Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

New Zealand’s Hiringa Energy and US-based HYZON Motors Inc. It comes on the back of over three years’ of detailed planning and analysis working together with heavy fleet operators, government and leading technology vendors such as HYZON Motors. —Craig Knight, Co-Founder of HYZON Motors.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 6, 2023

General Motors and Samsung SDI will announce this week the construction of new US battery factory, probably in Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

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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InsideEVs

MARCH 18, 2025

The automaker is teaming up with the chip giant to build next-generation vehicles, factories and robots.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors). million to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2024

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) is negotiating with General Motors (GM) to license its LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery technology. CATL and GM are also discussing the possibility of building a joint factory in North America. Last year, Ford announced plans to build a $3.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

General Motors will invest more than $81 million into the company’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, to prepare the campus to build the Cadillac CELESTIQ ( earlier post ). The investment will be used to purchase and install related equipment to hand-build the CELESTIQ and campus renovation work has already begun.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

General Motors (GM) will allegedly purchase LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries produced with technology from China-based CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.). People familiar with the matter hinted that General Motors will purchase TDK’s finished products.

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Green Car Congress

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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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2024

Former General Motors (GM) executive James Taylor is the new CEO of Bollinger Motors. “I I am grateful and excited for this opportunity to continue moving Bollinger Motors toward a leadership role in the electric vehicle industry, ” commented Taylor. Bollinger Motors Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

Despite previously having committed itself toward a future where it builds all-electric vehicles, General Motors has made plans to bring plug-in hybrids back to our market. General Motors already delivered the Chevrolet Bolt, with the model becoming one of the first affordable EVs offering real utility to customers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Developed by General Motors and built in partnership with the pioneering electric drag racing team Hancock and Lane Racing, the concept race car—based on the 2019 COPO Camaro —is driven by an electric motor providing the equivalent of more than 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft (813 N·m) of torque.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM’s focus will be offering zero-emissions vehicles across a range of price points and working with all stakeholders, including EDF, to build out the necessary charging infrastructure and promote consumer acceptance while maintaining high quality jobs, which will all be needed to meet these ambitious goals.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

General Motors expects its Spring Hill Manufacturing plant will be powered by 100% solar energy beginning in late 2022. The plant builds the GMC Acadia and the Cadillac XT5 and XT6, as well as several engines. The wildlife area has received Gold recognition and certification from the Wildlife Habitat Council.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The General Motors (GM) Ultium Cells Warren plant in Ohio celebrated a major milestone recently by producing its 100 millionth battery cell. The work being done here at Ultium Cells Warren is critical to the future of transportation and to General Motors efforts to drive the industry forward.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 29, 2024

General Motors is delaying its jointly-run electric vehicle factory with Samsung SDI by one year, a move that shows another legacy automaker tempering their expectations as the U.S. Ford recently announced that it would push its EV plans back and would instead focus on building out more hybrids in the coming years.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2024

General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) reported strong quarterly earnings for Q4 2023 today, but electric vehicle fans might be disappointed with the company’s outlook. GM expects to sell at least 250,000 EVs this year, ditching the goal of building 400,000 units by mid-2024. GM beat Q4 estimates on revenue by reporting $42.98

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2023

General Motors’ Chevrolet brand reported US deliveries of 19,700 units of the Bolt EV/EUV in Q1 2023. Combined with Cadillac LYRIQ deliveries of 968 units—and the delivery of 2 units of the HUMMER EV Pickup—General Motors delivered 20,670 battery-electric vehicles in Q1. This represented 3.4%

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Green Car Congress

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. General Motors’ all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. GM unveiled the platform and batteries in early March.

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Green Car Congress

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. This investment will support new conveyors, tooling and equipment in the plant’s body and general assembly areas.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Despite regulatory changes and a massively uncertain economic future, General Motors has continued pressing forward with electrified vehicles. GM builds the ICE Blazer at a facility in Mexico, which will shift to focus on EV production. Images: General Motors/Chevrolet] Become aTTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

Building on his leadership experience at General Motors and Nikola Corporation, Lie will oversee the development of future Volkswagen vehicles for the North American market, as well as research and development priorities across North America.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 19, 2024

A spokesperson told CNBC , “As we build GM’s future, we must simplify for speed and excellence, make bold choices, and prioritize the investments that will have the greatest impact. Images: General Motors] Become a TTAC insider. This morning, the automaker announced layoffs that will impact around 1.3

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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. billion investment in Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center for retooling and upgrades will position the facility to build EVs at scale. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

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 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). The total production ISV contract award value is $214.3

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While the sport’s governing body, the FIA, approved the American team’s entry to the grid with backing from General Motors and Cadillac, F1 itself has yet to accept the application. Even so, Andretti’s position recently got much stronger, as GM announced that it would develop and build power units in-house beginning in 2028.

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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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InsideEVs

JANUARY 28, 2025

CEO Mary Barra and other execs say they expect 2025 to be another EV growth year too, but "want to be disciplined" about what's coming.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 16, 2024

General Motors recently announced a move from the Renaissance Center (RenCen), the building it purchased in 1996, to a new location at the Hudson’s Detroit building further north. The automaker will reside on the building’s top two floors, with around 100,000 open square feet across them.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It will be the first fully electric addition to GMC’s lineup, driven by next-generation EV propulsion technology that enables off-road capability, on-road performance and an immersive driving experience. We had one goal for HUMMER EV: Build the most capable factory truck - ever. —Al Oppenheiser, GMC HUMMER EV chief engineer.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

General Motors will invest $2.2 Our electric pickup will be the first of multiple electric truck variants we will build at Detroit-Hamtramck over the next few years. Detroit-Hamtramck currently operates on one shift of production and builds the Cadillac CT6 and the Chevrolet Impala. —Mark Reuss, GM president.

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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. 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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

In support of General Motors’ vision of a zero-emissions, all-electric future, Buick will bring its first electric vehicle to market for North America in 2024. No longer a circular logo, the badge incorporates a sleek, horizontally aligned layout that builds upon Buick’s recognizable tri-shield.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2024

Such a massive shift will inevitably mean far greater use of electric traction motors, nearly all of which rely on magnets that contain rare earth elements, which cause substantial environmental degradation when their ores are extracted and then processed into industrially useful forms. research on advanced motors for EVs.

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