Ultium Charge 360 is the automaker’s response to the fractured nature of EV charging in the US. General Motors announced a “holistic charging approach” to electric vehicle charging that it’s calling the Ultium Charge 360. Much like Ford does with its FordPass network, the Ultium Charge 360 will integrate GM’s own vehicle apps and software […]
General Motors to make electric cars in Mexico from 2023
The automaker, known as GM, already makes electric vehicles at four locations in the United States and Canada. MEXICO CITY: General Motors will from 2023 make electric vehicles in Mexico as part of a $1 billion investment at its facility in the northern border state of Coahuila that includes a new paint plant, the U.S. […]
LG Energy, General Motors to build $2.3 billion EV battery factory in US
Ultium Cells, the joint venture between LG and GM, will build a second US factory with an annual capacity of 35 gigawatt-hours, similar to the first one under construction in Ohio. Seoul: South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd said on Saturday its joint venture with American automaker General Motors Corp. will build a […]
The irresistible momentum behind clean, electric, connected mobility: Four key trends
General Motors’ January announcement that it would join other automakers by selling only zero-emission vehicles (in its case, by 2035) was one of the most well-publicized examples of something that has become crystal clear over the past few years: the momentum behind cleaner, software-enabled forms of mobility is powerful and seemingly unstoppable. What does this […]
Korea’s LG to invest $4.5 billion in its US battery business
The Korean company, which has a joint venture with U.S. automaker General Motors, said the investment will help create 10,000 jobs, including subcontractors. NEW YORK – LG Energy Solution says it will invest more than $4.5 billion in its U.S. battery production business by 2025 as automakers ramp up production of electric vehicles. The Korean […]
General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035
General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral, including operations, five years after that. NEW DELHI : General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the […]
General Motors Pledges a Zero-Emissions Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet by 2035
Biggest U.S. automaker will have 30 all-electric models by 2025 and zero out corporate emissions by 2040. General Motors plans to achieve companywide carbon-neutrality by 2040 and sell only carbon-emissions-free light-duty vehicles by 2035, a major step by America’s biggest automaker to align its future with the climate-change imperatives of the international Paris Agreement and […]
General Motors’ electric vehicle plan just got bigger, bolder, and more expensive
GM says it will spend $27 billion by 2025 to release 30 EVs globally General Motors announced Thursday that it was dumping more money into its electrification plans and would also be accelerating its production to release more electric vehicles sooner than expected. Speaking at a conference hosted by the British bank Barclays, GM CEO […]
General Motors Announces Plans Regarding the Focus in BEV and the Temporary Suspension in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology Development
It seems that General Motors is forfeiting the development in hydrogen fuel cell technology, and is in the midst of centralizing resources on developing battery electric vehicles, for the next 3 years at least. General Motors (GM) published its “2020 Sustainable Operation Report” last week, and Chief Sustainability Officer Dane Parker commented that the 20 […]
Second Life: Carmakers and Storage Startups Get Serious About Reusing Batteries
Batteries still have a lot of life in them after being swapped out of EVs. Why not use them on the grid? Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. Reused or “second-life” lithium-ion batteries still have a lot of juice left in them, but so […]