EV Infrastructure Investments GM Has Announced Multi-Billion-Dollar Investments in Its All-Electric Future
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GM’s Zero Emissions Vision: EV Infrastructure Investments GM has announced multi-billion-dollar investments in its all-electric future. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first assembly plant 100-per cent devoted to electric vehicle production. • In January 2020, GM announced a USD $2.2 billion investment at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs, including the GMC HUMMER EV pickup and the Cruise Origin shared, electric, self-driving vehicle. • GM will also invest an additional USD $800 million in supplier tooling and other projects related to the launch of the new electric trucks. GM and LG Chem have teamed up to mass produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. • In December 2019, GM and LG Chem announced plans to build a USD $2.3 billion plant in Lordstown, Ohio to mass produce battery cells for electric vehicles. • The plant, which will be about the size of 30 football fields, will have an annual capacity of more than 30 gigawatt hours and room for expansion. • Site assessments and the permitting process are underway, and groundbreaking is expected to occur in the spring of 2020. GM is investing USD $300 million in its Orion Township, Michigan, assembly plant to produce the Chevrolet Bolt EUV. • The Bolt EUV is designed and engineered off an advanced version of the award-winning Bolt EV architecture, and they will be built side by side. • The Chevrolet Bolt EUV will be the first vehicle outside of the Cadillac brand to feature GM’s Super Cruise, the industry's first true hands-free driving technology for the highway. Super Cruise will expand to 22 vehicles by 2023, including 10 by next year. In 2018, GM announced a USD $28 million expansion of its battery testing lab in Warren, Michigan. • It is the largest, most advanced battery test lab in America for over a decade. • The lab expansion, which will bring the facility to more than 100,000 sq. ft., includes new heavy and mild battery abuse test areas. • Additional major enhancements include new test chambers and advanced equipment to accelerate GM’s next-generation battery architecture. In 2019, GM invested C$170 million in Oshawa, which includes the development of an advanced technology track for electric and autonomous vehicles. • The 55-acre CTC McLaughlin Advanced Technology Track will support advanced software and engineering work being conducted at GM’s Canadian Technical Centre campuses in Oshawa and Markham, and further positions Durham Region on the cutting-edge of automotive technology development in Canada. • Joining GM’s Cold Weather Development Centre in Kapuskasing, Ont., the new track adds to Canada’s existing advanced vehicle testing leadership presence in Ontario..