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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. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors). billion joint venture plant that GM and LG Chem plan to build in Lordstown, Ohio.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Nikola Corporation and General Motors Co. As part of the agreement, Nikola will utilize General Motors’ Ultium battery system and Hydrotec fuel cell technology, representing a key commercialization milestone for General Motors. Most importantly, General Motors has a vested interest to see Nikola succeed.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2023

General Motors CEO Mary Barra said in a conference Friday that EVs selling for less than $40,000 can't be profitable just yet. It's an unexpected statement from the head of an automaker that's been fairly optimistic about affordable EVs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

General Motors and Honda plan to expand the two companies’ relationship by codeveloping a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a new global architecture using next-generation Ultium battery technology. —Shinji Aoyama, Honda senior managing executive officer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The new battery cell plant, a joint venture between General Motors and Samsung SDI ( earlier post ), is scheduled to begin operations in 2026. GM and Samsung SDI, which announced their joint venture in April, will build the plant just east of New Carlisle at Larrison Boulevard and Indiana 2 to supply GM’s growing EV production needs.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

General Motors has invested nearly a half billion dollars into stamping and new press lines for electric vehicle manufacturing at its Marion, Indiana, metal stamping operations plant. Tesla has developed numerous manufacturing efficiencies through the years to increase production output while improving overall build quality.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2022

General Motors and Honda have announced a new partnership to develop affordable electric vehicles based on a global platform. “GM By 2027, GM and Honda plan to launch low-priced and affordable electric options, including compact crossover vehicles, officials said. I’d love to hear from you!

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2023

General Motors’ decision to end the Chevy Bolt also brought closure to an old narrative that the vehicle, which has been plagued by a disastrous perspective driven by major battery issues, is not dependable. The post General Motors ends the Chevy Bolt, along with an old narrative [Op-Ed] appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

An electric traction motor (right) and stator (left) at the GM Powertrain Engineering Development Center Friday, 15 January 2010 in Pontiac, Michigan. Martin for General Motors) Click to enlarge. Affordability. Initially, GM is committing to building all the motors for the next-generation two-mode transmission.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

General Motors and battery manufacturer Microvast will work together to develop specialized EV battery separator technology and build a new separator plant in the US. This work will be supported by a $200-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing initiative.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

General Motors China is fabricating and testing prototype battery cells and complete systems at its Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai to support GM researchers and engineers in the development of next-generation vehicle battery systems. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Dr. Burns is the former Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning at General Motors ( earlier post ). He coined the phrase “age of automobility” to describe this future in his book, Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car And How It Will Reshape Our World (2018). He received a B.S. Larry Burns.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

General Motors’ OnStar subscribers can now rent out their idle vehicles through the RelayRides marketplace, leveraging OnStar connectivity already active in their vehicles ( Earlier post ), and with no need to hand over their keys. RelayRides reservation app. Click to enlarge. consumers do not feel any psychological sense of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

General Motors is leading a $60-million Series B financing round in Mitra Chem , a Silicon Valley-based, AI-enabled battery materials innovator. Mitra Chem is building the first North American lithium-ion battery materials product company that shortens the lab-to-production timeline by more than 90%.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2024

Japanese automaker Honda is considering locations to build an electric vehicle (EV) factory in Canada featuring the use of in-house battery cells. “Each company remains committed to affordability in the EV market.” . “Each company remains committed to affordability in the EV market.” million sales per year by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The opportunity to build up such an important company with a powertrain pioneer like Peter Hofbauer, and backed by a visionary like Vinod Khosla, was just too good to pass up. At Volkswagen, he spent nine years as head of Advanced Propulsion System Research, followed by nine years as head of Worldwide Powertrain Development. Don Runkle.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. 2015 Chevrolet CNG-Capable, Bi-Fuel Impala. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

A group of leading automotive and technology industry companies including Arm, Bosch, Continental, DENSO, General Motors, NVIDIA, NXP Semiconductors and Toyota have joined forces to help accelerate the delivery of safer and affordable autonomous vehicles at scale with the formation of the Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium (AVCC).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

A coalition of 13 leading industrial companies and electric utilities, including General Motors Company, The Dow Chemical Company and Duke Energy, issued a white paper recommending the installation of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage (DES) systems around the country by 2022. value proposition.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

TRW is building on its considerable experience in delivering both safety and regenerative braking for alternative powertrains such as electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The technology is vacuum independent and can simplify the brake system while enhancing functionality. —Josef Pickenhahn, vice president, braking engineering for TRW.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2019

Last week, ahead of the Detroit auto show, General Motors announced that it would shift its electric-car focus from building relatively affordable Chevrolets to expensive luxury Cadillacs. The company also showed images of a concept of its first electric Cadillac SUV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In New York, General Motors and Honda announced a long-term, definitive master agreement to co-develop next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies, aiming for the 2020 time frame. This collaboration builds upon Honda and GM’s strengths as leaders in hydrogen fuel cell technology. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2021

General Motors is going all-in on its electric vehicle investment. The legacy automaker announced today that it would be building a new battery cell research and innovation facility, known as the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, in Warren, Michigan.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It has also confirmed that it will be delaying the launch of the electric version of the Ram pickup, likely due to seeing the sales performance of rivals EVs introduced by Ford Motor Co and General Motors. But this really isnt all that surprising. It has already been doing that.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

General Motors didn't have to construct an all-new assembly plant to build its affordable, mass-market Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car. That's not the most interesting aspect of Bolt EV production, though: GM actually builds the.

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MARCH 18, 2025

BYD Super E-Platform charging This charging capability will arrive in relatively affordable models from the outset. BYD also said it would build over 4,000 chargers in China compatible with what BYD is terming the Super E-Platform charging hardware. There’s nothing on the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. Site selection will be announced later. EV Components Sept.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The secret to this remarkable debut lies in a deal announced back in 2020 between Honda and General Motors. GM would build the car for Honda alongside the Chevy in its Ramos Arizpe plant. Honda did a deal with GM to develop its own electric SUV, the Prologue, on Blazer EV underpinnings. Is it really a Honda?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

To ease those concerns as we build-out the hydrogen refueling network, we thought covering this cost for these early adopters in the monthly payment was the best approach, and consistent with other aspects of our Hyundai Assurance program. This includes unlimited free hydrogen refueling. Hyundai is taking the second approach.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

That’s the future and the Accord lays out the essential building blocks for a compelling energy infrastructure that we can all rely on for decades to come. —Britta Gross, director, General Motors Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy. It’s clear that the future of transportation will be electric.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

General Motors is working with communities such as San Francisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2023

General Motors bid farewell to the Chevy Bolt today in its first-quarter earnings call, bringing closure to its best-selling electric vehicle. When the Chevrolet Bolt EV launched, it was a huge technical achievement and the first affordable EV, which set in motion GM’s all-electric future,” Chevy spokesperson Cody Williams said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2011

General Motors is demonstrating a set of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V, or vehicle-to-car V2C) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications (collectively, V2X) systems this week at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress in Orlando. In the US, DSRC refers generically to communications on a dedicated 5.9

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2023

General Motors (GM) has announced its Q4 auto sales, showing that it has become the top automaker in the United States for 2022. As General Motors has quickly fallen behind traditional and up-and-coming rivals alike regarding EV sales, specifically Tesla, Hyundai/Kia, and Ford, it has moved towards more electric models and production.

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Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2024

automotive groups have expressed concerns over the Seagull EV and other affordable mass-market EVs eventually coming to North America. However Tesla and other automakers have generally been considered to be targeting a $25,000 price tag, and while affordable, it’s still far greater than $10,000.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2024

Credit: Ford The news also comes after Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis also faced historic six-week strikes from the United Automotive Workers (UAW) union in 2023. million a year,” Fain said (via Automotive News ). “Let’s be clear: this is corporate greed, plain and simple.” million euros ($39.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

NanoSteel, a leader in nanostructured steel materials ( earlier post ), announced the delivery of its first advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) to General Motors for initial testing. NanoSteel has conducted on-going research and development at the company’s R&D laboratory in Idaho Falls to build upon that foundational technology.

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