Green Car Congress

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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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. The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries.

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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 26, 2022

GM is introducing a patented heat-pump in its Ultium-based EVs that captures and repurposes waste energy from the battery. Through the Ultium Platform’s energy recovery system, this waste energy can increase a vehicle’s range, reduce battery energy needed for heating, increase charging speed and even enable sportier driving.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Energy Assist, first available for customers in 2017, currently enables Bolt EV owners to plan and manage their routes more effectively, locate available charging stations both along their route and in the area, monitor their route, and receive real-time alerts if their range projections change dramatically. More Than 40,000 Stations.

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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

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

Each team was scored across multiple dynamic vehicle testing events ranging from energy consumption to acceleration and drive quality, as well as a 175-mile Over the Road Event through the Arizona desert, which tested each vehicle’s thermal management, range, and overall durability.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2021

Experts from GM and LG have identified the simultaneous presence of two manufacturing defects in the same battery cell as the root cause of battery fires in certain Chevrolet Bolt EVs. As a result, GM will be conducting a new recall for the previous population of Bolt EVs (2017-2019) to address the risk of battery fires in these vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2019

Our new digital vehicle platform and its eventual successors will underpin all our future innovations across a wide range of technological advancements, including EVs and expanded automated driving. GM implemented years ago a security vulnerability disclosure program to engage more closely with the research community.

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Powered by the Ultium battery system, the BrightDrop EV600 is targeted to have an estimated range of up to 250 miles on a full charge and will have segment-leading safety features. The nearly $800 million (C$1 billion) investment will support GM’s timing to deliver BrightDrop EV600 in late 2021. billion (C$1.3

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

A study by Gentherm, a developer of innovative thermal management technologies, and General Motors has shown that Gentherm’s ClimateSense microclimate thermal comfort system significantly increases driving range and energy savings in electric vehicles. —,Phil Eyler, President and CEO of Gentherm.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 30, 2021

Owners of 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV models have had to contend with a reduced driving range for many months, as GM attempted to find a remedy for a battery related fire issue that culminated with a plan to replace all battery modules.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

million GM vehicles across 20 different models from 2013-2017. This study is groundbreaking in terms of the broad range of vehicles and active safety and headlighting features examined. —GM Safety Technical Fellow, Raymond Kiefer. The study leveraged 3.7

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2025

The 2025 Chevy Silverado EV already offers up to 492 miles of range, but GM promises to unlock even more at a lower cost. GM and LG Energy Solution unveiled the first-ever lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic EV battery cells. The new battery cells will be used in upcoming GM EV models, especially trucks and SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2023

In this configuration, customers can expect a GM-estimated driving range of up to 355 miles on a full charge. This configuration will offer a GM-estimated driving range of up to 329 miles on a full charge, the same as the Edition 1 Pickup. horsepower 1,000 1,000 1,000 GM-est. horsepower 1,000 1,000 1,000 GM-est.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

At the virtual Barclays Global Automotive Conference, Barra and Doug Parks, GM executive vice president of Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain, shared key elements of GM’s plan, including: By 2025, GM will launch 30 EVs around the world, and more than two-thirds will be available in North America.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Motor design and efficiency is an unsung hero in the drive for pushing EV range higher without having to upsize the battery—and the demand on charging infrastructure—so GM’s. General Motors on Tuesday revealed more about the motors and propulsion systems that will power a generation of Ultium-based electric vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2022

OneD is developing s silicon anode cell chemistry that could increase battery energy density, enabling more range at lower cost, GM said in a press release. General Motors on Thursday announced a partnership with startup OneD Battery Sciences, regarding the potential development of a more efficient chemistry for EV battery cells.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

General Motors has begun retail production of the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ ( earlier post ) at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. GM announced a commitment to invest $2 billion in Spring Hill Assembly in October 2020. kW charging module, which can add up to 52 miles of range per hour of charge. An additional $2.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2021

Since its inception in 2014, MENNDL has been used in applications ranging from identifying neutrino collisions for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to analyzing data generated by scanning transmission electron microscopes.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 5, 2021

On Tuesday GM announced another step it sees as essential for making that happen: an “innovation center” for battery technology, with the aim of accelerating development and. General Motors sees a future of 600-mile EVs, enabled by advances that will double energy density, while it also targets a 60% cost reduction by mid-decade.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2021

General Motors is betting lithium-metal battery chemistry will increase range and lower costs for future electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

General Motors and BrightDrop, a new business created and wholly owned by GM focused on electric commercial delivery and logistics, announced the Ultium Charge 360 fleet charging service, a comprehensive approach designed to help make the switch to electric seamless for fleet customers by connecting them with services, features and resources.

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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 30, 2022

General Motors and OneD Battery Sciences signed a joint research development agreement focused on the potential use of OneD’s silicon nanotechnology in GM’s Ultium battery cells to drive significant increases in energy density for longer range and reduced cost. The focus of the collaboration is OneD’s SINANODE platform.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

GM confirmed a high-volume battery-electric Silverado for both fleet and retail customers, with a GM-estimated 400 miles of range on a full charge for certain configurations, earlier this year. The fleet and retail versions of the electric Silverado will offer customers a variety of options; GM expects them to be in high demand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The HUMMER EV will get its energy from General Motors’ all-new Ultium batteries and power from Ultium Drive, GM’s proprietary EV drive units. Additional purposeful and intuitive technologies will complement the truck’s range and capabilities. GM-estimated 350+ miles of driving range on a full charge, based on preliminary testing.

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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. The batteries are called lithium manganese-rich, or LMR.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2023

The 2024 GMC Hummer EV gets an increase in estimated range in one configuration, General Motors announced Thursday. The Hummer EV 3X Pickup achieves a GM-estimated 381 miles of range with the largest 205-kwh battery pack, a 26-mile increase over the 2023 model year.

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EV Central

JUNE 30, 2025

GM is dealing with literally huge challenges in its home market, where it has to supply enormous electric trucks – including the GMC Hummer EV, Cadillac Escalade IQ and Silverado EV – which need vast amounts of battery power. GM battery guru Andy Oury.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, GM shifted its primary focus to supporting control and prevention of the coronavirus while also ensuring the safety of its employees as well as company and dealer operations. The minivan has a range of 300 kilometers on a single charge and supports DC fast charging. Wuling Rong Guang EV.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2019

EV Connect has announced a collaboration with General Motors, through which EV Connect will help GM improve Chevrolet Bolt EV drivers’ charging experience with dynamic charge station data, including insights on station status. With 6,000 charge ports under contract through its EV Cloud, EV Connect is the largest open platform in the US.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

Ultium Cells will build the new plant on land leased from GM. —,GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. GM’s proprietary Ultium batteries are unique in the industry because the large-format, pouch-style cells can be stacked vertically or horizontally inside the battery pack. The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

This new architecture provides the framework to integrate advanced technologies for optimal driving range and—in the case of the HUMMER EV—will enable performance and capabilities that would not be possible with a conventional vehicle architecture and propulsion system. HUMMER EV truck.

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