• Energy

Ford and GM Scale Up EV Ambitions

• EVs
• Ford
• GM

by Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer Two major American automakers are further ramping up their electric vehicle goals. General Motors plans to increase its spending on electric and autonomous vehicles to $35 billion through 2025, a 30% jump over its most recent forecast. Similarly, Ford Motor Company’s luxury Lincoln brand predicts that about half of […]

• Energy

GM’s Announcement On All EVs by 2035 Is Shaking Things Up

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• cars
• electric vehicles
• General Motors
• GM
• internal combustion
• oil and gas
• Super Bowl

GM announced last week it intends to make the switch to selling only electric vehicles by 2035 — a surprise move that accelerates the pace of the conversion from internal combustion (IC) vehicles here in the U.S.  It

Why This Matters:  Secretary Pete was confirmed and he is poised to ride the wave of the transportation transformation.  GM’s decision will push the other major automakers to do the same.

• Air

One Cool Thing: GM Makes an EV Splash at Consumer Electronics Show

• Bright Drop
• electric vehicles
• EVs
• General Motors
• GM
• The Jetsons

GM unveiled big plans at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show for electric vehicles — driverless “shuttle” vans and even – imagine this – flying cars.  CEO Mary Barra, the keynote speaker, unveiled a new company logo and highlighted innovative new vehicles.  The company has created a new unit called BrightDrop that will sell its EV600 […]

• Air

Ford Urges Unity, While GM Gets Stung By The Bee

• Clean Car Rule
• EVs
• Ford
• GM
• rollback

Ford Motors is urging the other major car companies that had backed President Trump’s looser tailpipe standards to instead embrace the clean air standards set by California, according to The Detroit News.  President Trump’s policy split the automakers into two camps — but the Biden administration is expected to tighten emissions standards again.

Why This Matters:  Some may forgive GM for its wrong turn following the Trump administration, but others won’t forget. 

• Sustainability

It’s a New Day in Washington.  What Will Business Do?

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• climate change
• Ford Motors
• GM
• nature based solutions
• net zero carbon emissions
• renewable energy
• sustainability

By Monica Medina, Co-Founder and CEO, Our Daily Planet  When it comes to climate action, conservation, and environmental justice, the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will bring about a marked change in the federal government’s approach to these issues. Given that major environmental legislation will be hard to achieve in Congress, much will […]

• Climate Change

Ford, GM Knew About Climate Change for 60 Years

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• Ford
• GM

A 5-month investigation from E&E News revealed that scientists at General Motors and Ford Motor Co. knew as early as the 1960s that car emissions caused climate change. As E&E reported, Researchers at both automakers found strong evidence in the 1960s and ’70s that human activity was warming the Earth. A primary culprit was the […]