Interview with Mary Barra

[Tenney]

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...onfirmed-2021/

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Tenney

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...onfirmed-2021/

Hmmm, I'm going to need a new DD one of these days....

[70 copo]

Well we had the E-COPO Prototype about 14 months ago:




And Ford has finally replied with its electric prototype:

[70 copo]

Cobra JEt story here:

https://media.ford.com/content/fordm...-jet-1400.html

[Tenney]

Just need plates and street meats - unless the batteries are too rad for the road, or motor(s) run hot/load-up in bumper-to-bumper?

[70 copo]

Following the lead of Harley Davidson back in in 2019 General Motors launched an electric bike division called ARiV, initially offering two different urban e-bike models: the folding "Merge" and the non-folding single speed "Meld".

Both bikes had a GM-designed 250 watt motor and 240 watt hour battery. Charge time
was around 3.5 hours.

Again, following the lead of Harley Davidson - GM canceled its own e-bike division shuttering the entire program.

https://electrek.co/2020/05/16/gm-ki...ctric-bicycle/

[70 copo]

RUMORS RUMORS RUMORS

Last week GM reached a major Platform Sharing deal with Honda.


Some history is in order. Chevy LUV was built by ISUZU... 5th gen Nova 85-88 (Corolla) Geo Prism and Pontiac Vibe all built by Toyota at NUMMI.

So if Mary Barra is good for her word- which is to have GM switch to all EV underpinnings by 2024 - then one way to get there is to continue to sell ICE vehicles through platform sharing agreements.

The agreement signed last week gives Honda access to GM Ultium battery technology but in the end HONDA may get stuck making the ICE platforms that GM no longer wants to make.

ENJOY

[rlw68]

I like the mid-engine Camaro RUMOR a whole lot more ...

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/04...amazing-video/

[70 copo]

Originally Posted by rlw68

I like the mid-engine Camaro RUMOR a whole lot more ...

All of the talk of the Camaro being built at BG fizzled out when the C-8 emerged as a mid engine.

The Camaro was next proposed to continue as an SUV but the Blazer name was recycled for it.

As of now there is no Camaro past 2023 and no Camaro listed as a product for LGRA after 2023 either.

We will see. According to Mary Barra "the company will need computer coders in greater number than internal combustion engine engineers".

Everything points to GM handing low sales legacy ICE products to another manufacturer to build for sale. Is Honda that Manufacturer? Could be.

[Lee Stewart]

Nikola shares pop as much as 53% after General Motors takes 11% stake in electric truck maker

GM is getting a $2 billion stake in Nikola and the right to nominate one board member in exchange for in-kind services.

Under the partnership, GM will produce the electric truck maker’s marquee hydrogen fuel cell electric pickup truck the Badger by the end of 2022.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/08/gene...r-nikola-.html