Category: Electric cars

Report: GM pulls the plug on Ultium name

GM electric pickup silhouette  -  from 2020 Ultium platform previewGeneral Motors will drop the Ultium name from the modular EV batteries and related components used in all of the automaker's current and planned U.S.-market electric vehicles, CNBC reported on Tuesday. The hardware will remain the same, but GM will erase the Ultium name other than for production operations such as its Ultium Cells LLC battery...

Toyota debating when to end pure gas-car sales in US

2025 Toyota RAV4 Plug-In HybridToyota knows the end is coming for pure gas-powered cars Electrified models, mostly hybrids, accounted for 48% of Toyota's U.S. sales in September Toyota has a three-row electric SUV on the way in 2026 Toyota believes it's nearing the point where sales of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will overtake...