Within the framework of gm s vehicle electrification strategy the spark ev is the first all electric passenger car marketed by general motors in the u s.
General motors electric vehicles strategy.
General motors will use an ev day to convince skeptics that the more than 110 year old automaker can compete if not thrive against tesla as the auto industry pivots to all electric vehicles.
Gm has its own electric vehicle strategy underway with the promise to deliver to market at least 20 new electric vehicles by 2023.
As part of that strategy it plans to build batteries at a plant.
In what appears to be a direct assault on electric car leader tesla general motors announced it has created a new electric vehicle battery that offers up to 400 miles of range and will be far.
General motors has promised that the chevrolet bolt its affordable long range electric car would deliver at least 200 miles on a charge and cost no more than 30 000.
The spark ev was released in the u s.
Ev volumes to reach about 3 million units on average by 2030.
Wired put it to the test.
Gm s platform which features modular battery and drive unit combinations is flexible enough to build a wide range of trucks suvs crossovers cars and commercial vehicles with outstanding design.
General motors all new modular platform and ultium batteries will power electric vehicles in every segment to meet the needs of every person.
So gm leaders invited about 150 journalists to an ev day wednesday showing 11 future evs in its.
General motors and its subsidiary cruise automation unveiled a production ready self driving car based on the chevrolet bolt electric vehicle.
Since the ev1 was discontinued in 1999.
General motors wants to do better at telling the story of its electric vehicle development.
Customers are ready for this change and third party forecasters expect u s.
Up to now autonomous cars are all hand build a process that can only produce a couple of hundred cars a year but presenting a self driving car that is based on a mass market platform is a game.