertz and General Motors announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. The agreement will encompass electric vehicle deliveries through 2027 as Hertz increases the EV component of its fleet and GM accelerates production of EVs broadly.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 7, 2021

GM continues to tout its upcoming electric vehicles, including a Hummer SUV and Chevy Silverado pickup truck.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2022

General Motors showed first photos of an upcoming $30,000 electric SUV and revealed an electric pickup. GM revealed the. Chrysler showed the start of a fully electric reboot for the brand. Sony revealed a new EV concept. And is air-cooling the next step for EV battery innovation?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

General Motors on Monday outlined a series of major restructuring steps that it said would accelerate its transformation for the future, building on the strategy it laid out in 2015 to strengthen its core business, to capitalize on the future of personal mobility and to drive significant cost efficiencies. Optimizing product portfolio.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2021

General Motors on Thursday announced that it will invest $1 billion in its Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, facility. The plant, which currently makes the Chevrolet Equinox and Blazer SUVs, and once built Pontiac Azteks, is the next step in laying the groundwork for the company’s electric future.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 13, 2025

GM's Ultium battery platform The future of the electric vehicle market in the U.S. General Motors recently announced a new battery solution from its joint venture with LG Energy Solution that promises lower costs with no tradeoff on range. Images: General Motors] Become aTTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2017

General Motors and its joint ventures delivered a record 3,870,587 vehicles in China in 2016, which was an increase of 7.1% China remained GM’s largest market in terms of retail sales for the fifth consecutive year, accounting for more than one-third of the company’s global sales. It is focused on the luxury, SUV and MPV segments.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2020

General Motors confirmed Tuesday morning that its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant, which once served as the launch point for Saturn, will build the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV starting late next year. As GM clarified in August, the Lyriq might be available for sale in another market—like China—before the U.S.,

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Electrek

AUGUST 30, 2023

Could General Motors be crafting a rugged electric SUV for its Buick brand? A new painting from GM Design that looks eerily similar to Kia’s flagship EV9 could give us a clue. more… The post Is GM planning a rugged Kia EV9-rivaling electric SUV from Buick? appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

The ZDX A-Spec single-motor variant is anticipated to receive an EPA range rating of 325 miles. The ZDX was co-developed by Acura with GM. Acura will offer the ZDX A-Spec in both single-motor (rear-wheel-drive) and dual-motor (all-wheel-drive) configurations. Earlier post.) 20 x 9 Aluminum-Alloy 22 x 9.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

General Motors will increase its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion, representing a 75% increase from its initial commitment announced prior to the pandemic. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra. GM expects the second half of 2021 will continue to be complex and fluid.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2019

On Sunday night, General Motors showed renderings of a future long-range, all-electric SUV to be offered roughly three years hence by its Cadillac luxury brand.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2022

General Motors on Tuesday confirmed 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV production will start March 21, and new orders will open May 19. GM initially accepted orders only for an initial Debut Edition model. The automaker said that first allotment sold out in just 10 minutes, but it hasn't revealed how many vehicles that is.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

and General Motors signed a term sheet for the long-term supply of battery grade nickel sulfate from Vale’s proposed plant at Bécancour, Québec, Canada. This agreement secures for GM a supply of nickel sulfate from a US free-trade partner to support GM’s fast-growing EV production needs in North America.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 7, 2019

General Motors president Mark Reuss confirmed Thursday that the company has an all-electric pickup in development and says it will be based on the company's BEV3 platform, expected to debut in a new Cadillac SUV sometime after 2023.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Since its market introduction in 2017, global sales of the Bolt EV have topped 100,000; in the US, three-quarters of Bolt EV buyers are new to GM. The new Bolt EUV is the best of the Bolt EV packaged in an SUV-like vehicle with more technology and features, giving customers more choices and reasons to switch to electric. Propulsion.

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