As the popular narrative has it, GM, Ford et al are walking back on their electrification plans because EV sales have slowed. Seldom mentioned in the headlines is the fact that GM and others have very few EVs for sale at the moment, and have fallen way behind their putative schedules for releasing new models…. Read more »
Tag: GM Ultium
GM hires EV superstar Kurt Kelty as Vice President of Batteries
It’s plain to anyone who follows the auto industry that there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions at every legacy automaker. For the last three decades, the OEMs’ interest in EVs has flapped this way and that in the winds of quarterly earnings and political shifts. Last fall, the “let’s wait awhile” contingent appeared to have… Read more »
GM delays opening of Ultium Cell plant in Tennessee
General Motors has delayed the opening of its Ultium Cell production plant in Tennessee due to construction delays. The automaker noted in its Q3 Earnings Call earlier this week that it would push back the opening, which was scheduled to take place before the end of 2023. GM’s Ultium project will enable a new platform […]
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General Motors to build Ultium electric drives in Ontario
General Motors has announced that it plans to invest in its powertrain plant in St. Catharines, Ontario, in order to produce more than 400,000 new Ultium electric drive system units per year. The investment will also create around 500 jobs in the assem…
GM Launches Its Dealer Community Charging Program
GM has officially launched of its Dealer Community Charging Program with the installation of the first community charging stations in Wisconsin and Michigan. Since the program was announced in late 2021, nearly 1,000 GM dealers have enrolled — represen…
GM Expects North American EV Portfolio to be Profitable in 2025 as Annual Capacity Tops 1 Million
General Motors expects its rapidly growing portfolio of electric vehicles will be solidly profitable in 2025 in North America as the company scales EV capacity in the region to more than 1 million units annually, ramps up its software revenue opportuni…
GM Defense to Provide Battery Electric Technology to Defense Innovation Unit
GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, was selected by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop a battery pack prototype for testing and analysis on Department of Defense platforms. GM Defense will leverage GM’s most advanced battery technolog…
GM partners with Lear for Ultium battery platform components
General Motors has struck a deal with Lear Corporation for a supply deal that will provide the Detroit-based automaker with various components for the Ultium battery platform. GM, like other automakers, is working to transition to electric vehicles, and it is utilizing its in-house Ultium battery platform. The battery architecture is extremely flexible and can […]
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Buick to Teases Electra-X Electric SUV Concept for Chinese Market
Buick will reveal the Electra-X, its first electric SUV concept developed on GM’s Ultium platform, at the upcoming Buick China Brand Day this Month. The Electra-X concept takes Buick’s innovative thinking and imagination of future electric mobility to …
Buick Wildcat EV Concept offers first look at brand’s new design direction
Buick today unveiled the Wildcat EV concept — an expressive vision of the brand’s new design direction as it transitions to an all-electric future. The Wildcat was developed to convey the all-new design language that will influence Buick …
