General Motors is committed to launch 20 new electric vehicles

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Frédéric Mercier

Monday, October 2, 2017 14:05

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By 2023, General Motors has made the promise to market 20 new 100% electric vehicles, two of which in the course of the next year.

Already well established in the niche market of green vehicles with its Chevrolet Volt and Bolt General Motors has just announced an ambitious plan of electrification of its range. In the long term, we are talking about a transition that will sound the death knell for the engine to gasoline. “General Motors believes the future is electric”, launched Mark Reuss, executive vice-president at GM.

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Unlike Volvo, which has already announced that it would develop as electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids as early as 2019, GM is guarded to predict an end date for the development of its gas-powered models.

According to Mr. Reuss, the transition from gasoline to electricity will occur at different rates in the world. One could, for example, to stop selling gasoline-powered cars in Europe and North America while maintaining a strong offer in markets such as South America and Asia.

In addition to the cars battery electric, General Motors has also confirmed to want to continue the development of hydrogen vehicles.

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Government restrictions that work

Even if the application of the public remains excessively shy in respect of electric vehicles, car manufacturers continue to invest a fortune, and always promising more new models green. But why, exactly?

On the one hand, because a company should look further than the tip of his nose and prepare for the future. With lower prices and a growing autonomy, the best is yet to come for electric vehicles.

Except that, in the meantime, governments around the world are also forcing the major automakers to move away from combustion engines traditional. Governments such as those of France, the netherlands and Norway have even initiated the talks for an abolition of any sale of vehicles petrol and diesel.

If General Motors wants to remain a global company, the electrification of its range of vehicles is not a luxury. It is a necessity.