The automaker reported an 11 percent jump in revenue for the first three months of the year compared with a year earlier.
The recall now covers 2017-2022 models. The latest move, to add three more model years, will increase costs by $1 billion.
General Motors’ push to increase E.V. spending follows an announcement by Ford that it would start making an electric version of its F-150 pickup truck this year.
The company’s top executive resigned after the struggling automaker released an investigation by its board.
The end of the gasoline-powered car will transform the economy.
Every carmaker is trying to figure out how to make the leap before governments force it and Tesla and other start-ups lure away drivers.
The move, one of the most ambitious in the auto industry, is a piece of a broader plan by the company to become carbon neutral by 2040.
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General Motors said it would no longer back President Trump’s effort to strip California of the power to set fuel economy standards.