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The GM BT1 platform, marketed under Ultium branding, is a dedicated electric vehicle architecture or platform developed by General Motors (GM). It underpins electric full-size pickup trucks and SUVs sold by GM, using battery and motor technology developed under its Ultium program; these are shared with third-generation GM electric vehicles on the BEV3 platform.
General Motors revealed the Ultium battery and platform technologies during a week-long March 2020 event held at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; [7] GM chairwoman and CEO Mary Barra called it "a multi-brand, multi-segment EV strategy with economies of scale that rival our full-size truck business with much less complexity and even more flexibility". [8]
Despite using the Silverado nameplate, the vehicle does not share its underpinnings with the ICE-powered Silverado, as it is built on a narrower version of the dedicated electric platform used by the GMC Hummer EV. The Silverado EV is the first Chevrolet-branded electric pickup truck since the experimental S-10 EV and VIA VTRUX. [4]
Buyers who opt for the Work Truck trim with the Max Range battery can get up to 492 miles per charge. Car & Driver ranks this Chevrolet EV an 8.5 out of 10. 2025 GMC Hummer EV Pickup
GM CEO Mary Barra showed off the company's $2.2 billion Factory Zero in Detroit that will spearhead the change from gasoline-powered engines to a battery-powered fleet by 2035.
The competition among U.S. automakers for a still-small pool of consumers seeking electric vehicles is quickly intensifying. General Motors, normally the top-selling U.S. automaker, officially ...
1916: Mack builds an armored truck (Mack AB Armored Truck) for the 1st Armored Motor Truck Battery of the New York State National Guard [10] 1919: The United States Army conducts a transcontinental project using Mack Trucks to study the need for and feasibility of a new interstate highway system. 1922: The company name is changed to Mack Trucks ...
The BEV3 platform is designed to support unibody passenger cars and crossover utility vehicles, while body-on-frame trucks and SUVs will be based on the General Motors BT1 platform. [9] BEV3 supports front-, rear-, and all-wheel drive configurations [ 5 ] [ 10 ] using one or more Ultium Drive units, each of which combines the electric traction ...