Yahoo Autos GM Accelerates Electrification Timeline, Plans 30 EVs by 2025
General Motors has upped its commitment to electrification, announcing today that it is investing another $7 billion to electric and autonomous tech.
GM also announced that it will have 30 electric vehicles on the market by 2025; two-thirds of those will be available in North America.
GM said that the flexibility of its Ultium platform allows it to adapt the propulsion system to the needs of various vehicles quickly.
General Motors is leaving no room for doubt as to whether or not it’s dedicated to electrification: the Detroit-based automaker announced today that it is increasing its investment in electric and autonomous technology by $7 billion and will have 30 EVs on the market by 2025. That brings GM’s total EV and autonomous tech investment through 2025 to $27 billion as the automaker moves toward a full-electric lineup.
This increase in planned electric vehicles—up from the 20 slated to hit the market by 2023—GM said, is made possible by the flexible Ultium platform which can be adapted to a variety of different vehicles. That platform can also now give vehicles a range of up to 450 miles, up from the 400 miles which GM claimed at an “EV Day” back in March.
