G.M. and Ford Lay Out Plans to Expand Electric Models
- 7 years ago
G.M. and Ford Lay Out Plans to Expand Electric Models
“China’s move toward higher emissions standards and the E. V.
mandates gives the big global automakers certainty
that they are going to have a significant market for these cars and they can know these investments will be worth it.”
Reflecting the importance of the Chinese market, Ms. Barra, the G. M.
chief, visited Shanghai last month as the company announced
that it would roll out at least 10 all-electric or hybrid models in China between 2016 and 2020, including those already in the market
The automakers believe they can solve the problem of achieving — as G. M.’s chief executive, Mary
T. Barra, has begun stressing — a world with “zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.”
It is a stunning statement from a company that, together with Ford, sells more large pickup trucks and full-size sport utility vehicles than the rest of the global industry combined — and from an industry
that grudgingly got into building electric vehicles in the face of stricter fuel emissions standards.
Ford already fields several slow-selling hybrid, battery-powered
and plug-in models, and has said it also plans to add hybrid versions of its big sports-utility vehicles, like the Ford Explorer, as it expands its electric offerings.
“China’s move toward higher emissions standards and the E. V.
mandates gives the big global automakers certainty
that they are going to have a significant market for these cars and they can know these investments will be worth it.”
Reflecting the importance of the Chinese market, Ms. Barra, the G. M.
chief, visited Shanghai last month as the company announced
that it would roll out at least 10 all-electric or hybrid models in China between 2016 and 2020, including those already in the market
The automakers believe they can solve the problem of achieving — as G. M.’s chief executive, Mary
T. Barra, has begun stressing — a world with “zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.”
It is a stunning statement from a company that, together with Ford, sells more large pickup trucks and full-size sport utility vehicles than the rest of the global industry combined — and from an industry
that grudgingly got into building electric vehicles in the face of stricter fuel emissions standards.
Ford already fields several slow-selling hybrid, battery-powered
and plug-in models, and has said it also plans to add hybrid versions of its big sports-utility vehicles, like the Ford Explorer, as it expands its electric offerings.