GM Believes in an All Electric Future/RNN

We've come a long way, baby!   From the days of "Who Killed the Electric Car (GM?)", to full-scale adoption of the technology by major US car companies, EV's are clearly rising from the dead.

Why?  Why is it a different market and environment decades later?  We think it is the hybrid technology--the blending together of batteries and fossil fuel, versus forcing consumers to chose one or the other.  That innovation becomes the bridge to an all-electric future.

Regardless, car co's--including Volvo--are lining up on the EV side.  Good news for a transportation system desperately in need of improvements as we look to build a smarter, cleaner future.

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Not to be outdone by China’s recent announcement to go fossil-fuel free and Volvo’s plans to go all electric starting in 2019, GM now show’s it’s all in.

General Motors announced how it is executing on a major element of its vision of a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, recently announced by GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra.

“General Motors believes in an all-electric future,” said Mark Reuss, General Motors executive vice president of Product Development, Purchasing, and Supply Chain. “Although that future won’t happen overnight, GM is committed to driving increased usage and acceptance of electric vehicles through no-compromise solutions that meet our customers’ needs.”

In the next 18 months, GM will introduce two new all-electric vehicles based off learnings from the Chevrolet Bolt EV. They will be the first of at least 20 new all-electric vehicles that will launch by 2023....