General Motors Will Launch Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks Starting in 2035

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General Motors Will Launch Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks Starting in 2035
That's the date when every light-duty GM vehicle will be an EV, and then the technology will start to transfer to the heavy-duty lineup as well.

BY CALEB MILLER
JAN 7, 2022

• General Motors announced, as part of its program for the 2022 CES technology show, that its heavy-duty trucks will gain electric variants by 2035.
• Every light-duty vehicle from GM will be electric by 2035, with the automaker pledging last fall to end gas vehicle sales by 2040 globally.
• This would leave five years in which GM could sell conventional internal-combustion-powered HD trucks alongside electric versions.

The pioneering electric vehicles of the 2010s were dorky cars like the Nissan Leaf, designed more for economical operation than any notion of style. A decade later, the EV craze has spread to nearly every corner of the auto industry, with a slew of brawny electric pickups—including the new Chevy Silverado EV and Rivian R1T—hitting the market and even commercial vehicles like the Tesla Semi on the way. One sector, the heavy-duty pickup, seems set to stick with internal-combustion propulsion for the time being, but as part of its program for the CES technology show this week, General Motors revealed a timeline for when its HD trucks will gain electric power, too.

“As previously announced, our plan is to have all new light-duty vehicles be electric by 2035,” GM CEO Barra said during her keynote address. “And today, I’m pleased to announce that we’ll introduce all-electric heavy-duty vehicles on that same timetable." Barra also emphasized that the electric HD trucks will be geared towards hauling and towing while still delivering enough range, which ideally should be easier to achieve with the battery technology in 13 years' time.

It is still possible that GM will offer internal-combustion HD trucks in 2035. The company entered an agreement with five other automakers in November to end gas vehicle sales by 2040 globally, which could mean five years of overlap between the two types of powertrains. With the electric HD trucks still over a decade away, there are no details yet, and it will likely be some time before we know more about the future heavy-duty pickups.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38696855/general-motors-electric-heavy-duty-trucks/

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Tesla will start delivering Heavy-Duty Trucks this year.

 

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General Motors Will Launch Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks Starting in 2035
That's the date when every light-duty GM vehicle will be an EV, and then the technology will start to transfer to the heavy-duty lineup as well.
BY CALEB MILLER
JAN 7, 2022

• General Motors announced, as part of its program for the 2022 CES technology show, that its heavy-duty trucks will gain electric variants by 2035.
• Every light-duty vehicle from GM will be electric by 2035, with the automaker pledging last fall to end gas vehicle sales by 2040 globally.
• This would leave five years in which GM could sell conventional internal-combustion-powered HD trucks alongside electric versions.

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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38696855/general-motors-electric-heavy-duty-trucks/

even years before the Covid-19 pandemic GM had declining sales

10 million 2016 GM global sales
9.6 million 2017 GM global sales
8.38 million 2018 GM global sales
7.2 million 2019 GM global sales
?? million 2021 GM global sales
GM will be very lucky if they even reach 10 million again by 2030.

Tesla volume shipping Tesla semi 2023.
Tesla volume shipping Tesla Cybertruck 2023.

30 million 2030 projected sales for Tesla.

Tesla could volume ship Cybertruck Max-6 HD Superduty 6-motor 6-wheel in 2031 and still beat GM shipping HD trucks by 4 years.
Piece of cake for Tesla.

General Motors Will Launch Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks Starting in 2035
BY CALEB MILLER
JAN 7, 2022
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The pioneering electric vehicles of the 2010s were dorky cars like the Nissan Leaf, designed more for economical operation than any notion of style. A decade later, the EV craze has spread to nearly every corner of the auto industry, with a slew of brawny electric pickups — including the new Chevy Silverado EV and Rivian R1T — hitting the market
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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38696855/general-motors-electric-heavy-duty-trucks/

Very poor writing. The last sentence implies Chevy Silverado EV is already shipping or will ship soon when in fact it might be 2 years away and well after the Tesla Cybertruck ships.

 

[TruckElectric]

Cybertruck Max-6 HD Superduty 6-motor 6-wheel

That's a new CT, got any pics or renderings?

 

[firsttruck]

That's a new CT, got any pics or renderings?

See article:

Heavy-Duty Tesla Cybertruck Shows Up In New 6-Wheel Renders In this form, the Cybertruck is surely a heavy-hauler.
Dec 22, 2019
By: Eric Loveday
https://insideevs.com/news/389303/six-wheel-tesla-cybertruck/

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As Joshua Thompson of Drivable Designs tells InsideEVs: I made these amazing Tesla Cybertruck 6-wheel renderings using Autodesk Sketchbook Desktop. First, I had to duplicate the wheel. After that, I extended the Cybertruck body to fit the long wheelbase. I finished the rendering off by streamlining everything to make it look as realistic as possible. I also made different colors of this rendering. Go to https://drivabledesigns.wordpress.com to see more renderings!

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