Now No. 2 to Toyota in total U.S. vehicle sales, Detroit's biggest automaker is speeding up its shift to electric cars.
in Las Vegas on Wednesday, calling the Chevy Silverado EV a"revolutionary" automobile that will disrupt the electric vehicle market.
The Chevy Silverado EV WT, which GM plans to introduce in the fall of 2023, will have an expected range of 400 miles fully charged and offer up to 10,000 pounds of trailering capacity.Barra's remarks at the annual consumer electronics show, where more than 200 companies from transportation-related industries alone are represented this year, highlighted the rapidly changing auto landscape that is quickly steering toward electric and self-driving vehicles.
GM had previously announced that all of its light-duty vehicles will be electric by 2035, and on Wednesday Barra said it will also electrify its heavy-duty fleet by then. The spotlight on the auto industry continues Thursday at CES when U.S Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg delivers a keynote address. Buttigieg, speaking remotely, is expected to discuss the different ways that innovation and technology in the industry will impact access to transportation in the future.While many analysts expect electric vehicles to capture much of the auto market by the end of this decade, the technology powering self-driving cars is also plowing ahead.
"You're going to have Waymo, Cruise, Uber and Tesla and many other algorithms that are going to have to come in contact with one another on the highway at 70 miles per hour, and we've got to start testing that if we're going to get to that future environment," he said.
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