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General Motors is the latest car company to unveil plans for an emissions-free future. On Monday morning, the US' largest automaker announced that the next 18 months will see two new electric vehicles join the Bolt EV in showrooms, and 18 more are due by 2023. "GM believes in an all-electric future and a world free of automotive emissions," said Mark Reuss, GM's executive VP for product development, purchasing, and supply chain. "When the Bolt EV was announced at CES it was described as a platform, and this is the next step."
[...] Many of these cars will be built on an evolution of the Bolt's architecture using a second-generation battery pack. But they won't just be battery EVs—GM's electric future will involve hydrogen fuel cells. "We need to meet customer needs, whether that's the school run, a fun summer drive, or towing 1,000s of lbs. It can't be a one-size-fits-all approach," Reuss said.
GM and Honda have been collaborating on hydrogen fuel cell technology since 2013, and more recently the US Army has been testing a hydrogen-powered Chevrolet Colorado truck. "Now we're taking the technology to launch," said Charlie Freese, GM's executive director of fuel cell business, citing commercial and military applications as the initial goal. The fuel cells will be built at its Brownstown plant, which also makes the batteries in the Bolt and Volt.
Time to unload that gas car before it loses all trade-in value?
(Score: 5, Funny) by inertnet on Tuesday October 03 2017, @08:55AM (2 children)
Wow, 20 new cars. They don't have a lot of confidence. No wait, they meant car models?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 03 2017, @11:27AM
No, 20 more Bolts to join the one already in a show room.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday October 03 2017, @01:02PM
The 20 new vehicles that GM promises to produce is not a matter of confidence in the technology.
It is a matter of confidence in what GM's oil masters tell GM to do.
And no, they do not mean car models. They just want you to think that.
Don't drive like that! Let's try to get there in as few pieces as possible.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.