GM drops Ultium name for EV platform

Battery module assembly at GM's Spring Hill Assembly Plant in Tennessee. (GENERAL MOTORS)

October 08, 2024 07:26 PM

General Motors is abandoning the Ultium name it has used to describe its electric vehicle portfolio since 2019 as it moves forward with plans to build roughly 200,000 EVs this year and works to make them profitable.

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