General Motors (GM)

A few years back, General Motors had to recall 142,000 Bolts in a major fiasco due to fire risk. This time around, however, just a small number of Bolts are being recalled, only 107. But the risk of fire is deemed high – according to the NHTSA – if these vehicles are charged to full or nearly full capacity.

On today’s episode of Quick Charge, Tesla’s Cybertruck is now available in Canada – and, like in the US, there’s no waiting! Plus, we’ve got an “actually” smart summon Tesla that’s actually stuck, GM reaches a sales milestone, and we get a brand-new title sponsor!

GM is honoring those who served our country with a new incentive to go electric. For Veterans Day and through November, GM is offering $1,000 off select Chevy, Cadillac, and GMC EV models. Here’s how you can score some savings this month.

GM has officially sold over 300,000 EVs in the US since 2016. The company announced the milestone on Monday as sales surged to a new record last quarter.

This summer, General Motors moved its electric van company BrightDrop into Chevy to boost sales and better compete with Ford, Rivian, and others in the electric van space. And now the Chevy-branded version of the van has a new deal in place with Walmart.

GM’s luxury brand is launching a new performance electric SUV early next year. The Cadillac Lyriq-V will be the first all-electric SUV to wear the V-Series badge, GM’s benchmark for performance and innovation.

The “most affordable EV in the US with 315+ miles range” is officially here. GM confirmed the long-awaited $35,000 Chevy Equinox EV LT is now available to order.

General Motors (GM) continued its run this year, topping Wall Street’s estimates again in the third quarter. After outpacing Ford and Hyundai in Q3, GM is now the second-best-selling EV maker in the US despite offering fewer incentives.

Mary Barra is sounding the alarm. GM’s CEO warned that China’s escalating EV price war is putting automakers globally under intense pressure. Although she called it a “race to the bottom” with many companies losing money, Barra admitted that the American automaker isn’t immune.

GM Ventures has invested $10 million in materials science company Forge Nano, which makes Atomic Armor, an innovative EV battery technology.

GM rolled out its new “Next Gen” tactical vehicle prototype at the AUSA conference this week packing electric drive motors at the front and rear axles that enable Silent Drive and Silent Watch technologies to make the trucks harder to detect on the battlefield.

In a significant milestone, GM officially sold more EVs and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models in China than gas-powered cars for the first time. GM’s electrified models (EVs and PHEVs) accounted for 53% of sales in the third quarter as the company fights for a position in China’s intensifying auto market.

GM Energy announced it has expanded its portfolio of home energy management products with the PowerBank, a new modular energy storage system (ESS) that can transfer and store energy from the local grid and integrate with an EV owner’s home solar power system.

GM is the second best-selling EV brand in the US after topping Ford in the third quarter. With EV prices coming down, GM took a shot at its rival on Tuesday, saying it “doesn’t need a skunkworks team to create affordable EVs.”

Ford said it remains the second best-selling EV brand in the US behind Tesla, but is it really? Ford was topped by GM in Q3 electric vehicle sales as the race intensifies into the end of the year.

GM is eyeing double-digit market share in the US EV market after sales surged 60% in Q3 compared to last year. With new models like the Chevy Blazer, Equinox, and Silverado EVs rolling out nationwide, GM looks to top rival Ford by the end of 2024.

Two current titans in the electric mobility industry have utilized an existing joint venture to deliver a fresh battery technology to help EV drivers eventually go farther faster. Today, SAIC-GM and CATL launched a new lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery cell with a 6C multiplier, enabling recharge rates of up to 200km in just five minutes, making it the fastest charging battery cell in China.

After back-to-back record EV sales in July and August, GM is on the cusp of surpassing Ford this year. As new electric models like the Chevy Equinox and Blazer EVs hit the market, will GM overtake Ford in EV sales this year?

More than a year after legacy automakers announced a transition from the CCS charging port to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), GM EV customers are finally able to purchase an approved adapter and gain access to hundreds of thousands of Tesla chargers.

GM’s joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) is launching an updated Wuling Hongguang Mini EV in China. Once the best-selling EV in China, with starting prices around $4,000, sales of the mini EV have slipped as new competition enters the market. The company hopes an updated model can help turn things around.

A GM electric car with Chinese EV batteries on US streets? That could soon be a possibility. GM is in talks to buy batteries from China’s CATL to be assembled at a new US plant.