GM, Honda plan to co-develop affordable electric vehicles

Common Motors and Honda are planning to co-develop some inexpensive electrical automobiles that can use next-generation Ultium battery expertise.

The automobiles, which can embrace a compact crossover, are anticipated to start happening sale in North America in 2027.

Doug Parks, GM government vice chairman of worldwide product improvement, buying and provide chain, stated in an announcement on Tuesday that the plan is to have an electrical car that’s priced decrease than the upcoming Chevrolet Equinox EV.

GM and Honda have efficiently partnered through the years. In 2013 the businesses began working collectively on the co-development of a next-generation gasoline cell system and hydrogen storage applied sciences.

In 2018 Honda and GM introduced that they’d workforce as much as develop batteries for electrical automobiles, largely for the North American market. The 2 firms stated on the time that they might collaborate based mostly on GM’s next-generation battery system.

Final yr the businesses introduced that GM would construct one Honda SUV and one Acura SUV utilizing its Ultium-branded electrical car structure and battery system. The businesses stated on the time that the Honda SUV could be named the Prologue, and that each SUVs would have our bodies, interiors and driving traits designed by Honda. However Honda additionally stated in June that it plans to make its personal electrical automobiles later this decade.

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