Posted on 04/06/2021 3:15:17 PM PDT by pluvmantelo
When the Hummer EV SUT (sport utility truck) and its newly-unveiled SUV variant hit dealer show floors in the fall of 2021 and 2023, respectively, they’ll be among the first models in GM’s new electrified lineup to be built atop the company’s Ultium battery system.
General Motors is no stranger to the electric vehicle market. GM began its electrified venture in 1996 with the EV1, one of the very first viable battery-powered sedan models produced by a major automaker which continued its run until being discontinued in 2003. It was superseded by the BEV2 platform of which the 2016 Chevy Bolt was the first model. Today, GM relies on an EV platform powered by the Ultium battery system as the basis for the 30-plus models it plans on producing in the coming years (with 20 zero-emission models available by 2023) as part of the company’s quest to reinvent its business into that of an EV automaker — though you’ll be hard pressed to find references to a “BEV3” in GM’s press materials.
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So short GM stock is what I’m getting...
How many of the components come from China?
the greenies will get a charge out of this news...
If they want everyone in an electric vehicle by 2035 then they better improve the batteries to close to 400 miles per charge. The replacement batteries are extremely expensive. And the car price overall needs to come down 10 grand. Gas stations need to be equipped with charging stations that take 10 minutes to charge. A lot of work to do before 2035.
Except that most of the power plants that make the electricity are not zero-emission, but Government Motors won't tell you that.
GM had a lot of trouble naming the first EV. They initially wanted to call it "Santana," but that name was dropped when it was found that a French car company had used it for one of its models. Then they named it the "Impact," a horrific name for an automobile. What idiot would have dreamed that up and what idiot exec approved it? GM later said that "Impact" was used only for the concept car, not the production model and they've done everything to bury how "Impact" was the original name. Most web resources regurgitate the company line that "Impact" was for the concept car and it was introduced as "EV1."
“A lot of work to do before 2035”
Not a problem when you have trillions of dollars of free money coming to you.
and most newer gasoline engines are near zero emissions as well.
As long a nuclear energy or an efficient alternative to oil, wood, or coal does the work, I have no problem with this. We are overdue for an improvement over gas powered box on wheels.
Well that’s true. Although it will take a lot more then 2 trillion.
GM meet wall. Wall meet GM. The grid won’t support GM’s ambitions.
Didn’t know that. Very funny. Maybe the previous suggestion was ‘trainwreck’ so, by contrast, impact didn’t seem quite so bad. ;0)
When will my fuel-run car be criminalized?
If you make a killing, remember who gave you the info!
Probably not that far off.
Hitler declared many things in the Third Reich.
Democrats declare many things in the Green revolution.
Mother Nature.
I’ll take odds on who wins.
I’ll take the laws of physics and Thermodynamics
over politics any day.
nothing to do with emmissiojs
EVs dont need OPEC or Exxon
What part of “Electric cars are useless in cold climates” don’t they understand. If they even try it then people will be freezing to death.
How much fossil feul is used to mine those components?
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