05 March, 2016

GM's electric car ambitions reshaping the company

Gas powered vehicles aren’t going anywhere soon, but GM eyes an electric future.

Half of the 8,600 designers and engineers who work on the products and controls that make GM cars and trucks move—literally—are involved with alternative and electric propulsion systems.

The statistic, which was disclosed as part of a larger announcement renaming the company’s powertrain division, illustrates the company’s shift over the past several years towards electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars and some dabbling in fuel cells as well. The automaker announced this week that after 24 years it was renaming GM Powertrain to GM Global Propulsion systems to better reflect its portfolio of vehicles.

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