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Originally Posted by ChevyRules

October 2, 2017.

Granted fuel cells were mixed into the plan then, but GM signaled the move away from the ICE well before Biden came into the picture.....

https://electrek.co/2017/10/02/gm-el...nt-new-models/

2018 brought the news of Impala, Cruze, etc dying as a way to cut costs to fund the transition or convert plants over for EV production( Hamtramck).

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/26/gm-u...-quarters.html

The only other EV news I can find in regard to GM plans is January 2021 when they announced the 2035 goal.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/aut...gines-n1256055

I see your point. That’s when he first used the term ”all-electric future”. In hindsight this does have to be considered the starting point.

When he first said this, the way we interpreted it was that GM was limiting its electrified options to only include EV and Fuel Cell (both are fully electric). This interpretation made sense, because GM was at the time cancelling all hybrid programs except C8. But it was still assumed that GM would continue to produce ICE vehicles. So their portfolio would be either EV/FCEV or ICE.

Then in 2019 he went a little further and said that GM was going all-electric and he clarified it to mean ICE was going to be phased out. Then in March 2020 they introduced Ultium and the direction was crystal clear. But, in hindsight, his 2017 statement could and probably be taken to mean where they ended up.