GM Greener Vehicles

Updates on how GM is building fuel-efficient vehicles that fit customers’ needs and lifestyles.

For more information on GM’s commitment to greener vehicles, visit its sustainability report and environmental blog.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

GM’s Environmental and Social Initiatives Land Company on Dow Jones Sustainability Index
General Motors was again ranked on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for corporate sustainability leadership in the automotive industry. This is the second year GM has been selected as an index component and the company remains the only automaker on the North American index.

Innovation & Technology

October Reveal for Chevrolet Colorado-Based Fuel Cell Vehicle
General Motors and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) will reveal a Chevrolet Colorado-based fuel cell electric vehicle in October at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington, D.C.

Innovation & Technology

As Seen on The Guardian: What Will the Highway of the Future Look Like?
As technology for automated vehicles improves, there’s a sharper focus on building a ‘smarter’ infrastructure where they can thrive.

Responsible Production & Consumption

GM Expands Autonomous Vehicle Testing
GM’s Cruise Automation team is now testing the Chevrolet Bolt EV autonomous vehicle on roads in Scottsdale, Arizona. The state of Arizona supports such research and development, and provides a fitting environment to test in high temperature and desert conditions. Testing is also underway in San Francisco.

Environment

See the Recyclable Materials Auto Makers Use to Make Cars Environmentally Friendly
When vehicles are made from reused components, they contribute to the circular economy – reducing or eliminating waste and pollution that would have resulted.

Environment

GM Looks to Cars and Infrastructure to Mainstream EVs
Chevrolet recently sold its 100,000th Volt – America’s first plug-in to reach the milestone. Owners have driven almost 1.5 billion miles in EV mode out of a total 2.5 billion cumulative miles, saving nearly 58 million gallons of fuel. That is enough gasoline to fill more than 87 competition-size swimming pools.

Environment

Chevrolet Volt Achieves 100,000 Sales in the United States
Chevrolet is announcing the sale of 100,000 Volts, giving those owners a no-compromise electric driving experience with a plug-in vehicle offering an EPA-estimated 53 miles of electric vehicle range and a total range of 420 miles between gasoline fill-ups or full recharges*.

Energy

Clean Power Helps Build Chevrolet Electric Car
Efficient vehicles aren’t the only thing produced at GM’s Orion Assembly plant in Michigan. The home of the Chevrolet Bolt EV also generates more than half of its energy from renewable landfill gas – a feat that got the attention of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership that tracks such activity. The facility now ranks as the eighth largest user of green power generated onsite in the U.S. among Green Power Partnership Partners.

Energy

Chevy Bolt EV Plant Ranks 8th Among Green Power Users
The General Motors Orion Assembly plant that builds the Chevrolet Bolt EV ranks as the eighth largest user of green power generated onsite in the United States among the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership Partners. Over half of the plant is powered by methane captured from decomposing trash in a nearby landfill.

Environment

Lyft and GM’s Express Drive Expands to Colorado and California
Lyft and General Motors today announced the expansion of their Express Drive short-term vehicle access program to California and Colorado, including the all-new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV.

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