Silverado (Chevrolet)

On April 17, General Motors announced that GM Energy’s initial offerings for residential customers will enable the use of vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology to elevate the EV ownership experience, help mitigate the impacts of weather-related outages, and integrate with clean energy products for personal grid resiliency.

•    The GM Energy product suite will be offered through a set of unique bundle options, enabling residential customers to select solutions that align with their specific energy needs.
•    At launch, customers will be able to purchase GM Energy’s V2H bundle, which includes necessary equipment to enable the transfer of energy between a customer’s compatible EV and a properly equipped home. 
•    GM Energy will make additional residential solutions, including stationary energy storage and solar integration, available for purchase later in 2024.
•    The first vehicle in GM’s portfolio of EVs to be compatible with the GM Energy home product suite is the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV First-Edition RST, which will be equipped with V2H bidirectional charging technology. 
•    Moving forward, GM will continue to expand V2H bidirectional charging technology across its retail portfolio of Ultium-based EVs by model year 2026.

(GM releases on April 18, 2024) 1 / 2

On April 11, General Motors announced it is idling its Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly plant for three weeks to prepare the plant for production of the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 full-size pickups.

The downtime is scheduled for the weeks of April 29, June 24 and July 8, GM spokesperson Kevin Kelly said in a statement, noting: "This anticipated downtime will not impact our ability to meet strong customer demand for our industry-leading pickups."

As a result of the Fort Wayne plant being down, GM’s Grand Rapids Operations, Marion Metal Center, Lansing Grand River Stamping and Parma Metal Center that support the assembly plant will also have to take downtime, though specifics on schedules for each plant have not yet been designated.

In June 2023, GM announced it was investing USD 632 million at the Fort Wayne plant to prepare it for production of the next-gen ICE engine light-duty trucks with new conveyors, tooling and equipment in the plant’s body and general assembly areas.

(Detroit News article on April 11, 2024)

GM has decided to drop the entry-level GMC Hummer EV 2 trim level after originally announcing it for Spring 2024.

The 2 trim was supposed to arrive for the 2024 model year for both the Hummer EV Pickup and Hummer EV SUV, but moving forward, there will be no 2 model for the 2025 model year either.

The 2 trim level was expected to share parts with the 2X two-motor powertrain, but feature a smaller battery and a shorter equipment list.

825 units of the Hummer EV Pickup and 1,203 Hummer EV SUVs were sold during Q4 2023.

Both variants of the GMC Hummer EV are built on the wide-body variant of the GM BT1 platform, while the narrow-body version underpins the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV. 

Production takes place at the GM Factory Zero plant in Michigan.

(multiple sources on April 4, 2024)