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GM’s electric vehicle offense is kicking into high gear as the company has announced Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC will all be getting EVs.
While we already knew the GMC HUMMER EV would be unveiled on May 20th, the company has confirmed its next electric vehicle will debut in April.

Teased at the 2019 North American International Auto Show, the model will be an electric crossover from Cadillac. The automaker is keeping details under wraps, but they confirmed it will be called the Lyriq.



Little is known about the vehicle at this point, but the teaser video suggests the model will have a fully enclosed grille with an illuminated crest logo. The company also released a new teaser image of the Lyriq and it appears far more rounded than in the original renderings.

Details are hard to make out, but we can see a rakish windscreen that flows into a sloping roof. There’s also an angular rear window and a prominent spoiler.



New Chevrolet Bolt and Bolt EUV

GM will also introduce a third electric vehicle this year. It’s a “new version” of the Chevrolet Bolt and it will be launched in late 2020. The company was tight-lipped on specifics, but previous reports have suggested the electric hatchback will receive a minor facelift.

Details are limited, but we can expect a host of exterior and interior changes. However, it remains unclear if the powertrain will be upgraded as the 2020 Bolt saw its range increase 21 miles (34 km) to 259 miles (417 km) overall.



Less than a year later, Chevrolet will introduce the 2022 Bolt EUV. The model will be launched during the summer of 2021 and become the first non-Cadillac vehicle to offer the Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system.

The model was accidentally revealed in 2017 and recently surfaced in China as the Buick Velite 7. It will be an electric crossover that rides on an “advanced version of the current award-winning Bolt EV architecture.”

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology indicated the model will measure 167.9 inches (4264 mm) long and have a wheelbase that spans 105.3 inches (2675 mm). If those figures are correct, the Bolt EUV should be 3.9 inches (99 mm) longer than the Bolt and have a 2.9 inch (74 mm) longer wheelbase.

More EVs Are On The Horizon



Besides the aforementioned models, GM released a mysterious teaser image showing the front of four electric vehicles. The one of the far left appears to be a Cadillac, while the other three are anyone’s guess.

GM also released a teaser video showing the company’s new electric vehicle platform underpinning an assortment of models. The first appears to be a compact crossover, while the second looks like a coupe. As a result, it’s likely the “Lux Low Roof” model which is expected to be a Cadillac ELR successor.

The clip then shows an electric pickup which presumably the GMC HUMMER EV. Next is a crossover coupe which could be a production version of the Buick Enspire concept. The final vehicle appears to be the Cruise Origin, Cruise Cargo Pod or a commercial vehicle.



An All-New Platform For An All-New Electric Era



Besides teasing an assortment of upcoming models, GM revealed their third-generation global EV platform which will be powered by proprietary “Ultium” batteries.

Speaking of the latter, GM says their Ultium batteries are “unique in the industry because the large-format, pouch-style cells can be stacked vertically or horizontally inside the battery pack. This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design.”

This modular design allows GM to create battery packs with capacities ranging from 50 to 200 kWh. The latter is downright massive as many EVs – including the Audi E-Tron, Mercedes EQC and Jaguar I-Pace – have capacities of less than 100 kWh. GM didn’t reveal detailed specifications, but confirmed the batteries could offer a range of 400 miles (644 km) or more.



The batteries will power new electric motors that have been developed in-house. They will support front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and performance all-wheel drive applications. Speaking of the latter, GM reiterated high-performance models will be able to rocket from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in as little as three seconds.

Most of the upcoming EVs will have 400-volt battery packs and a fast-charging capability of up to 200 kW. However, electric trucks will have 800-volt battery packs and a 350 kW fast-charging capability.

GM didn’t say much about the platform, but confirmed it is “flexible enough to build a wide range of trucks, SUVs, crossovers, cars and commercial vehicles with outstanding design, performance, packaging, range and affordability.”

GM also noted future electric vehicles will be more affordable as their joint venture with LG Chem will drive battery cell costs below $100/kWh. The company added EVs are less complex as they’re planning “19 different battery and drive unit configurations initially, compared with 550 internal combustion powertrain combinations available today.”

Thanks to these changes, GM says their EV program will be profitable. The company also pointed to forecasts calling for “EV volumes to more than double from 2025 to 2030 to about 3 million units on average.” The company thinks those estimates are conservative and EVs will be even more popular.


Gm ha annunciato un mega piano per ottenere la propria fetta del mercato EV.
A breve verrà mostrata una crossover compatta su base Chevrolet Bolt (un bel flop), in aprile verrà svelato il GMC Hummer elettrico.
Entro fine anno arriverà anche un suv elettrico medio di Cadillac con autonomia fino a 644 km.
Si chiamerà Lyriq.

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Sarà interessante osservare come risponderà il mercato americano verso questi veicoli. Gli Europei e i cinesi saranno costretti a comprarli, gli americani no ed infatti a parte Tesla i numeri sono molto scoraggianti. Tutto potrebbe cambiare se mr abbronzatura abbandonerà la casa bianca.


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MessaggioInviato: sab apr 04, 2020 12:29 pm 
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https://www.carscoops.com/2020/04/gms-w ... hatchback/

https://www.autonews.com/future-product ... -evs-honda

2 notizie importanti dalla galassia GM

1) il marchio Wuling diventerà globale come marchio low cost di Gm, intendiamo globale per quei pochi mercati in cui GM vende ancora.
Wuling è stato un successo enorme in Cina all’inizio degli anni ‘10 ma successivamente è calato in maniera pesante.

2) GM svilupperà 2 modelli elettrici per Honda. È un’ottima notizia per Gm che riceverà importanti fondi mentre spaventa il fatto che Honda non riesca da sola a sviluppare modelli elettrici da volumi elevati.


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2) GM svilupperà 2 modelli elettrici per Honda. È un’ottima notizia per Gm che riceverà importanti fondi mentre spaventa il fatto che Honda non riesca da sola a sviluppare modelli elettrici da volumi elevati.
Sarà mica come Toyota che, avendo fiutato la fine (?) del gasolio, ad un certo punto decise di acquistare i diesel Bmw perché le costava meno che non svilupparli in proprio?

(di base nutro l'idea che l'auto elettrica subirà un ridimensionamento bestiale a causa della pandemia o meglio dei tanti regolamenti di conti a livello geopolitico che si faranno a fine emergenza, il mondo anglosassone non vuole più essere ricattabile da Pechino e, miei due cent, se fossimo un po' intelligenti anche come EU continentale dovremmo seguire questa linea)


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MessaggioInviato: sab apr 04, 2020 2:19 pm 
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Spero con tutto il cuore che tu abbia ragione.

Toyota comprava i diesel BMW perché alla fine era solo il mercato europeo a richiederli, non aveva senso per loro produrli in proprio anche se il 1.4 diesel della Yarsi fini anche alla Mini.


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General Motors and Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that they have signed a memo of understanding to form a North American automotive alliance that may include a range of vehicles sold under both brands and further cooperation in purchasing, r&d and platforms.

Under the non-binding agreement, co-development of common platforms, including for electrified and internal combustion vehicles, will begin in early 2021.

The agreement builds on a partnership announced in April, in which GM will help develop two new electric vehicles for Honda that will be powered by GM's upcoming Ultium batteries.

Honda, a middling sized player on the global field, has been gradually expanding its cooperation with GM in recent years, amid a rush toward consolidation among some rivals.

GM earlier this year pledged $20 billion toward EV and autonomous vehicle development through 2025. It plans to launch 20 EVs globally by 2023 and says Cadillac, its lead EV brand, will have a fully electric lineup within the decade.

“This alliance will help both companies accelerate investment in future mobility innovation by freeing up additional resources,” Mark Reuss, president of General Motors, said in a joint statement. “Given our strong track record of collaboration, the companies would realize significant synergies in the development of today’s vehicle portfolio.”

Honda spokesman Koji Watanabe said the agreement does not entail a capital alliance or purchase of shares. The objective, he said, is to raise the efficiency of operations in North America and a capital tie-up was not deemed necessary to achieve that.

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In recent years, Honda has routinely rebuffed suggestions it needs a capital alliance with another player to leverage scale, saying it prefers loose alliances centered around product.

Under the proposed alliance, Honda and GM would collaborate on a variety of segments for the key North American market. The companies will also coordinate on new technologies, vehicle platforms,
connectivity, propulsion systems, joint purchasing and manufacturing, they said. Purchasing collaboration, for example, would target materials, logistics and localization strategies, the companies said.

Many details of the partnership, such as what vehicles will be targeted first, when the first jointly-developed vehicles will come to market or estimates on potential synergies, have yet to be decided, Watanabe said.

“Through this new alliance with GM, we can achieve substantial cost efficiencies in North America that will enable us to invest in future mobility technology, while maintaining our own distinct and competitive product offerings,” Honda Executive Vice President Seiji Kuraishi said.

GM has shifted its portfolio in recent years, focusing on large, profitable pickups and SUVs to fund EV development. The automaker took a number of cost-cutting actions this year to weather the coronavirus pandemic, such as narrowing vehicle configuration options and delaying facelifts, but GM said its EV production and planning remained on track.

Savings are expected through the combined scale of the two companies, which are among the continent’s biggest-selling car manufacturers.

Honda e Gm hanno annunciato un memorandum of understanding che potrebbe prefigurare un’alleanza su vasta scala. Le 2 aziende hanno già firmato circa 2 anni fa un accordo per cui Gm fornirà la piattaforma per 2 veicoli elettrici per il marchio giapponese. Honda ha investito più di 2 miliardi di euro nella divisione Cruze di Gm.
Non è un segreto che molti analisti ritengano impossibile per Honda di sopravvivere da sola. Stiamo comunque parlando di una casa automobilistica che vende più di 5 milioni di auto l’anno, nel 2018 e 19 il governo giapponese nell’ambito del putsch contro Ghosn e Renault tentò di far fondere Honda e Nissan ma Honda rifiutò categoricamente.
Anche Gm potrebbe non rimanere single, la ritirata da molti mercati ha ridotto non di poco la grandezza dell’azienda, sicuramente sta meglio di Ford però potrebbe aver bisogno di aiuto in diversi campi.
Se questo memorandum avrà seguito Gm e Honda svilupperanno insieme non solo veicoli elettrici ma anche auto con motori a combustione.


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General Motors Co. is laying the groundwork for a bigger bet on electric vehicles, telling investors at a virtual conference it plans to boost spending on them by more than a third to $27 billion as part of a push to introduce 30 battery-powered models by 2025.

The initiative outlined Thursday represents an increased investment of $7 billion and 10 more EVs than previously planned, including some that will be cheaper than $35,000. The announcement comes as rival automakers plan dozens of new all-electric models, which could benefit from EV-friendly policy changes expected under the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.

GM aims to cut the manufacturing cost of its Ultium battery pack by 60%, enabling EVs to achieve near price parity with gasoline-powered cars by around mid-decade, Doug Parks, GM’s executive vice president of global product development, said at a Barclays auto conference.

The automaker, which has struggled to sell its all-electric Chevrolet Bolt, says its next generation of EVs will appeal to a wider variety of buyers now that Tesla Inc. has primed the market for sexier and sportier battery-powered vehicles.

“We don’t want to just participate, we want to lead,” Parks said in a conference call Thursday with reporters. “Tesla has a good jump. They’re a formidable competitor and there are a lot of startups. We don’t want to cede leadership.”

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GM must also keep pace with traditional competitors. Volkswagen AG said last week that it plans to spend around $86 billion on new technology, with most of it going to electric vehicles.

With its new investment, GM expects to bring some planned vehicles to market faster. The Cadillac Lyriq crossover SUV will arrive in early 2022, instead of late that year. The Hummer EV also will arrive faster than its planned date next fall, but the company didn’t specify exactly how much earlier.

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Cadillac LyriqSource: Cadillac
GM is expediting development of three GMC models including an EV pickup, four Chevrolet models including a pickup and compact crossover, four Cadillacs and two Buicks. Parks would not disclose the timing for the launch of these vehicles.

The electric-pickup market is heating up, with a battery-powered Ford F-150 and Tesla’s Texas-built Cybertruck on the way, as well as competition from startups such as Amazon.com Inc.-backed Rivian Automotive Inc.

Parks said the Chevy crossover SUV will be about the size of the current Equinox compact and cost less than $35,000. That would make it cheaper than the average gasoline-powered vehicle sold today.

Extended Driving Range

GM already is preparing to launch a second generation of the Ultium battery pack co-developed with LG Chem Ltd. that has increased power density. As a result, GM anticipates a driving range as far as 450 miles on a single charge.

The automaker plans to break ground next year on a new facility to develop the battery chemistry for the next-generation Ultium, which a spokeswoman said may be located on the grounds of GM’s global technical center in Warren, Michigan, outside Detroit

Gm ha aumentato gli investimenti destinati ai veicoli elettrici. Per adesso entro il 2021 sono previste la Cadillac Lyriq, la Chevrolet Bolt crossover e il pick up Hummer.
In più sono previsti 4 modelli elettrici per Chevrolet, 3 per GMC, 2 per Buick e 4 per Cadillac.


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General Motors Co. is laying the groundwork for a bigger bet on electric vehicles, telling investors at a virtual conference it plans to boost spending on them by more than a third to $27 billion as part of a push to introduce 30 battery-powered models by 2025.

The initiative outlined Thursday represents an increased investment of $7 billion and 10 more EVs than previously planned, including some that will be cheaper than $35,000. The announcement comes as rival automakers plan dozens of new all-electric models, which could benefit from EV-friendly policy changes expected under the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.

GM aims to cut the manufacturing cost of its Ultium battery pack by 60%, enabling EVs to achieve near price parity with gasoline-powered cars by around mid-decade, Doug Parks, GM’s executive vice president of global product development, said at a Barclays auto conference.

The automaker, which has struggled to sell its all-electric Chevrolet Bolt, says its next generation of EVs will appeal to a wider variety of buyers now that Tesla Inc. has primed the market for sexier and sportier battery-powered vehicles.

“We don’t want to just participate, we want to lead,” Parks said in a conference call Thursday with reporters. “Tesla has a good jump. They’re a formidable competitor and there are a lot of startups. We don’t want to cede leadership.”

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GM must also keep pace with traditional competitors. Volkswagen AG said last week that it plans to spend around $86 billion on new technology, with most of it going to electric vehicles.

With its new investment, GM expects to bring some planned vehicles to market faster. The Cadillac Lyriq crossover SUV will arrive in early 2022, instead of late that year. The Hummer EV also will arrive faster than its planned date next fall, but the company didn’t specify exactly how much earlier.

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Cadillac LyriqSource: Cadillac
GM is expediting development of three GMC models including an EV pickup, four Chevrolet models including a pickup and compact crossover, four Cadillacs and two Buicks. Parks would not disclose the timing for the launch of these vehicles.

The electric-pickup market is heating up, with a battery-powered Ford F-150 and Tesla’s Texas-built Cybertruck on the way, as well as competition from startups such as Amazon.com Inc.-backed Rivian Automotive Inc.

Parks said the Chevy crossover SUV will be about the size of the current Equinox compact and cost less than $35,000. That would make it cheaper than the average gasoline-powered vehicle sold today.

Extended Driving Range

GM already is preparing to launch a second generation of the Ultium battery pack co-developed with LG Chem Ltd. that has increased power density. As a result, GM anticipates a driving range as far as 450 miles on a single charge.

The automaker plans to break ground next year on a new facility to develop the battery chemistry for the next-generation Ultium, which a spokeswoman said may be located on the grounds of GM’s global technical center in Warren, Michigan, outside Detroit

Gm ha aumentato gli investimenti destinati ai veicoli elettrici. Per adesso entro il 2021 sono previste la Cadillac Lyriq, la Chevrolet Bolt crossover e il pick up Hummer.
In più sono previsti 4 modelli elettrici per Chevrolet, 3 per GMC, 2 per Buick e 4 per Cadillac.
Ci sono anche quelli che GM costruirà mettendoci il marchio Honda.


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Barra dismissed Cruise CEO Dan Ammann over mission, IPO timing, report says
Ammann wanted to take Cruise public sooner than later, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg

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From left in a 2016 GM photo: Cruise Automation co-founders Daniel Kan and Kyle Vogt, along with then-GM President Dan Ammann.

DETROIT -- Cruise LLC CEO Dan Ammann had a slate of meetings on Dec. 16 when he got an early afternoon call from General Motors CEO Mary Barra. She told Ammann he was being dismissed from the robotaxi startup that GM controls through a majority stake, people familiar with the events told Bloomberg.

What seemed abrupt to outsiders and people working at Cruise had been building for months. The two executives didn’t agree on how to focus the breakthrough self-driving technology that the Silicon Valley unit is preparing to launch with a taxi service.

Barra and GM’s board were pushing a grand vision that included transferring that knowledge to create luxury Cadillacs, self-driving cars sold at retail or delivery vehicles for GM’s new electric-van business. The opportunities, and their potential value, were immense.

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Ammann -- a star in his own right who once competed with Barra to run GM -- was open to all of those things eventually, but he disagreed on some key points. First, he thought Cruise needed to focus on starting its taxi business before spreading its resources. Second, he wanted Barra and GM’s board to take Cruise public sooner rather than later, giving it stock to lure the rare talent that can program cars to drive themselves, said two people familiar with his thinking.

Ultimately, the dispute was about control: In the vision shared by Barra and the board, keeping Cruise in-house gave GM both a high-margin robotaxi business and more direct access to the company’s resources to make other autonomous vehicles and services. Cruise could also enhance GM’s own assisted-driving features. People didn’t think the collaboration was smooth enough. If Ammann prevailed, there would be the further complication of public stakeholders in a new company to consider, not just the strategic interest and shareholder value of GM.

Ammann, 49, discovered the hard way that Barra and her board call the shots, even though Cruise is legally a separate entity with other private shareholders besides GM. When he didn’t fall in line with that vision, it was over. How it all went down is instructive to how Cruise will be an integral part of GM and how it will probably be managed when Barra finds a new CEO.

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The split is an end to a long relationship between Barra and Ammann, who were the finalists for the top job at GM when Dan Akerson was looking for his replacement before retiring in 2014. Before GM’s board decided on Barra, the two candidates approached the directors and said that whoever didn’t get the top job would stay and work with the new CEO, said several people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named. Afterward, they worked in lockstep when cutting weak businesses and acquiring Cruise.


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In recent months, the pair of executives started to see more and more aspects of Cruise differently, the people said. If Ammann wanted, for example, to expand robotaxi services to other cities after San Francisco, did he need GM approval to start laying that groundwork? More and more, the answer was “yes” and GM was exerting its influence over the startup.

Ammann reported to a Cruise board that is chaired by Barra and included Cruise founder and now-interim CEO Kyle Vogt. Other GM brass on Cruise’s board included President Mark Reuss, product development chief Doug Parks, general counsel Craig Glidden and GM director Devin Wenig. Former Alphabet Inc. executive Regina Dugan, the CEO of non-profit Wellcome Leap, also has a seat. Softbank Vision Fund and Honda Motor Co. have non-voting observer status on the board.

They were consulted about the management change and didn’t object, two of the people told Bloomberg.

The news didn’t sit well with investors. GM’s stock price fell 5.5 percent on Friday, more than the day’s drop in the broader markets, and it closed down about 1.99 percent Monday.

“What I really want the investor community to know is that Cruise and GM are totally aligned on accelerating the joint autonomous-vehicle strategy we outlined on our last Investor Day,” Reuss, the automaker’s president, said in a Dec. 17 interview on Bloomberg TV.

Tensions rise
It was a quick fall for Ammann, who didn’t return a phone call or email seeking comment from Bloomberg.

Ammann had a starring role in October at GM’s investor day, when Barra made a case that GM could double revenue to $280 billion by 2030. He laid out how the company would start its self-driving taxi business soon and grow revenue to $50 billion in the next seven years. Margins could be 40 percent.

Tension had been building for some time but the drama started amping up after a Cruise board meeting on Nov. 2. That’s when Barra made it clear that Cruise’s mission, in addition to its taxi business, was to develop technology for GM and create value for its shareholders.

An IPO was not in the offing.

Even though Ammann wasn’t completely aligned with that vision, Barra left the meeting feeling that the matter was settled, two of the people said.

Cruise’s technology would serve as a platform for GM autonomous vehicles and services the same way the Ultium battery serves as a platform for many EVs and the Ultifi software system will provide different connected services for GM vehicle owners. GM has been pressured by investors to spin out Ultium as a separate business, which Barra doesn’t want.

After the November meeting, Ammann continued to try to make his case for an IPO and to have a bigger handing in deciding where the company would focus its resources. He was certainly willing to work on other projects with GM, but stressed the importance of letting his robotaxi plans remain the priority, which would push out the timing of other self-driving applications, two of the people said. Conversations were tense and leaders at GM felt collaboration was too challenging with Ammann in charge, they said.

Ammann was still in the job after GM’s board meeting on Dec. 7. It was after that when Barra made the decision, consulting with both boards before make the move, two of the people said.

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Amman’s dismissal
In a sign of the inner turmoil, GM initially put out a press release at 4 p.m. Dec. 16 before quickly pulling it off the internet while Barra addressed Cruise’s staff.

Vogt, Cruise’s founder, chief technical officer and now acting CEO, put Barra on speaker phone. He thanked Ammann for his service and Barra told Cruise managers that GM remained committed to the mission of developing self-driving cars. She said the company would find a first-rate CEO and that the company was special and deserved a special leader, two of the people said.

One idea that had been floated was to make Vogt the CEO. He refused. Then there was a discussion about making Cruise’s COO Gil West either CEO or co-CEO with Vogt. West, who had joined the company in January after leaving Delta Air Lines, also declined, two of the people said. He said it would be best if Vogt led the company that he founded.

When the full press release was eventually circulated, it was devoid of any praise for Ammann: “General Motors Co. announced today that Dan Ammann, Chief Executive Officer of Cruise, is leaving the company. Kyle Vogt, Cruise President and Chief Technical Officer, will serve as interim CEO.” By contrast, when former CFO Dhivya Suryadevara left GM for financial-technology startup Stripe, Barra lavished her with praise.

Ignominious end to a decade at GM
It’s an ignominious end for Ammann’s decade of work at GM. He was part of Morgan Stanley’s restructuring and IPO team and later joined the automaker as treasurer.

He climbed to CFO before being named president on the same day Barra was promoted to CEO. He played a big role in downsizing GM’s money-losing overseas operations, including Opel in Europe. That global restructuring has been a hallmark of Barra’s tenure and a big reason the company has grown profits.

Ammann was central in buying Cruise, and Barra sent him to run it two years ago. The self-driving taxi startup has applied for permission from the California Public Utilities Commission to start charging for rides in autonomous vehicles that have no safety driver. Cruise also plans to launch a service in Dubai in 2023.

Under Ammann, Cruise raised more than $6 billion from partners Microsoft Corp., T. Rowe Price Associates Inc., Honda and SoftBank Vision Fund. Those cash-raising rounds brought Cruise a valuation of more than $30 billion.

When Barra sent Ammann to Cruise, the company gave him a compensation package that provided incentive to sell the company or execute an IPO. Ammann stood to get an estimated $25.6 million in restricted stock if Cruise was sold or went public, and he’d get 101,000 warrants in the self-driving startup.

That showed that GM’s board wanted an IPO at some point, but nothing very soon. When asked about taking Cruise public on the company’s third-quarter earnings call, Barra was non-committal and said the close relationship was an advantage.

With Cruise, “the vertical integration with GM is a key differentiator,” Barra said. “The message on Cruise is we’re well-funded and we have rapid commercialization plans in front of us, and that’s the play we’re executing. And over the longer term, the board will look at what best enhances the overall value creation and shareholder value for the GM shareholder.”


Il ceo di Cruise, Ammann, ex cfo, presidente di Gm lascia l’azienda in modo piuttosto brusco.
Il manager neozelandese era uno dei più importanti dirigenti dell’azienda di Detroit. Aveva guidato il team degli uomini di finanza nel fallimento pilotato del 2009, era il direttore finanziario (da lì aveva ordinato la ritirata di Gm da molti mercati compresa l’Europa), era stato presidente del board of directors ed infine nel 2018 era stato nominato a capo di Cruise, azienda dove Gm ha ancora la maggioranza, che sta sviluppando la guida autonoma.
Ammann da molti era visto come probabile erede di Mary Barra.
Per la prima volta nella storia Gm verrà superata come primo costruttore negli USA da Toyota però stiamo sempre parlando di un anno molto particolare.
La borsa continua a sostenere la strategia della Barra di una Gm molto più regionale di prima, però negli ultimi anni non si sono visti grandi sprint in borsa.


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GM starebbe pensando ad un ritorno in Europa dopo l’abbandono di Opel. Tornerebbe con suv medi elettrici con marchio Chevrolet e Cadillac.
Non penso sia un’idea intelligente però l’Europa si avvia a diventare il primo mercato mondiale per veicoli elettrici.
Certo senza produzione locale avranno numeri molto ridotti.


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GM starebbe pensando ad un ritorno in Europa dopo l’abbandono di Opel. Tornerebbe con suv medi elettrici con marchio Chevrolet e Cadillac.
Non penso sia un’idea intelligente però l’Europa si avvia a diventare il primo mercato mondiale per veicoli elettrici.
Certo senza produzione locale avranno numeri molto ridotti.

Sempre che la gente abbia i soldi per comprarli :D

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Sempre che la gente abbia i soldi per comprarli :D


Io sono convintissimo che la commissione europea con l’assenso delle case europee abbia deciso che solo una piccola parte della popolazione potrà permettersi una vettura. Quando arrivi a chiedere 25.000 base per un’ utilitaria (questo è il futuro) e 35.000 base per una compatta semplicemente ti metti fuori dal mercato. Gli incentivi non saranno eterni e i prezzi non scenderanno, ben il contrario.


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The automaker on Tuesday also withdrew its 2023 financial guidance and its electric vehicle production targets through mid-2024 as it reported that third-quarter net income declined 7.3 percent to $3.1 billion.

GM said adjusted earnings before interest and taxes fell 17 percent in the third quarter to $3.6 billion, including a $200 million reduction attributed to the strike that began Sept. 15. Production lost so far in the fourth quarter amounts to $600 million, CFO Paul Jacobson told reporters.

Jacobson said the cost of the strike was rising by $200 million a week based on the plants that were shut down before Tuesday. He declined to talk about the potential impact if the strike expanded to plants such as Arlington Assembly in Texas, which the UAW struck later Tuesday morning. The Arlington plant builds some of GM’s lucrative full-size SUVs, including the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade.

“It's clear that we're dealing with a lot of near-term uncertainty,” GM CEO Mary Barra said on an analyst call before the Arlington strike started, citing both the UAW’s actions and the EV transition.

“I hope it's equally clear that we're going to be acting with purpose, we're going to remain agile and we're making sure we have a system that has the ability to respond to where the market is. And our commitment is to deliver a strong and profitable ICE business, as well as a strong and profitable EV business, for our future.”

Global revenue rose 5.4 percent in the quarter ended Sept. 30 to $44.1 billion, and net profit margins fell to 6.9 percent from 7.9 percent a year earlier.


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GM earned $3.5 billion in North America before interest and taxes, down 9.5 percent, and its adjusted margin for the region fell to 9.8 percent, from 11.2 percent a year ago.

The automaker withdrew its guidance for the full year, citing uncertainty from the strike, which is now in its sixth week. GM in July had raised its 2023 guidance to net income of $9.3 billion to $10.7 billion and adjusted EBIT of $12 billion to $14 billion.

GM said its EV production plans also have become more uncertain, though not because of the strike. The company is no longer saying it expects to build a total of 400,000 EVs in North America by mid-2024 "just to make sure that we're balancing production to demand," Jacobson said.

However, GM said it still expects to have the capacity to build 1 million EVs in North America by the end of 2025.

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Delayed production plans

GM last week said it would delay starting production of electric Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickups at its Orion Assembly plant outside Detroit until late 2025. It said that move was unrelated to the strike and cited the need "to better manage capital investment while aligning with evolving EV demand," along with updated engineering that is expected to help with profitability.

"The decision to push out and defer Orion by a year will actually allow us to incorporate some of the changes and improvements that we've seen in early-stage production that will ultimately help the margins of the vehicle" at scale, Jacobson told reporters. He said the move would save GM at least $1.5 billion in capital expenses in 2024.

GM continues to target low- to mid-single-digit EV margins in 2025, he said. It's scaling up production of EVs and has made progress alleviating battery module supply constraints, Jacobson said.

None of GM's EV plants have been shut down by the UAW's strike. Workers are picketing at assembly plants in Wentzville, Mo., and Lansing, Mich., that build the Chevrolet Colorado and Traverse, GMC Canyon and Buick Enclave, as well as 18 parts distribution centers. More than 2,300 workers at other GM facilities have been laid off temporarily because of a lack of parts, including an assembly plant in Kansas that builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Cadillac XT4.

In early October, GM obtained a $6 billion line of credit to ensure flexibility in operations during the strike.

The UAW's 40-day strike in 2019 cost GM $3.6 billion, but it involved more plants and workers than the current walkouts that have targeted certain Detroit 3 plants while other facilities remain in operation.

With the addition of 5,000 workers at Arlington Assembly on Tuesday, GM now accounts for about 14,000 of the 45,000 UAW members on strike at the Detroit 3.

Upcoming EVs

Barra said Tuesday that GM will slow the pace of scaling up EV production to maintain pricing amid a slowing adoption rate. GM expects its Ultium Cells joint venture battery plant in Ohio to reach full capacity next month and said it’s on track to produce 36 million battery cells this year, with plans to build 100 million cells next year.

A second battery plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., will come online in early 2024, rather than this year, as a result of construction delays, Barra said. Production on GM’s Ultium platform doubled in the third quarter compared with the second quarter, she said.

The automaker will push back the launch of three upcoming EVs — the Chevy Equinox EV, the retail-oriented RST trim of the Silverado EV that already is being built for commercial customers, and the GMC Sierra EV Denali — by a few months, Barra said.

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She did not provide timing for the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV, to be built on GM’s Ultium platform, but said they will use lithium iron phosphate battery cells purchased from China — it’s first use of that battery type in North American Ultium-based vehicles.

“Our strategy is to build on the tremendous equity we have in the brand and to do it as efficiently as possible. Our prior portfolio plans included several newly designed vehicles in the entry-level segments and a capital commitment of $5 billion over the next several years,” Barra said.

The upcoming Bolt will mean “we are saving billions in capital and engineering expense, delivering a significantly cost-improved battery pack using purchased LFP cells, we’re getting to market at least two years faster and our unit costs will be substantially lower.”

GM shares slipped 0.4 percent to $29.11 in morning trading on Wall Street.

Gm ha tagliato le stime di vendite delle vetture elettriche e ha posticipato il lancio dei pick up elettrici di più di un anno. E’ l’ennesimo segno che la domanda è molto al di sotto delle attese. Gm spera di ridurre i costi di produzione (delle batterie) con miglioramenti tecnologici. Honda ha oggi annunciato che l’alleanza con Gm per l’elettrico avrà un numero minore di modelli.


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MessaggioInviato: mar feb 13, 2024 6:18 pm 
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Chevrolet ha annunciato i prezzi per la Equinox EV (dimensioni della Rav4), parte da circa 35.000 dollari ed avrà diritto a 7.000 dollari di incentivi.
Potrebbe essere molto interessante.


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In Italia a 70 mila come minimo

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