Joe Biden during the opening of GM’s new electric vehicle plant
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So far, electric vehicles have only accounted for a small portion of US sales, but this situation will change. Because the popular pickups in the United States now use Stromer variants.
A generationIn front of the president of the united states Joe Biden American automaker General Motors (GM) opened its first electric pickup truck plant in Michigan. Biden visited the “Zero Factory” in Hamtrak in the Greater Detroit area on Wednesday and took a short trip on an electric GMC Hummer pickup. “Does anyone want to get behind—or climb onto the roof?” the president asked jokingly. The electric car left a deep impression on him: “These things are very special.”
A 36-year-old General Motors factory was transformed into the production of electric pickup trucks. Like its historic American rivals Ford and Chrysler, the traditional automaker relies on a strategy of bringing the country’s popular pickup trucks to the market as electric vehicles. Due to competition from electric car manufacturers such as Tesla, the auto manufacturing giants known as the “Big Three” have also achieved success. Rivian is listed on the stock exchange Under pressure.
Pickup trucks are in huge and stable demand from companies in the construction and energy industries in the United States. They also provide high profit margins. The Hummer pickup is likely to become a niche product: the list price is $112,000 (nearly 99,000 euros).
Electric vehicles currently account for only about 3% of US sales. However, in the fight against global warming, the Biden administration has high hopes for electric vehicles. Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on Monday, including $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging stations.
