{"id":753,"date":"2025-07-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/why-gms-ceo-is-still-betting-on-electric-vehicles-and-racing\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T11:00:00","slug":"why-gms-ceo-is-still-betting-on-electric-vehicles-and-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/why-gms-ceo-is-still-betting-on-electric-vehicles-and-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why GM\u2019s CEO is still betting on electric vehicles (and racing)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"illustration of GM CEO Mary Barra\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/257849_GM_CEO_Mary_Barra_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">GM was the first major US automaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/1\/28\/22254116\/general-motors-carbon-neutral-vow-2040-tailpipe-emissions-ev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to make the promise to go all-electric by 2035<\/a>, just four years ago. Those promises have since turned into rough estimates under the second Donald Trump presidency, with the company softening language about its electrification goals. But GM is riding high on EV sales, and as CEO Mary Barra puts it, EVs are still the future &#8211; just on a delayed (and very flexible) timeline. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0We still believe in an all-electric future,\u00a0\u00bb Barra told <em>The Verge<\/em> in an exclusive interview at the Le Mans race in France. \u00ab\u00a0The regulations were getting in front of where the consumer demand was, largely because of charging infrastruct \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gm-general-motors\/705320\/gm-ceo-mary-barra-interview-ev-cadillac-dei-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GM was the first major US automaker to make the promise to go all-electric by 2035, just four years ago. 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