GM Fuels Their EV Ambitions....400mile Range & Compact Batteries.

• The same platform and propulsion system can power affordable transportation, luxury vehicles, work trucks and high-performance machines.

• Vehicles built on this modular platform will offer a GM-estimated driving range of up to 400 miles or more on a full charge, 0 to 60 mph acceleration as low as 3.0 seconds, and a battery energy storage ranging from 50 to 200 kWh.

• GM plans 19 different battery and drive unit configurations initially, including horizontal and vertical stacks, to power vehicles ranging from affordable cars and crossovers to luxury SUVs and pickup trucks.

• Motors designed in-house will support front-wheel, rear-wheel, all-wheel and performance all-wheel drive applications.

GM launches Ultium Batteries and Joint Venture with LG Chem.

• GM’s new Ultium batteries will have the highest nickel and lowest cobalt content in a large format pouch cell.

• Large format pouch cells require less wiring and plumbing than small cylindrical cells.

GM’s EV battery cells will be mass produced at a $2.3 billion joint venture plant that GM and LG Chem plan to be build in Lordstown, Ohio.USA.

• The plant, which will be about the size of 30 football fields, will have 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.

• The joint venture is expected to create more than 1,100 new, good-paying jobs.