If you're looking for a family of Bolt-like affordable EVs from General Motors, you may be waiting a while... It's about that time of year when Automotive News publishes its forward assumptions about what automaker are planning for the next few years. This particular quote is noteworthy: "GM’s plans to launch new EVs this decade largely have been pushed back or canceled. A commercial van codeveloped with Hyundai is now the only new EV expected to be released by GM through 203

General Motors’ future EV plans may be coming into focus with a new mid-market platform … While Ford, VW, Toyota, and others have been fairly transparent about what they are planning for the next-generation EVs, GM has been playing things fairly close to the vest. Several months ago, unconfirmed rumors surfaced that the company's next-generation full-size EV trucks--currently built on a dedicated skateboard platform at the vastly underutilized Factory Zero in Detroit – might

IMAGE: GEMINI The latest buzz about the future of GM’s electric trucks – and the imminent launch of the T1-2 next-generation Sierra and Silverado ICE models – raises some questions about where GM is going in this lucrative product segment. Let’s start with the electric side of the equation. When the Silverado EV (off the new BT1 platform) was launched, the Ford F-150 Lightning was already on the market. While the Chevy, on a dedicated EV skateboard platform, was arguably a be

This year’s JD Power Automotive Forum, which preceded the New York International Auto Show last week, was once again an opportunity to catch up on the retail side of the business (which is always educational for me) as well as emerging industry trends. The up-front global economic outlook and U.S. automotive outlook set the stage, with the expected array of less-than-encouraging numbers: labor market challenges, the retail sales shift from discretionary to essential goods

Image: Microsoft CoPilot Could Detroit bring affordable sedans back to America? I had a fascinating chat with the Wall Street Journal's Chris Otts about this (see his article here ), and thought it sounded like a good time to look into how GM, Ford, and Stellantis might go about getting back into the car market... GM actually still sells both compact and midsize sedans in China. The compact Chevy Monza is based on a low-cost variant of GM's D2 platform, so they might be able

GM and Hyundai have finally announced more details on what they plan to collaborate on--and the list is notable for both what's included...

Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/CJ4spfRIFo8 Ford's Electrified Bronco Ford's resurrection of the iconic Bronco nameplate...