In an industry obsessed with making everything gigantic (at least here in the US), you might not have expected GM to show interest in an electric baby pickup, but here we are.
According to Automotive News, GM is considering a pickup design “smaller than the Ford Maverick or Hyundai Santa Cruz” with a “lower roofline” and a 4- to 4.5-foot bed. The publication reportedly saw an EV prototype at a GM workshop and said it could feature a price tag of less than $30,000 (which is considerably cheaper than most new EVs these days). probably). Judging by this description, the small truck could serve as a spiritual successor to the Chevrolet S-10 EV, which made a brief history as one of the first electric pickups in the late ’90s.
The design is reportedly not final, and GM’s design director Michael Pevovar told Automotive News that the automaker is “doing these things to get a response and either change it or move on.” is being created,” he said.
There’s no sign of an American company adopting a super-compact, mini-car-sized pickup, but I’m still happy to see that GM is considering making something not-so-big.My Dreams is for US automakers to go further in this direction, but unfortunately the market doesn’t seem to share my desire for trucks that are too small.
The Baby Pickup Report came before a busy day for GMs. The automaker, which claims to ditch its gasoline Guzzler lineup by 2035, spent Friday his $579 million at the Flint facility to start a new generation of V8 engines. announced plans to launch GM’s manufacturing chief, Gerald Johnson, explained the somewhat contradictory move in a statement to reporters.
“Our commitment is a fully EV future. There is no doubt about it,” he said, adding, “We have a lot of internal combustion engine customers that we don’t want to lose.”
GM said it plans to invest another $339 million in three other facilities that produce EV parts. We also learned that GM has shelved plans to partner with LG on his fourth battery factory in the US. One such factory is already in operation in Ohio, and his other two are still in operation in Tennessee and Michigan.
