GM, Pilot Company And EVgo Open First 25 EV Charging Stations In The U.S.
Drivers of EVs on American roads now have new fast charging locations available as GM announced the opening of 17 EV charging stations today in partnership with Pilot Travel Centers LLC and EVgo Inc. The announcement further indicates that a…
GM invests in Niron Magnetics for EV motor magnets
General Motors (GM) has entered a strategic partnership and investment in Niron Magnetics, a company that has developed a sustainable magnet material free of rare earth minerals for use in electric vehicle (EV) motors. The technology aims to reduce the…
New Made-in-America Magnet Could Make Cheaper, Greener EV Motors
Did you know GM invented the domestic, affordable permanent magnet? Before this neodymium-iron-boron magnet came along in 1984, electric motors, generators, audio speakers, hard-disk drives, and the like had to make do with pricey samarium-cobalt magnets. Now 90 percent of…
GM To Include EV Batteries In UAW Agreement
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: General Motors agrees to include electric vehicle battery manufacturing under its main agreement with the UAW, leading the union to pause expansion of its strike against the Big Three automaker. ALSO:Climate advocates join striking UAW workers on the…
GM Launches All Electric Line-up In Europe
General Motors is launching an all-electric range fronted by its Cadillac brand in Europe this week, six years after the US carmaker sold its mass-market brands in the region following a long struggle with profitability.The company said it would roll…
Honda Takes Another Crack At U.S. Ev Market With Help From Gm
Honda Motor Co. is trying to crack into the U.S. market for electric vehicles with a new model and an old strategy: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. The Japanese carmaker unveiled the brand’s first electric SUV on Thursday, marking a renewed push into…
Tesla Rival Chevy Has Bad News About Its Popular Electric Vehicle
The Bolt was the second best-selling electric vehicle behind the Tesla (TSLA) Model S after it launched. It was also named the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year, 2017 North American Car of the Year, Automobile magazine 2017 All Star and was…
The Numbers Lied: GM Is Beating Ford in EVs
Since taking the helm of Ford Motor Company (F -0.16%) in late 2020, CEO Jim Farley has been hyping the automaker’s electric-vehicle plans. In late 2021, Farley said Ford would be America’s No. 2 EV maker by the end of 2023, with plans to…
G.M. Will Add Backup Power Function to Its Electric Vehicles
General Motors said Tuesday that it planned to equip all its electric cars and trucks with the ability to act as backup power supplies during blackouts. The decision to install two-way charging technology in Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC electric cars…
GM And EVgo Deployed 1,000 DC Fast Charging Stalls
EVgo and General Motors celebrate the opening of the 1,000th DC fast charging stall, as part of their collaboration to expand fast charging infrastructure in the United States. The partnership was first announced in 2020. At the time, the plan was…
