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GM expands access of OnStar Vehicle Insights telematics solution to non-GM vehicles

Green Car Congress

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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GM invests $300M in Momenta to deliver next-generation self-driving technologies in China

Green Car Congress

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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GM interested in electric air taxi market

Green Car Reports

The report, based on information from two people familiar with the matter, follows GM CEO Mary Barra's brief reference to air taxis at a conference Monday. General Motors is exploring the use of its Ultium modular battery system in electric air taxis, Reuters reported Tuesday.

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GM Wants You To Watch EVs On Netflix, But It’s Much Cooler to Watch Netflix In An EV

CleanTechnica EVs

GM just revealed a Super Bowl ad featuring Will Ferrell and Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski as well as references to Netflix shows such as Squid Game, Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and Army of the Dead. The message of the main ad is that GM is going electric, and Netflix will be including EVs in its shows, […]

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Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

Teslarati

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. We are here at this COP in particular because this is the year of the Global Stocktake,” Gore said in reference to tracking progress on Paris Agreement goals.

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GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

Cars That Think

That was how the media reported it on 8 November, after GM Ventures, Stellantis Ventures, and several other investors disclosed a US $33 million infusion into Niron’s iron-nitride magnet. GM isn’t the only automaker on a hunt for rare-earth-free permanent magnets. However, many experts in magnetics are doubtful. It’s that simple.

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GM says equipping the next-gen Chevy Bolt EV with LFP batteries will save billions – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

What’s more, it will be North America’s first Ultium-based model to use lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries , which GM will source from an unnamed supplier. GM’s current Ultium battery cells use a nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum (NCMA) chemistry. We’ve got an established brand,” said GM CFO Paul Jacobson, referring to the Bolt.

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