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Rapidly scaling EV production on its Ultium platform across Chevrolet Equinox EV, Blazer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, and GMC Hummer EV. America's largest automaker by volume with $170B+ revenue and ~110K EV deliveries in 2024, accelerating sharply in H2. Targeting 1M annual EV units in North America by mid-decade with the affordable Equinox EV as its volume play.
Product Lineup Timeline
Key Milestones
General Motors founded in Flint, Michigan by William Durant via consolidation of Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac — by 1931 becomes the world's largest automaker, a position it holds through 2008.
EV1 launches in California and Arizona via lease only — the first mass-produced modern EV from a major automaker. ~1,100 units placed; program controversially ended in 2003 with vehicles crushed.
Chevrolet Volt launches as a plug-in hybrid — the first major OEM extended-range EV, foreshadowing later EREV trend in China; a generation ahead of Toyota Prius Prime and BMW i3 REx.
Chevrolet Bolt EV begins delivery — the first U.S.-built mass-market 200+ mile BEV from a Detroit automaker, beating Tesla Model 3 to market by ~9 months and ushering in the affordable-long-range EV era.
Reveals Ultium battery and BEV3 platform — GM commits 30 EVs by 2025 across Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick; the unveiling marks GM's most ambitious electrification announcement to date.
Commits to all-electric light-duty fleet by 2035 — the most aggressive electrification pledge from a Detroit Three OEM; Mary Barra positions GM as 'leading EV transition not just compliance.'
Begins delivery of GMC Hummer EV pickup — the first vehicle on GM's Ultium platform; 1,000 hp, 9,063 lb curb weight, and CrabWalk demonstrate Ultium's flexibility but at six-figure price points.
Cadillac Lyriq launches as Cadillac's first dedicated EV on Ultium — becomes GM's premium EV bellwether and proves Ultium can deliver attractive mass-market styling.
Chevrolet Blazer EV stop-sale issued months after launch over critical software defects — denting GM's EV reputation and exposing weakness in Ultium's first-year software stack.
Chevrolet Equinox EV production begins — GM's most affordable Ultium model at sub-$35K starting price; positioned as GM's volume Ultium contender and EV-tax-credit-eligible from launch.
Returns to selling new Bolt EV reservation — commits to second-generation Bolt on Ultium with LFP cells for cost reduction; admits that retiring the original Bolt EV in 2023 was a strategic mistake.
Delays next-generation electric trucks indefinitely amid soft U.S. EV demand and tax-credit uncertainty — GMC Sierra EV ramp slows; Chevrolet Silverado EV production cut as fleet demand fizzles.
GM books $1.7B charge for U.S. EV-strategy reset — Cruise robotaxi unit shut down, EV-cell production scaled back, and commercial Bright Drop van delayed; the broadest EV-strategy retreat at a Big Three OEM.