GM and Honda consider Brazil to produce more affordable electric cars

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On April 5, General Motors and Honda announced a partnership to develop an unprecedented global family of electric vehicles more accessible to consumers. Brazil is on the map of the beneficiaries of this union.

According to a statement released by the two brands, this family will include compact SUVs manufactured on an entirely new platform. Production will only begin in 2027, and they chose the United States for their debut. However, China and South America are also in sight.

“GM and Honda will share the best in technology, design, and manufacturing to offer an attractive and more affordable lineup of electric vehicles on a global scale, including our core markets in North America, South America, and China,” said Mary Barra, president and CEO of the North American brand. Brazil is GM’s main market in the South American region.

For the North American market, the chosen model is a brand new SUV, positioned just below the Chevrolet Equinox EV, presented earlier this year and with its debut confirmed for 2023. According to Doug Parks, GM’s executive vice president of global product development, purchasing, and supply chain, this new SUV will enter the two million unit count “that the company plans to have EVs manufacturing by the end of 2025.”

GM aims to achieve total carbon neutrality worldwide by 2040, but in the US, the goal is to happen five years earlier, in 2035. Honda, meanwhile, aims to be zero carbon globally by 2050.

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