During its Electrification Experience in San Francisco last week, General Motors announced that it is paring down plans for the alternative fuels market.
“I want to state clearly, here and now, that a major focus of GM’s electrification strategy will center on the plug,” said Mary Barra, GM’s senior VP of global product development.
Barra, via satellite feed from Detroit, said plans call for annual global production of 500,000 units with “some form of electrification.”
Powertrains in those vehicles will consist largely of plug-in, plug-in hybrid, and GM’s eAssist technologies. GM says eAssist provides up to 25 percent improvement in certain vehicles, which currently are the Buick Regal, Chevy Malibu Eco, and in the forthcoming 2014 Chevy Impala.