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.
General Motors says it will increase its investment and model offerings over the next five years “to expedite the transition to E.V.s.”