GM Aims For Zero Tailpipe Emissions By 2035, Carbon Neutrality By 2040
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General Motors has announced plans to eliminate tailpipe emissions from its new light-duty vehicles by 2035 and become fully carbon neutral by 2040.
GM plans to eliminate tailpipe emissions from its light-duty vehicles by slowly adding more and more battery-electric vehicles to its lineup. The automaker will offer 30 all-electric models globally by mid-decade and 40 percent of the company’s U.S. models will be battery-electric by the end of 2025. Going forward, more than half of GM’s capital spending and product development will be devoted to electric and electric-autonomous vehicle programs, with the automaker outlining a clear directive to eventually offer an EV “for every customer, from crossovers and SUVs to trucks and sedans.”
While EVs do not emit tailpipe emissions, they are not as eco friendly if they are not charged with electricity that was generated in an eco-friendly way. To address this, GM will work with EVGo to triple the size of the company’s public fast-charging network (which is already the nation’s largest) by adding more than 2,700 new fast chargers by the end of 2025. All of these fast-charging stations will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
As for becoming fully carbon neutral by 2040, the automaker will source 100 percent renewable energy to power all of its US.. facilities by 2030, while its global sites will achieve this goal by 2035. This is a five-year acceleration from its previously outlined goal of converting its global facilities to renewables by 2040. For any remaining carbon that it may be spewing into the atmosphere from its day-to-day operations, GM says it “expects to invest in carbon credits or offsets,” and will “assess credit and offset solutions in the coming years as the most efficient, equitable and inclusive ideas mature.”
“General Motors is joining governments and companies around the globe working to establish a safer, greener and better world,” GM CEO Mary Barra said in a statement. “We encourage others to follow suit and make a significant impact on our industry and on the economy as a whole.”
In addition to its tailpipe emissions elimination commitment, GM signed the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5⁰C, a coalition of UN agencies and companies dedicated to achieving a carbon net-zero economy. Other auto industry companies that have joined this eco-friendly UN coalition include Continental, Mahindra, Volkswagen, Ford, Bosch and Delphi.
GM’s announcement comes just days after president Joe Biden pledged to replace the entire U.S. federal vehicle fleet with American-made EVs, a move that could cost upwards of $20 billion.
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GM should roll up it’s remaining ICE assets into a new division called Qanon Motors.
“for men you can’t take things away from”.
oookay your comments were fine for a while…. now you’re just starting to be a bit tooo trollish.
You were insufferably being an apologist about the bolts MANY flaws in your first comments to me right out of the gate and now you’re complaining about ME being too trolly? LOL
I’m not going to be a democrat OR republican talking point babbler. I’m going to say what’s UP even if that offends both sides.
*rolls eyes*
Just poking fun…. does anyone remember in 2017 when GM said it would be releasing 20 new EVs by 2023 and that 2 of them would be in showrooms in 18 months? It seems 18 months has long passed and 4 years later they have a CGI Cadillac and a Hummer they can’t drive. Does anyone believe GM? or will we be looking back at GM like we look back at Kodak. I loved by Bolt EV… lots of folks loved their EV1’s… but GM seems to lack the resolve to /want/ to make such cars. They tease us and we know they have the industrial might to do it… they seem to lack the will and commitment.
Meanwhile team “T” continues plugging away releasing new models that continue to eat into legacy auto markets.
And the fanboys on this site continue to blame Tesla for their demise. Or unions. Or government LOL
Where is all the infrastructure buildup. Nothing being said about that.
No info on increased electric production or distribution system upgrades. No info on charging station installation or who is going to pay for it. Sure if you have a home and garage you can install a charger but what about people who live in apartments or row homes that park on the street. How is that going to work? Seems like lots of talk and plans being made by car companies but not much action on getting it actually in place. Not sure if they started tomorrow that they could have all the infrastructure in place.
How about a news conference from Mrs. Barra on that.
We all know where the money will come from, for the new infrastructure. This country’s burdens always fall one place…the taxpayer! I agree, they should be talking about both, at the same time. There needs to be a plan, on upgrading the entire country. It is long overdue. However, as we all know…right now it’s the “new shiny thing”. Very soon the government focus will be on something else.
How much has the taxpayer paid to subsidize the oil industry by throwing lives and money at “terrorism” in the middle east?
If the DOD budget is NOT mostly for oil, what’s it for? Sand? Turbans? What DO we get from the middle east if not oil?
Why do you need a charger installed at your house if you commute less than 50 miles a day? A wall outlet in the garage provides 5 miles per hour of range. Overnight, 10 hours of eating and sleeping = 50 miles.
Why is the grid going to need expensive modernization when most people charge their cars overnight when the grid isn’t being used? Time of use metering will make daytime charging cost a little more and incentivize nighttime charging.
Public charging already exists in many non-backwards places unlike Michigan, but utility companies and automakers are too short sighted and conservative to install public high speed charging stations for those who need to charge away from home. They have to be forced with government regulations to invest in it and they will make more money long term having more places to sell electricity.
Companies don’t regulate themselves. Children don’t supervise themselves. Vegetables don’t eat themselves.
No emotion here, seriously. As a retired 41-year automotive engineer I do try to keep an eye on EV technology, EV costs, recharging technology, and in particular, required time to recharge. It is still quite satisfying to travel 70+ MPH on the highway, get 32-33 MPG, drive only 12 hours in the car, spend around 5-10 minutes at each refueling stop, then at days end still feel fresh as a daisy and realize you have logged 700+ miles. When an EV can match or surpass my $20K LS1 C5 in ALL of those facets it will have my complete attention. I eagerly and hopefully await.
Tesla Roadster with cross country supercharger network will change your mind.
While I realize that this is a hot topic of discussion. Here are some things to think about.
There is no way to stop EVs. What I find ironic is that all of the “save the eco system” people fail to understand…what do you think makes the charging stations run?? Electricity!! Where do you think that comes from?? A Power Plant!!! What do you think runs a power plant?? Gas, Steam, or Nuke!!! We now live in a country where the leader has decided to KILL the Oil & Gas industry. Ironic…right? Without it, there is NO electricity!!! Oh, and guess what…Wind Turbines need OIL to run!!!
Yes, I am proud to be one of those old school idiots that LOVES gas engines. I’m not saying that EVs don’t have their place. However, it’s not in my garage! There is no EV substitute, for listening to my 69 350SS Camaro growl. However, I do see the future is unstoppable…like going from a carb to a computer, during the last 50 years.
I live in Wyoming. This is NOT the land of charging stations!! The towns can be hours apart! I’m sure as the years pass there will be large strides made in EVs. There HAS to be! They need both style & distance overhauls for sure!!
What this comes down to is fighting the future. It’s gonna happen whether we like it or not. Pretty soon all vehicles will be flying anyway…like The Jetsons!!
1 smokestack is still cleaner than 10,000 tailpipes. World policy should not revolve around Montana’s needs. Nobody is taking gas cars away from you. Nobody is killing oil and gas industry, it’s killing itself.
You will always have fuel to transit Montana in your truck. Don’t worry.
Wind turbines need lubricants, not specifically from petroleum, Solar panels need no maintenance at all. Utility scale batteries that store wind and solar that release to the grid when demand is high are cheaper than generating from peakers.
How much have the endless wars for cheap oil cost taxpayers? Why else are we maintaining a military in the middle east if oil is not the central issue? Why do we export oil?
If you want lower gas prices, turn oil companies into regulated utilities. Or nationalize them. And stop exporting and paying for both sides of the wars on “terror”.
There’s a lot to learn about electricity and our grid before deciding EVs are a threat to democracy.
I knew it was only a matter of time…before you turned your troll comments to me.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion without being shot down, at every turn.
Unfortunately, you are misinformed. Wind Turbines DO USE OIL. Obviously, you appear to have no one in your family/friends, in the power industry (as I do). They also have to have their huge old blades BURIED in land fills. I know this due to I live in WYOMING, and they are currently being buried HERE!!!!
I don’t know if you noticed the other day, but Biden stopped all new oil/gas agreements as well as the Keystone Pipeline. This is most likely due to his friend Warren Buffet’s BNSF trains doing the long haul between Canada & the US. Everything that happens in this country has to do with “someone’s” pockets getting fat. However, it is NEVER the taxpayer. Unfortunately, it is the unemployed oil & gas industry workers that are paying the price, at the moment. There are hundreds of everyday items that NEED the petroleum industry, to be produced. VERY soon we will all be paying that price both at the pump, and our everyday lives.
Our current infrastructure is not prepared for the on-slot of EVs. It will take many years, for the conversion completion to EV. This is called the FUTURE for a reason.
This is my last response to you. Have a nice day!
Keystone oil was destined for port of louisiana tanker export, not Americans to put in guzzlers.
Oil and gas workers can retrain to install charging stations, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, coding, smart phone app designers, Passive House blower door testing contractors, you name it.
Horse and buggy ain’t coming back.
Wind turbines don’t need their oil to be from petroleum. It can be synthesized. What little gear oil they do use is nothing compared to the avoided fossil fuels from other electricity sources not generated.
Oil industry won’t “stop”. Gear oil for wind turbines will continue. Plastics will still be made. Carpet and clothing will need fibers from petroleum. Life will go on.
Yes, the retired carbon fiber wind blades are being buried in Montana near the sites they were sitting on until they were replaced with new ones. Should they be buried in California or a liberal’s back yard? Doesn’t the local landfill WANT the fees for burying them?
The grid is ready for EVs right now because it’s not used at night when people recharge EVs. By the time there’s 20% conversion to EVs, there will be time of use billing to disincentivize daytime charging during afternoon peaks, more storage of wind/solar and the grid will evolve as it always does.
The sky is NOT falling, change is GOOD 🙂
I hope Biden forcibly confiscates and tows people’s gas cars and makes them drive Chevy Bolts because they are good for the environment and climate change.
Hopefully he will mandate that Onstar restrict acceleration in the Bolt down to 12 seconds 0-60 since that will make them even more environmentally friendly. There should also be mileage fees so people will be forced to move closer to jobs in town and leave rural and suburban areas for open preserves and and Bill Gates land holdings.
I understand electricity in EVs cost a lot more to fuel, like $5 per gallon equivalent compared to gas when you factor in all the costs, but this is what’s best for humanity.
Also, the EVs will overload the grid and cause blackouts, but that too is good for the environment as it means less pollution from power plants.
If Kamala Harris takes over, she can punish white people extra hard by letting minorities have gas cars confiscated from white people, since white people have so much extra privilege and can take a little inconvenience.
I believe that revenge against the things that made America great will be better for America than letting the market decide how things go.
manmade climate change is a myth show me the proof and change my mine
So what if it is?
EVs have the lowest total cost of ownership.
Solar is cheaper than coal.
ev’s do not have the lowest cost of ownership maybe some day they will but not right now and solar is cheaper than coal how do you figure solar panels are expensive to produce and take the better part of two decades to get your money worth then you need to replace them. I’m not saying renewables are bad I just don’t think they are ready yet and the energy used today is more than efficient we shouldn’t be shoving new technologies down our throats until it is more efficient and cost effective.
EVS have the lowest cost of ownership right now, several studies have already shown this.
how are you considering cost of ownership i work on my own vehicles and save thousands i bet owning an electric will cost me thousands more when i need to replace the batteries or an electric motor which the dealer will charge me a couple hundred an hour. that is one area of ownership i think you just consider gas vs electric which is different in every part of the country in new hampshire its 15 to 18 cents a kilowatt hour vs 4 cents in california after a certain hour. cost is definitely not the same for everyone and where i live electric is far more expensive and less convenient.
Even if you’re paying 18 cents per KW if your car gets 4 miles per KW that’s $1.35 for 30 miles. (30/4= 7.5 x .18 = 1.35)
National average is 10 cents per kw = 40 cents for 30 miles.
How much is gas? Does a gallon even take you 30 miles?
so now i’m saving a dollar a gallon and at 30 miles per gallon to save the extra 10 k i have to spend on an electric car it will take me 300k miles to break even on the price portion of the vehicle and that’s not even accounting for maintenance which we’ve previously discussed so once again not cost effective for everyone and definitely not less expensive. these are my numbers yours may be different but why does everyone assume we all fit into one little box
The average price of a car in the US is 36,718, but no one should be buying a car at MSRP, that’s just stupid and a sign of bad negotiations or you just don’t care about money.
Once you buy an electric it will recoop it’s extra costs in around 2 years.
Not 300000 miles. That 300k mile point you said is highly exaggerated.
depends on your math I’m basing mine on a 30k electric msrp car(Mini Cooper) vs a 20k civic or corolla that is a 10k difference on a comparable sized car I’m also basing it on 30mpg which both of these cars will probably get better therefore taking longer to recoup my money. if you do it towards the average price ice car of 36718 than you need to do the same for electric and that is not a good average to compare for your argument 55600 2019 may be cheaper now by a little either way ice is still cheaper
Electric motors have very few moving parts, they wear out much slower than an ICE engine, there is no oil changes. Only coolant flushes for the battery that are done around 150k or so miles. Brakes also see a lot less use on these vehicles thanks to regeen braking by the motor itself to recoop energy back into the battery.
Yes maybe something unexpected can happen but that happens to any vehicle even ICE, and rebuilding an ICE engine can be just as expensive.
But if you are a competent mechanic or know where to look for shops you can get the repairs done for decent prices and not the “go away” prices dealerships like to throw at you.
If you ever need to replace a battery it’s likely only a section that went bad so you just need to replace that and not the full battery. Much less expensive.
10 year payback. 100k mile battery replacement. Tied to a cord. No thanks.
A battery doesn’t just DIE as soon as it hits a magical mile number. There are plenty of examples of old packs still working great to this day. Especially GM ones.
Also as I said buying a full pack isn’t the most smart thing to do. Just find the bad section within the battery and replace that.
Labor to repair costs as much as replacement! People don’t want to be without their cars for weeks and months every time they need to repair the battery!
@GM is better,
Labor costs are up to the dealership or repair shop.
Some cost absurd for anything…. do research on where you want to take your car, like any normal person.
You won’t be without a car for weeks/Months.
Thing about a bad section in a battery, the car is still usable, just it won’t return the same amount of range, unlike an ICE that just wont run.
Depending on the battery it’s also a 4 to 6 hours job to swap out.
Maybe a little longer to disassemble the battery BUT it’s cheaper in parts and overall.
you won’t have the choice to shop repairs it only be able to be done at the stealership for electric at least at the beginning
@libertarian
Incorrect!!! There are many electric care specialty repair shops opening up right now and they offer more than what the current Dealerships offer now.
One example is https:// electrifiedgarage .com/ (they do more than just Tesla’s)
Another one in Canada rebuilt the famous 400k+ mile gen 1 Volt just a few years ago.
so I guess if I want to drive to Florida you are right but where I live there isn’t one for hundreds of miles
Do you work for Tesla? Or Biden?
This site thinks we’re children so we can’t post links. But google “solar is cheaper than coal” and you’ll see all your talking points are outdated by 10 years.
EVs cost more to repair then buying a new gas car!
libertarian
There’s a real easy way to prove manmade climate change is happening. What you gotta do is take 2 fingers and stick them all the way up your butt. It works with any 2 fingers. They don’t even need to be your fingers. Text back when you got them up there.
libertarian
Now that your fingers are out of your ears listen up.
I DON’T WORK FOR YOU! Do your own research @**#***. At the of the day, your opinion is more insignificant than a flea on a rats behind.
you don’t work for me what the #**& are you talking about this is the typical response from people that don’t have an argument but then you already know that don’t you I’m not the one claiming climate change so why would I prove anything or do my own research you are the one that wants to remove my freedoms at the behest of an ideology as far as my opinion that’s what the comments section is for you moron!!!
libertarian
Most of the world’s countries have signed the Paris accords. Most of the world’s largest companies are spending billions to make their products carbon neutral.
A hundred years ago the Amish didn’t believe in technology. Went off to live in their little communities.
I’m sure you and your fellow climate change deniers will go off and live in your little communities. I’m picturing something out of the Mad Max movies. Have a nice life.
Climate change is a lie.
continue to believe everything your told without proof it is you that is the problem little happy controlled child you have a nice life as well
Libertarians don’t believe in climate change. Your just a LIBERAL.
i know they don’t that comment wasn’t directed toward you for some reason it was put in the wrong spot i replied to peter g. and definitely NO i am no liberal
Libertarian/GM is better
So what do you guys believe in? Covid 19 is a hoax? Fox News suddenly turned liberal on election night? School shootings are faked using puppets? Killing republicans that confirmed the November election results? Spaced based Jewish laser beams causing forest fires? All the former presidents are part of a pedaphelia cult?
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My side just believes hundreds of millions of vehicles and smokestacks dumping filth into the air does have some negative effects, and the right wing has gone completely nuts.
GM is just afraid of the government like most people in our country now that is the only reason they are going electric. The moment they do I’m done with them
libertarian
Nope, GM didn’t give 2 $#!+s about the government when they announced they were closing 4 factories including Lordstown.
libertarians are not right wing that’s first off just goes to show who I’m arguing with. covid 19 is real and not a hoax masks don’t work and vaccines are a trillion dollar industry. As far as the election goes there was fraud everywhere the numbers don’t make sense, you actually believe sleepy Joe had 80 million to Obama’s 69 million when every lib friend I have wanted nothing to do with Biden, and it’s not because everyone hates trump as he got 74 million and broke the record for a sitting president. Or maybe its the 96 percent turnout that you believe of course that’s only in the battleground areas everywhere else was normal, bare in mind Australia gets a 92 percent turnout where voting is mandated by law. You’ll believe whatever your told that’s what I believe. forest fires have been happening for millennia and I have no idea about past presidents. school shootings are deranged psychopaths and of course you believe we should get rid of guns too right?
Crisis actors and stolen elections. Nice.
Libertarian
Anti-gun LOL
This is a car website. I didn’t sign up for Crazy election theory101. Why don’t you go back under your bridge with the rest of the rightwing trolls.
again because maybe you are a little slow libertarian’s are not right wing they are anti government and agree with issues on both the left and right grow up and learn the difference as far as trolls can’t think of a bigger one than you
libertarian
If it walks like a right wing nut, and talks like a right wing nut. I’m not going to believe it when it says it’s a duck.
You don’t believe that masks work against covid 19. You bought in to the Trump pets election lies. Your spitting out antigovernment B.S. 3 weeks after the Capital insurrection.
Right wing nut or Libertarian Kill them all. Let God sort them out.
and now everyone knows what the real problem is in this country all you need to do is speak there’s obviously no point in trying to have an intelligent conversation with people like you no brain power just herd mentality.
libertarian
You should see the movie BlackHawk Down. It takes place in the libertarian paradise of Somalia. You would be very good performing sexual favors on a warlord for your dinner.
CLOWN
libertarian
Yea, moron what do you think a libertarian nation will look like. Infrastructure; food & product safety; law and order. Forget about all that. In a civilized society we make some concessions so we can live in a civilized society.
You idiots throw a tantrum when someone asks you to wear a mask in public. May you rot in hell for all eternity.
Doubt your current car gets 30 mpg, more like 18 with idling to check social media, burger king drive thru, performance or snow tires, etc.
So at 18 mpg $2.35 per gallon = 13 cents per mile.
EV at 30 mpg $0.40 per gallon = 1 cent per mile.
You’re paying $1,560 to go 12,000 miles a year.
EVs pay $120 for 12,000 miles a year.
Bolt is now the same ~$25k price as comparable gas car but offers near-Tesla acceleration and lux silence you won’t get from a Trax.
There’s also no maintenance on an EV.
Lots of maintenance on a gas car tho.
So your break even is like ~2 years.
bolt starts at 38k on Chevrolet’s website I don’t know where you are coming up with 25k and I also have no idea where you think in any situation a corolla or civic gets 18 mpgs but hey at the end of the day you do your math and I’ll do mine and count your money after.
Nobody pays MSRP. You can get one today with deals for $25k.
I’m not comparing Corolla/Civic because that’s not what most people drive.
Bolt offers CUV room with near-Tesla acceleration and luxury car silence.
A comparable car with those attributes gets 18mpg.
actually a ton of people drive civic and corolla, and the comparison is between ice and electric not the cars you choose for the reasons you choose them it has to be apples to apples or as close as possible and in this case its economy type cars if you want to compare luxury vehicles those buyers the majority of the time don’t care about mpg’s
You’re not reading what I’m writing, you’re repeating what you want to hear. Bolt is not a Corolla. It’s far more substantial. Near Tesla performance and near luxury silence. That’s going to cost a lot to buy with a gas car.
And you are not reading what I’m saying just because it’s silent and Tesla like doesn’t make it better it all depends what you are after
Electric motors are superior in every way to a gas engine. Compare that.
Compare what your opinion
Compare it with reality. Tesla is desirable. GM is not.
no that is your opinion talking with someone like you who can’t even understand the basic difference between an opinion and a fact is beneath everyone on this site and an embarrassment to Tesla. Go buy a Tesla please so they don’t go out of business for their sake. After they’re done selling to California, New York, and Massachusetts there will be nobody left to buy those horribly put together POS cars that can’t hold their value and stop wasting everybody’s time on this site
LOL these conservaDUMB comments! “the sky is falling!!!” Click my name for some unbiased EV realities about GM’s electric program. or google “quartz gm depreciation”
If you are all worried about carbon footprint than just buy a horse. You’re still using carbon to make cars and lithium is a material that’s dangerous and toxic. Imagine how much lithium is going to get dumped when the batteries are finished. A horse is naturally made and doesn’t cost much to keep on the road and when it dies it doesn’t cause any ecological problems when it is buried. So why don’t everyone just buy a horse for the sake of the planet?
Carbon is the LAST reason one should buy an EV.
The first reason should be TCoO (total cost of ownership) followed by more fun, instant acceleration, no noise, no maintenance, more convenient home charging a gas station can never offer, etc.
THEN after all that, you can put carbon, because cleaner electricity generation and lower carbon than gas is a BYPRODUCT and a GIVEN of an EV.
Batteries can be easily recycled. The carbon payback for manufacturing an EV is only 2 years.
Nice outdated talking points though. Qanon, Koch or Fox?
John don’t waste your time talking to this brainwashed believer it don’t matter if you tell him facts goes in one ear and out the other
You are so right. People want desperately to cling to their outdated traditions.
my traditions oh sure yeah I see your so smart that’s why I like gas. laughable that liberals really do love to pat themselves on the back at how smart they think they are.
If it’s NOT about hanging on to tradition, Why should I buy a gas car? They are inferior in every way.
Clown!!!