Merchants Fleet is Slated to be BrightDrop’s Second Major Customer Buying 12,600 Electric Light Commercial Vehicles

Advancing its commitment to electrify fleets, Merchants Fleet announces its intent to buy 12,600 electric light commercial vehicles from BrightDrop DETROIT – Merchants Fleet, the nation’s fastest-growing fleet management company, announced today its plans to further electrify […]

Cruise and GM Team Up with Microsoft to Commercialize Self-Driving Vehicles

SAN FRANCISCO, DETROIT and REDMOND, Wash. – Cruise and General Motors on Tuesday announced they have entered a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles. The companies will bring together their software […]

GM to Invest Nearly $800 Million To Convert CAMI into Canada’s First Large-Scale Commercial Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Plant

INGERSOLL, Ont. — Subject to ratification of a tentative 2021 agreement reached with Unifor and confirmation of government support, General Motors plans to bring production of its recently announced BrightDrop electric light commercial vehicle, the EV600, to its […]

GM Launches BrightDrop, a New Business That Will Electrify & Improve the Delivery of Goods and Services

GM’s new business will offer an integrated ecosystem of electric products, software and services for the first to last mile BrightDrop’s electric pallet, the EP1, will be available in early 2021, and its electric light commercial […]

GM Marks Progress Toward All-Electric Future with Unveiling of Factory ZERO

Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be entirely dedicated to building EVs DETROIT – General Motors today announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. The name […]

General Motors is Leading a Sustainable Renewable Energy Transition in the U.S.

New solar agreement brings renewable power to the Midwest and will push GM beyond the 1 GW threshold of renewable electricity use GM will source 180 MW of solar power from a new project in Arkansas […]

Ultium Drive to Help Power GM’s All-Electric Future

GM will lead design, development and manufacturing of next-generation EV drive units and motors DETROIT – General Motors’ next-generation EVs are expected to be powered by a family of five interchangeable drive units and three motors, known […]

General Motors’ Future Electric Vehicles to Debut Industry’s First Wireless Battery Management System

DETROIT — General Motors will be the first automaker to use an almost completely wireless battery management system, or wBMS, for production electric vehicles. This wireless system, developed with Analog Devices, Inc., will be a primary driver […]

General Motors & EVgo Aim to Accelerate Widespread EV Adoption by Adding Fast Chargers nationwide

More than 2,700 new EV charging plugs will triple the size of the nation’s largest public fast charging network DETROIT and LOS ANGELES – General Motors and EVgo plan to triple the size of the nation’s largest public fast […]

GMC HUMMER EV to be Revealed This Fall

DETROIT – GMC announced today that its all-electric super truck will debut later this fall and will begin production in fall 2021. Details about the GMC HUMMER EV’s remarkable on- and off-road capabilities will be shared closer […]

Construction of Ultium Cells LLC Battery Plant in Lordstown, Ohio Progressing on Schedule

LORDSTOWN, Ohio – Today marks the beginning of steel construction at the all-new Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Lordstown. Ultium Cells LLC is a joint venture that will mass-produce Ultium battery cells for electric […]