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        home > news > Automobiles > Barra Commits to 1M EVs on Global Roads by 2026

        Barra Commits to 1M EVs on Global Roads by 2026

        Cheaper batteries, demand from China pushing numbers.

        Michael Strong
        Michael Strong , Managing Editor
        Nov. 15, 2017
        GM CEO Mary Barra said the automaker will have 1 million EVs on roads around the world by 2026.

        General Motors is following in the footsteps of former President Barak Obama by promising to build 1 million electric vehicles.

        Obama’s vision wasn’t fulfilled, despite the $7,500 tax credit designed to make the cars more affordable and lure EV buyers to showrooms, but GM CEO Mary Barra told analysts at the Barclays 2017 Global Automotive Conference in New York, that GM will hit the target by 2026 on a global basis.

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        Barra’s confidence stems from two things: a new family of EVs and a significant cost reduction on batteries. 

        The company, which currently sells the Chevy Bolt EV, will expand its EV platform to “multiple brands and multiple segments,” she said. Barra said the new products will include two small crossovers in 2020.

        (Fewer autos will drive more miles and use more oil by 2040, study says. Have a look, Click Here.)

        The million-vehicle target on global basis is possible in large measure because of China’s push for electric vehicles. In fact, Matt Tsien, GM China’s president, said yesterday the company will be the first to meet the government’s sales mandates without having the sell NEV credits to do so.

        Early last month, GM officials said the company planned to launch 20 new electric vehicles by 2023, without providing any specifics.

        The second portion of this two-pronged attack will be the availability of cheaper batteries. The company said it will cut costs by approximately 30%. GM expects the cost of battery cells on its next generation of EVs to dip to $100 per kilowatt-hour from the current cell cost of $145 per kilowatt-hour.

        (Click Here for details about why half of vehicles on U.S. roads will be electrified by 2030.)

        In addition to being less expensive, GM said the new batteries would hold more energy and charge quicker. The automaker wants to push the range past 300 miles. Currently, the aforementioned Bolt tops out at 238 miles.

        Barra said the company was “the only fully integrated developer of AVs with true scale capability.”

        (Automakers want vehicle-to-vehicle communications, so why did Pres. Trump move to kill the mandate? Click Here for the latest.)

        “We are not capital constrained in our EV or AV development,” she added.

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        3 responses to “Barra Commits to 1M EVs on Global Roads by 2026”

        1. kent beuchert says:
          November 16, 2017 at 9:04 am

          Just as GM vastly underestimated the number of Chevy Bolts that they would sell, here they are underestimating expected sales of EVs over the next several years. Their EV vehicles planned over the next several years will swamp Tesla

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        2. JAE says:
          November 16, 2017 at 1:29 pm

          The question is how they are going to cut the battery cost; by quality?

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          1. Paul A. Eisenstein says:
            November 16, 2017 at 2:38 pm

            Recent Boston Consulting Group forecast a 5-year price cut target from current $145/kWH (for batteries, not full battery pack) to $70, and next-gen solid-state batteries could cut that to $60 or less.

            Paul E.

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