Month: January 2024

Technical headaches put the brakes on GM’s big EV push

GM sold a record number of EVs in 2023, but only thanks to the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV.

Ultium batteries and components Monday, December 13, 2021 at the General Motors Brownstown Battery facility in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan. (Photo by Santa Fabio for General Motors)

Enlarge / A GM Ultium battery pack like that found in the Lyriq. (credit: Santa Fabio for General Motors)

General Motors ended 2023 as the number one automaker in the United States, selling 2.6 million new vehicles during those 12 months. That's a 14.1 percent increase from its performance in 2022, and comfortably eclipses the 2.3 million cars that Toyota sold during the same period. It had a strong year in terms of electric vehicle sales too—up 93 percent year-on-year.

But a quick look at the data reveals a somewhat less rosy picture. Yes, it was a banner year for GM EVs, with 75,883 deliveries in 2023. But only because of the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV. Chevy delivered 62,045 Bolts in 2023, a 62.8 percent increase on the 38,120 Bolts it sold in 2022.

But as Ars has detailed in the past, the Bolt is no more. Production ended at the Orion Assembly plant in Michigan on December 18, and GM is laying off 945 workers at the plant as it retools the factory to make electric trucks like the Chevy Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV.

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 can power 4K headsets

Qualcomm’s newest flagship processor for virtual and augmented reality headsets promises a 2.5X improvement in GPU performance, 8X better AI performance than the company’s XR2 Gen 1 chip, enabling support for 4K headsets (with up to 4.3K r…

Qualcomm’s newest flagship processor for virtual and augmented reality headsets promises a 2.5X improvement in GPU performance, 8X better AI performance than the company’s XR2 Gen 1 chip, enabling support for 4K headsets (with up to 4.3K resolution per eye at up to 90 frames per second). The chip maker says the first device with Qualcomm […]

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Windows PC keyboards are getting a dedicated Copilot key for Microsoft’s AI assistant

Microsoft has been betting big on AI over the last few years. But if you haven’t had much use for features like the company’s new Windows Copilot AI assistant, it’s been pretty easy to ignore. It’s going to be a little harder s…

Microsoft has been betting big on AI over the last few years. But if you haven’t had much use for features like the company’s new Windows Copilot AI assistant, it’s been pretty easy to ignore. It’s going to be a little harder soon though, because Microsoft has been working with PC makers to include a […]

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Star Trek: Voyager: Warum Kate Mulgrew ihre Kollegin Jeri Ryan mies behandelte

Die Darstellerin von Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager fand, dass man mit Seven of Nine die niedersten Instinkte des (männlichen) Publikums ansprach. (Star Trek, Science-Fiction)

Die Darstellerin von Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager fand, dass man mit Seven of Nine die niedersten Instinkte des (männlichen) Publikums ansprach. (Star Trek, Science-Fiction)

Raumfahrt-Ausblick 2024: Ganz schön was los auf dem Mond

Mondlandungen und Flüge zum Mond soll es 2024 einige geben. Neben der US-Mission Artemis II wollen besonders asiatische Länder und private Firmen hin. Ein Bericht von Patrick Klapetz (Mond, Nasa)

Mondlandungen und Flüge zum Mond soll es 2024 einige geben. Neben der US-Mission Artemis II wollen besonders asiatische Länder und private Firmen hin. Ein Bericht von Patrick Klapetz (Mond, Nasa)