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GM Commits $25 Million to Equity in Transition to Electric Vehicles

transition to electric vehicles General Motors announced this week the creation of a $25 million fund to encourage equity as the company and others transition to prioritizing electric vehicles.

The Climate Equity Fund, company executives said, will be used to “implement inclusive solutions that bring everyone along, especially our employees and communities.”

GM recently lowered the price of its electric Bolt by $5,000 and committed to covering the cost for eligible owners to install their own chargers, but many of the EVs manufactured by the company qualify as “luxury” cars, based on price. The company hopes the new fund will bridge the existing equity gap for electric vehicle ownership.

Read more here.


Related Resources

“Getting Perspective on Projections for the EV Market & Industry Effects”.  Published in Parking & Mobility Magazine, May 2021. 

Walmart Jumps into Autonomous Vehicles with Investment in Cruise

Autonomous car concept. Driverless vehicle.Retail giant Walmart entered the autonomous vehicle sphere with an investment in Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous, all-electric vehicle development arm, this week.  The funding round, which included other investors, totaled $2.75 billion and raises Cruise’s value to more than $30 billion.

Walmart invested about five months after entering a pilot program to use AVs for deliveries around Scottsdale, Ariz., and company officials say they’d be open to investing in other AV development as well–even outside of Cruise. “Over the years we’ve been doing a lot to learn more about the role autonomous vehicles can play in retail, and we’ve seen enough to know it’s no longer a question of if they’ll be scaled, but when,” wrote company President and CEO John Furner in a blog post yesterday.

“This investment is a marker for us–it shows our commitment to bringing the benefit of self-driving cars to our customers and business,” he wrote.

Read more about it here.