GM acquires key Tesla supplier amid plans to get gigacasting right

General Motors has quietly acquired Tooling & Equipment International (TEI), a little-known company that played a critical role in helping Tesla establish its manufacturing pro...

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GM integrates EV startup BrightDrop into its CV business for seamless fleet adoption

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Commercial EV startup BrightDrop, born out of GM's Innovation Lab in January 2021, has now been declared as part of GM, aiming higher integration with the group's e-mobility a...

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Daily Shorts: Quebec getting $3 bn GH2 project, Tesla heads to new markets, and more

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TES Canada H2 Inc plans to set up a 70,000 metric tons per annum green hydrogen plant in Quebec, and the news could be announced as soon as this week. The $2.9 billion project will...

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Daily Shorts: Pulse orders $100 million of Tesla ultra-fast chargers, GM suspends Cruise and more

Tesla has bagged a $100 million order for ultra-fast chargers from Pulse, marking the first time the Elon Musk-led company's chargers will be deployed on an independent EV charging...

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GM invests in AI-enabled battery material innovator Mitra Chem

AI-enabled battery materials innovator, Mitra Future Technologies (Mitra Chem) has completed a $40 million first close of $60 million Series B funding round led by General Motors (...

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GM says vehicle-to-home bidirectional charging tech in all Ultium EVs by 2026

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. Image for representation purposes only. Source: GM

Vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology unlocks additional value for EV users, who will be able to transfer energy from their vehicles to their household ...

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GM acquires Israeli battery software startup ALGOLiON

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General Motors has recently announced the complete acquisition of Israel-based battery software startup ALGOLiON Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. GM's newly formed Technology Accelerat...

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GM Energy reveals initial suite of 'Ultium Home' including V2G, stationary storage

Chevrolet Silverado RST electric pickup with Ultium Home Products. Image for representation purposes only. Source: GM

GM Energy has recently announced the product details and specifications for its initial suite of Ultium Home offerings - the first set of solutions to be made available to resident...

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GM follows Ford, adopts Tesla's NACS connector

GM has said it will cease production of petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035. Image: GM.com

GM will adopt the Tesla charging connector for its electric vehicles (EV) from 2025, the company announced, in a major decision that should benefit the industry, consumers, and Tes...

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GM, POSCO Future M step up CAM, pCAM capacity in North America for EV battery

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General Motors and POSCO Future M have recently announced the second phase of their 'Ultium CAM' joint venture, with an investment projected to exceed $1 billion (U.S.) t...

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GM says self-driving cars will arrive this decade, generate $50 billion in revenue

GM is betting at autonomous cars will arrive this decade, and could earn the company almost $50 billion in revenue. Mary Barra, CEO of the Detroit-based carmaker, told a conference...

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Canada invests CAN$300 million in GM-POSCO Chemicals battery materials plant

Canada will invest CAN$300 million in a plant being set up by General Motors and POSCO Chemicals to manufacture battery materials, the country announced. America's GM and South Kor...

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China risks idle factories unless it shifts to EVs faster

Automakers in China risk sitting with idle factories unless they speed up transition to new energy vehicles such as fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, Reuters reports, ci...

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GM, Samsung SDI to expand battery cell manufacturing capacity 30 GWh

General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI have announced a plan to invest more than $3 billion to build a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States that is targeted to beg...

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GM leads $50 Mn funding round in EnergyX to unlock Lithium supply in US

Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. (EnergyX) and General Motors (GM) have announced that GM Ventures has led a $50 million Series B financing round in EnergyX, along with&nb...

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GM to invest $650m in Lithium Americas to develop largest lithium source in US

American automaker General Motors and Lithium Americas recently announced an investment agreement to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is claimed as the...

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GM opens full-scale EV plant in Canada for Electric Delivery Vans

General Motors' owned BrightDrop has got a new, full-scale global manufacturing hub in Canada - claimed as the country's first of this kind - to build its electric delivery va...

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Nel ASA, GM collaborate on cost competitive Renewable Hydrogen production

Nel Hydrogen US, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, has recently entered into a joint development agreement with General Motors (GM) to help accelerate the industrialization of Nel's PE...

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Vale, GM sign long-term Nickel supply agreement in Canada

The Canadian division of global metals giant Vale S.A., and General Motors have recently signed a term sheet for the long-term supply of battery grade nickel sulfate from Vale's pr...

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GM Defense to extend battery electric technology for US DoD platforms

General Motors' Defense subsidiary GM Defense has been recently selected by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop a battery pack prototype for testing and analysis on Depart...

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POSCO Chemical and GM ink agreement for the large-scale supply of CAM to support EV growth

POSCO Chemical and General Motors Co. have announced a binding agreement for a large-scale supply (KRW 13,769.6 billion) of Cathode Active Material (CAM) to help GM meet its fast-g...

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Autonomy places order for 23,000 EVs worth $1.2 billion with 17 global carmakers

Autonomy™, an electric vehicle subscription company, has announced that it has placed an order for 23,000 electric vehicles with 17 global automakers to expand and diversify its su...

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GM ink key Li-ion supply chain management pact with LG Chem and Livent

General Motors announced two major Li-ion battery supply chain agreements, one with LG Chem for cathode active material (CAM), and one with Livent for the supply of battery-grade l...

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FedEx receives 150 e-delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, advances fleet electrification goals

FedEx Corp. has announced that it has received its first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, the technology startup from General Motors (GM) decarbonizing last-mile del...

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Russia-Ukraine conflict exposes risks in EV supply chains

This article gives you a glance at the scale and ramifications of recent disruptions in the global supply chains of EVs, battery metals in particular. The current crisis has highli...

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GM’s Ultium Energy Recovery helps improve charging, acceleration, and range of EVs

GM has announced a feature standard in its Ultium-based EVs that captures and repurposes waste energy from the battery. Through the Ultium Platform's energy recovery system, this w...

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR EV Challenge; 15 univ selected

The US Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with General Motors (GM) and MathWorks, announced the launch of the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge, collegiate research a...

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GM, Glencore ink multi-year cobalt supply agreement

General Motors has announced a multi-year sourcing agreement with multinational commodity trading and mining company Glencore. Accordingly, the latter will supply GM with cobalt fr...

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GM, Honda to co-develop affordable EVs, commit to advanced battery collaboration

General Motors and Honda are taking their collaboration to a new level by co-developing a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a new global architecture, targeting popul...

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PG&E, GM embark on a pilot to use EVs as backup power sources for homes

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and General Motors have announced a breakthrough collaboration to pilot the use of GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes in PG&...

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