GM will produce only electric cars in Ramos Arizpe from 2024

General Motors will produce only electric cars at its complex in the Mexican city Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, reported the Secretary of Economy, Raquel Buenrostro.

The official and the company announced the increase of 5,000 jobs, promoting the inclusion of gender in its workforce.

General Motors plans to launch more than 30 electric vehicles worldwide from 2022 to 2025.

A key element of your electric vehicle strategy is The lastits new electric platform of specific batteries.

The first Ultium-based products launched with the GMC HUMMER EV and BrightDrop EV600 in 2021, followed by the Cadillac LYRIQ in 2022.

This all-new platform is flexible and will be leveraged across multiple vehicle makes and sizes, driving styles and configurations, allowing for quick response to customer preferences and a shorter design and development timeframe compared to our ICE vehicles. .

In September 2021, General Motors announced three new driving assistance engines as part of Ultium Driveinternally calibrated to ensure the highest level of performance in Ultium-based electric vehicles.

The company designs the motors as a scalable family, sharing design principles as well as similar manufacturing tools and strategies.

Then, in November 2021, General Motors began production at GM’s Factory ZERO Assembly Center in Detroit-Hamtramck (Factory ZERO), which was converted to a fully dedicated EV facility to produce the GMC HUMMER EV and upcoming Cruise Origin and Chevrolet Silverado EV, which was presented in January 2022 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (Nevada).

In the same month, it announced that it would convert its Orion Township, Michigan, assembly plant to the production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV and electric GMC Sierra.

In addition, the company has announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for these and other future electric vehicles through Ultium Cells LLC (a 50-50 joint venture with LG Energy Solution) in Lordstown, Ohio, Spring Hill, Tennessee. and Lansing, Michigan.

It is also planned to build a fourth battery plant in the United States in the middle of the decade.

roberto.morales@eleconomista.mx