Why GM Says Its Ultium Batteries Will Lead It To EV Dominance 

I love how GM talks so confidently, as if they didn't ignore EV tech for a decade...

"In China, GM sells more electric cars than Tesla..." Yes, the "car" is the Wuling Hong Guang Mini EV, which is basically a golf cart.

The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by General Motors from 1996 to 1999. It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset, if G.M. would have stuck with its EV program they would be #1 in through out the world today.

I hope it works for GM Ultium batteries because they cannot afford anymore fires.

I'm glad there is Tesla. If not Tesla, these dinasour brands will probably never transform into EV.

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I hear a lot of "gonna do", "gonna make". GM is just putting on a happy face for investors. They are light years behind Tesla and other startups and the only EV that they have sold in any numbers is the bolt which of course they had to recall because of fire risk because they just threw the product out to market; something they often do.

The proof in the pudding is in the eating. It is hard to see that GM can make a good quality product, give their track record.

I remember 20 years ago GM said the same thing about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles…systemic dishonesty at its best

"Around 2008, we said people really want an EV..." Yeah, we all did, after we saw the success Tesla was having! 😂😂😂

So far the only dominance they've had is in BEV recalls

After decades of screwing it’s customers, GM expects us to trust them? NO!

4:33 Tesla is already using LFP batteries in nearly 50% of the cars sold this year. Even in their NCA cars, they use less cobalt than any other EV maker today.

You did, Mary. You electrified the entire automobile industry. I’m serious. You led - and it matters. 🤣

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They really reused that animation of batteries falling into a battery chassis about 100x in this video.

i find it soooo funny, the story of Elon Musk, his ventures, and how the so called big automotive leaders (and space industry) had scoffed at him. sighting his ventures into their markets was all but doomed. And now looking back.. he's literally flipped both industries on their head. They are now trying their best to catch up to him. All those people that looked to short tesla now with their heads in the sand. He did take huge risks, rolled the dice with the odds stacked mountain high against him, AND his ventures Tesla and SpaceX made it by the slimmest skin of their teeth. but now look at the payofff. both companies having done things never dreamed of prior. OR rather having committed to dreams that would've never been attempted by his rivals. And although things are not wispy perfect, still, its amazing to see how this guy simply went forth with conviction and with the help of other big brains, changed the world.

Great Job GM... This will do very well. A winner..

I haven't laughed that much in years... Thank you, GM!

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The repairable/upgradable battery pack is definitely a great step forward. Tesla integrating the pack into their body structure is nice and all, but its frozen in place. They're already not good at customer service.

Should Congress pass a legislation that says a company that received a bailout before cannot ask for another bailout unless the previous bailout has been paid back? GM still has not paid back the previous bailout.

Thanks to Elon Musk. He's the leader of the EV boom.

The price and range justtttttt hit the right spot for me. If GM's ultium pack does have a minimum of 300 range and is 30k that would be a top competitor to me.

I wonder when the fossiil industry will stop using cobalt in oil refining...

Funny how the company that destroyed EVs are now investing in them 🤡

"We're working towards a goal where we have zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion" You're going to stop selling cars??

The same manufacturer that made EV1 way before Tesla and scrapped the electric vehicles for making super size gas guzzling SuVs, Hummers.

GM will never be #1 in EVs because Tesla is. GM also should have went out of business years ago instead of the government bailout 🤷‍♂️

Okay, someone explain how this works. GM will dominate EV sales by 2025. How? By increasing EV production to 1 million by 2025. Right. That makes sense.... Meanwhile, Tesla exceeded an annualized run rate of over 1,000,000 in Q4 2021. Their production is consistently increasing 60% to 70% year over year despite struggling against major headwinds. Meanwhile GM total vehicle sales have been declining the last few years, even before the pandemic. More likely scenario, based on projection: Tesla exceeds GM in -total- vehicle sales in 2025.

Competition's a good thing. We'll see if GM can actually rival other companies with their EVs or if it's just marketing talk.

Video says nothing about the specifications of their battery. Just more propaganda for GM. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a recall or fire reported soon after deployment.

Hilarious comments from GM, how to make an absolute fool of themselves

If it wasn't for Tesla GM would never go electric.

Oh imagine if GM had this world changing vision 30 years ago when they had the resources to lead the way. They could have launched a revolution. They could have called it the EV 1.

Saying and doing are very different things. I wish GM the best but Tesla, Ford, Rivian, Volkswagen are way ahead of GM on the EV front.

GM will not dominate anything, because their management is too inept, and their union work force is too inflexible. They've been promising to dominate one thing or another for 50 years, but the only thing that we've seen during that time is decreasing market share, cratering profits, and "also ran" technology.

Ford and GM were surprised by the demand for electric trucks ... Gas guzzling behemoths that people buy to drive their kids to school and get groceries in are the perfect candidates for electrification. Moms buy these battlecruisers specifically for the size and their perceived safety, and then whine about the cost of ownership over the lifespan of the vehicle. The local driver is a target rich environment for these kinds of vehicles to be replaced, leaving more fuel for the long haul, heavy lift vehicles that need them.

QAULITY CONTROL sucks at GM!

I feel in my heart I know they're not telling the truth, you understand when you realize that reducing range anxiety is increasing vehicle miles traveled and high VMT means more congestion.

GM had the opportunity for dominance right from the start with the EV1, who knows where we would be now had they kept going.......

Well this hasn’t aged well. What a disaster Ultium has been

By 2035? Honey, GM won't be in business in 2035 at that rate!

In the year 2035... GM: All of our light-duty vehicles are now electric. Tesla: This firmware update will allow you to carry food through the teleporter.

they had the tech leading car in the 80's, the EV1...they CRUSHED all of them!

These guys have one objective, to drive up the stock price and get out before the inevitable bankruptcy, buyer beware.

GM cant even get their 100 year old tech right so i have zero faith in their EV that has been a failure for 20 years so far. GM = Giant Mistakes

Only issue is the legacy reliability and quality issues GM has had it’s not as bad as Jeep but overall American car makers are not known for reliability like Toyota, Honda, etc

It can be a good thing that GM is this confident, they may or may never pass Tesla we will wait and see but if they some how do its a great thing for the EV world. It means companies outside of Tesla are taking this serious. Tesla will always improve that's been a given over the years so it others start to catch up Elon musk has won either way. His goal was to have the world convert to EV not be the only ones doing it. This is why I am a fan of Elon, while he does make smart business moves to grow his companies he doesn't do it in a way that only he can, he makes it where it forces others to step up and get better. You either improve your business like these car companies are doing or you sue him like Bezzos is doing.

Tesla delivered their first EV when Obama was president. Its clear that GM is reluctantly and belatedly entering the EV market now that EVs dominate in China. ?. One year later, the GM dominance predicted here is entirely eclipsed by startups, while GM ICE US market shows litle decline.

How will they catch Tesla if they're guiding for 1m EV sold in 2025 and tesla sold that last year?

CNBC made a whole video about how GM will somehow lead in EVs with the Ultium battery. Why didn’t they ever make a video about Tesla’s 4680 batteries or battery day? Because no ad revenue from Tesla? This seems to be an ad for GM 🤦🏾‍♂️

No thanks. Keep my ICE vehicle. Much cheaper to maintain, very reliable and fix my car myself. Lower cost to car shop when needed. At 394,000 miles. It is a Honda!

GM has been dragged screaming into the EV market. By a company that believes a car designed to be maintained is a car designed to fail. How in heavens name do GM compete with that after 100 years of doing the opposite ?

#1 EV in the US????? This will age well.

Just remember that LG caused all the fires and GM still are working with them. The recall is a complete disaster with GM not sending notice to buyers and then dealers taking over a year to do so. As long as LG is involved you will be at risk of fire. GM should have never sold ANY vehicles without completely replacing batteries in ALL sold / leased vehicles FIRST. Profit over safety is the goal of GM. They still get new packs and sell new cars without replacing the crappy ones first. They are selling Kia EV6 and Tesla cars for them just by being greedy and hiding from their responsibility to the safety of their customers. Our car is going on 3 years old and is on the list and we have ZERO idea because profit of new cars comes first. Also know that GM pays advertising to these people and they are just spewing unproven promises. 2020 car with a postcard from dealer a few months ago. Ford at least learned from LG and GM failures and is using a better company ( CATL ) putting a factory here in stead of half a world away. A bigger turd is still a turd ........ These packs are made from crap still. FACTS from an owner. Soon to be former owner and never buy Chevy or GMC ever. Just like thousands of current and potential owners. These gambles are paid for by 3 billion in loans NOT GM. If they default on the loans then YOU will be stuck with a worthless vehicle.

Does this mean that GM will return to all of the markets that they abandoned, i.e. everywhere other than North America and China? The rest of the world wants to know.

GM will lead .......is already late........

Eventhough I love my 17 year old Dodge Ram Hemi PU, I would be happy for now with a well-engineered hybrid. Much better fuel economy for average every day driving, but you would lose much of that when using the vehicle for towing. This is the tradeoff and I'm willing to go that way since towing would happen much less than daily driving. Ultimately, I would switch to full EV if GM or others could provide a platform, as other EV owners want, one with adequate range. I don't like the poor fuel economy on current pickup trucks, diesel units are ridiculously priced and ultimately, I want to separate myself from using fossil fuels altogether. We are slowly but surely poisoning the planet and with exploding populations in third world countries and clear cutting the Amazon and other rain forests for palm oil plantations and cattle ranches, we are killing the environment from all angles. It's time for change and co-existence with nature.

Everyone needs to understand that GM isn’t a car company, it’s a large ass finance/law firm.

If you're a battery engineer, do you want to work for Tesla or GM?

This DID NOT age well

with that hummer battery Tesla could power three model 3. This is all talking. Show me millions of EVs sales and then I'll believe you.

I still don't understand the logic of making the super heavy Hummer with its brick-like aero one of their first EV offerings.

I'm waiting for the GMC Savana Electric. Second, how do you recycle such batteries in large quantities, and preserve nature? The third problem, they all look like Japanese or Chinese cars!

Everything in the future will be electric & automated.

We need more small, inexpensive EVs like the Citroen Ami, not these luxurious monsters

What a joke. China is already way ahead and the many Western countries, including the US is asking for these cars

Going forward, I recommend you include a comparative analysis among all the manufacturers with their EV’s regarding maximum charge rate, maximum range, and efficiency (including whether or not the models have a heat pumps). It is in these three areas that people find the most value with her EV’s because these three areas point to the true long-term value of those vehicles.

The way demand is for EVs it looks like production numbers is all that matters right now. If you make the most EVs you sell the most EVs, that's it. It will be years before cross shopping starts to matter.

I guess the world is changing. There are much fewer posts in this comment section by ICE dead-enders crying about range and cobalt, and much fewer Tesla fanboys crying about how "everyone is light years behind" than I expected. So, perhaps the youtube public is slowly catching up with the times. One lives in hope.

I don’t think people realize how high gas prices will negatively effect the sales of the ICE gas guzzlers that manufacturers love due to high margin. Winter is coming.

My question is how you going to get regular people to buy electric car most people cannot afford even a regular car today..

He keeps saying that the battery will last “the life of the vehicle”. That statement doesn’t mean anything. Give us numbers. How many miles, years??

"Any vehicle that we dream up?" That makes sense since all they've been doing is sleeping

A better guess is that GM will go bankrupt before they fail to meet another of their promises.

Summary: Current Bolt owners are scared our car may catch fire with our family in it, or set our house on fire while we sleep, or set other people or their property on fire. We are still waiting years for replacement batteries that (hopefully) won’t spontaneously combust because Chevy is selling our batteries to new Bolt buyers, instead. Mistake 1: We TRUSTED Chevy in 2018 to stand behind a product the company has staked its future on. We chose a new 2018 Bolt over Tesla partially because we believed reliability and customer service would be better than friends with Teslas had experienced. When we learned our battery may spontaneously combust, we requested a buy-back because: We can’t voluntarily reduce to 80% charge capacity until replacement battery arrives We have 2-3 hours of daily commuting Our serious winters reduce the battery capacity significantly already We can’t comply with Chevy’s recommendation to not charge indoors or park indoors after charging until new battery arrives: We have to charge in our garage overnight and use a parking ramp to go to work. We also now have to pay to charge in the parking ramp during the workday to comply with recommendation to avoid getting below 70 miles remaining range until new battery comes. We didn’t pay all this money for a paper weight that may spontaneously catch fire Chevy refused to do ANYTHING to get us out of the 2018 Bolt. Mistake 2: We TRUSTED Chevy in 2021 when they said the batteries were only risky in 2020 or earlier model years. We paid Chevy more money to escape our scary 2018 Bolt in favor of a “safe” new 2021 Bolt. Within WEEKS Chevy admitted that ALL Bolts may spontaneously combust, so we were back at square one after giving Chevy more of our money. Going into 2023, we still have no idea when our batteries will be replaced because Chevy prefers to sell our batteries to new Bolt customers. AT A MINIMUM, Chevy should either: Buy back Bolts so current customers can finally be free of this constant fear and liability Replace all 2017-2022 Bolt batteries BEFORE selling any more new Bolts Replace our defective Bolts with the new Bolts they have been selling Replace our defective Bolts with the Equinox that they now claim is safe and more affordable The latter may put us at Mistake 3, so customers should get to choose from these options. My family desperately wants EVs and charging infrastructure to succeed. We would love to see it accomplished by American companies using American labor and supplies because we want to support humane working conditions and the American economy. Or in other countries that will perform the work humanely. My family bought an extra large cup of Chevy EV koolaid that we’ve been drinking from daily for ~4.5 years, so we have plenty of real-world experience with Chevy EVs and Chevy customer service. The promo and rah-rah review videos you see are typically from folks with little to no actual experience as a Chevy EV customer. I can’t vouch for whether other EV manufacturers are any better at safety assurance and customer service. I sincerely hope they can all get there soon so all EV drivers can be safe and have sound investments.

Wayyyyy behind GM, should’ve been at this level 10 years ago.

Riminds me of how Nokia ignored and dismissed the iPhone and then they started to pursue a strategy too late in the game.. Came up with some sub-par products and then died.

Tesla is 'trying to' move to no cobalt batteries?Emphasis on 'TRYING', eh? Tesla already has. LFP to LMFP. And GM is still using LI batteries with cobalt ... This is an advertorial, not independent news. Let's see how long this comment stays up before you report it.

Imagine a company that went bankrupt a mere decade ago because it’s business manufacturing, technology and labor costs were too cumbersome in the ICE auto industry. They needed an $11B loan and an even worse $35B no obligations cash payment from Uncle Sam to stay alive. Then imagine this same company a decade later, as it’s overall sales have been halved, trying to make loud pronouncements and shallow promises about leading in a completely new product that is based on new technology, software and manufacturing. These guys are a dead man walking making nonsensical noises…

I highly doubt how upgrade-able this system will be for the future. Cool to say another cell can be placed later on, but the bms might not like that, or the batteries, or the batteries might NOT fully work to their full potential, why else even upgrade. Or will they die fast?

Did GM forget their electric car blunder?? I will bet they have a long way to go. Wonder who will buy their ELECTRIC JUNK. How is the BOLT coming along for GM ??

While others move away from Cobalt and Nickle, GM marches on, like usual, with outdated technology.

Everyone here doesn’t understand the actual environmental disaster looming around these batteries, used solar panels, and un-recyclable wind turbines. These ultium battery packs weigh about 3,000 pounds BY ITSELF. Do you honestly believe it’s better than gasoline? Do the math. Gasoline weighs about 6 pounds per gallon, one gallon can get you 30 plus miles. So even on a 10 gallon tank you can go up to 300 miles and the amount of gasoline used weighs a whopping 60 pounds It all about energy density and weight. You can put all the batteries you want in your Tesla or hummer but your fighting against your self by adding weight which reduces your range. Simple math. The emissions from gasoline vehicles is far less than the pollution that will be created by your so called “green energy” in the landfills And you all call this “progressive” or “moving forward” You understand that the range of an electric car from the 1900’s is roughly the same range as a Chevy volt today? But we’re moving into the future… at the pace of a snail… by design. Hooray!!!!

Every company is saying they will dominate in making EVs but it is not an easy one. Now Tesla and BYD are dominating. I am asking a question to General Motors , why you didn't make EVs so far.

Give this narrator a raise, is the best voice of cnbc

The U.S don't have to Infrastructure for the electric vehicles to charge them.🤔🤔 what happens to areas that flood??🤔🤔🤔

If EV sales were measured in hot air general motors would be the leader by 2025. They said in 2017 they’d have 20 models by now. Well…where are they? Meanwhile don’t charge your Bolt unattended.

All this stuff is still way expensive. One of the main points of electrification is the reduction in tight-tolerance, high-assembly time mechanical components. You pretty much end up with one moving part, the motor spindle. Point being is that when these machines are mature, they ought to cost one helluva lot less to make than ICE vehicles.

😂 it’s funny these statements and videos are like politically incorrect jokes that didn’t age well. Now tens of thousands of these pieces of junk are sitting on dealer lots and nobody wants them. Sooner or later, they will have to send them to the car crusher or it will drag down the value of the new cars coming out. Our all electric future is turning into a joke or a nightmare. The next video should be, they will lead the future into bankruptcy court with their new EV strategy.😭🤣

Why ? Because.... Self serving statements whether truth or not..

GM plans to accomplish in the next 2 years what they couldn’t do over the past 100.🤣

Because GM can outproduce Tesla by 100s to 1. Say goodnight, Mr. Musk. You’re over.

GM: Going EV Ford: Going EV Toyota: Going EV Chevy: Going EV Porsche: Going EV BMW: Going EV Honda: Going EV US Power grid: *sweating nervously*

This is like watching a video about Tesla from a literal decade ago. It looks like the batteries inside GMs packs are based on a platform that's roughly that old, too. EDIT: I should have just finished watching. CNBC actually included competent/properly informed critical opinions for once. Nice. Tesla has 12+ month order wait times, so if automakers want to start taking EVs serious, they've got a year to do so. Keep capitalizing while you still can, Mary.

So how about the battery company that put theirs in a Tesla and drove from N.Y. to LA and back twice before having to recharge snd the recharge only takes eight minutes??? MKL&ML

I hope GE is right. Competition is good for the consumer.

I praise the expansion of ev options but the problem I see is a big ev is like a big gas vehicle: inefficient. Lightness is virtuous. Less material cascades to lighter parts, lighter smaller battery and motor equals more range per weight

EV market won't take off until Lithium Iron (2024) and Lithium Sulfur batteries technology becomes mature enough to mass produce. Until this becomes true, the current EV fad is going no where. EV is only popular right now because they are still rare and only the "rich" can afford them. Tesla is losing it's stream, I have few friends that cancelled their Y model orders, because they were seeing too many Teslas on the streets. Yes, I have a few friends that are that shallow. Tesla is still too expensive for the average guy and still has limited range in a day's worth of driving. So I think the explosion will come when Lithium Iron starts to get mass produced (currently the most matured breakthrough being developed for mass produce) and finds it way onto the market. The cost and range should fall into range of the gas average vehicles.