GMC Hummer and Cadillac Lyriq EVs on schedule despite pandemic
GM has a number of electric vehicles on the way.
Craig Cole / Roadshow, General Motors
The ongoing corona virus pandemic has not slowed General Motors. The company says both that Cadillac Lyriq and GMC lobster Despite decommissioning around the world, electric vehicles are on schedule, although GM seems oddly to have forgotten is to unveil the Lyriq in early April
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“Product development is progressing rapidly,” said Ken Morris, vice president of electric and autonomous vehicles at GM, speaking to the media on Tuesday. In fact, the timing of both projects for remote work was worth it, he explained. “We are very, very proud of both.”
“We are absolutely on time with the execution of these two products,” said Morris. That should also apply to Ultium battery technology from GM and its BEV3 vehicle platform. Morris even said that a vehicle’s development cycle was actually preferred based on how well everything was going. Although he would not mention specific disclosure dates, Morris said that both the Hummer and Lyriq “will definitely debut this year, but I hope sooner than later”.
This is what the grids of GM’s reborn lobster models should look like.
GMC
If the Corona virus The situation continues as in the past few months. GM will also not be able to present these new fully electric vehicles as they would normally be Car show or an event by invitation only (hence the Lyriqs earlier cancellation). “I think we have to come up with something more digital,” said Morris. That could be disappointing for the media, because to really appreciate a vehicle you have to see it in the flesh, but time will tell what the automaker will ultimately do.
GM puts the farm on theirs next generation battery powered cars, crossovers and trucksbecause, according to Morris and others, the future is electric. This company is working to bypass the traditional Hybrid vehicles and go straight to EVs.
“We have to provide vehicles that people really want to buy,” said Morris. And the next crop of purely electrical products from the car manufacturer should be beautiful, versatile and “technically very, very powerful”. At the heart of it all is GM’s Ultium battery system, which uses unique lithium-ion chemistry. This should also help the company sell electric vehicles at a profit, which was not always possible in the past.
GM’s Ultium technology looks so good that it has even caught the attention of Honda. The two automakers are now working together to build two Honda branded electric vehicles.
The Cadillac Lyriq will be a high quality, fully electric commercial vehicle.
Cadillac
When asked if GM had breakthroughs in recycling old car batteries, Morris said he didn’t have a good answer and the company was looking into it and cases of second use for old battery packs.
The new crop of GM electric vehicles is not yet available, but it is already pressing to prepare the buying public for it. “We are really preparing for this and working with our sales people to effectively sell electric vehicles,” said Morris. And it seems to be working. Deliveries of Chevrolet Bolt GM worked more than 36% year over year in the first quarter of 2020. GM is working to train dealers and prepare customers for the upcoming electrical revolution. “It’s our future,” said Morris.
Despite all the adversity, development work at GM is in full swing. “We never missed a step or blow on EV products,” said Morris. “We will be ready when we said we were ready.”
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See the electric trucks that want to steal the show …
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