Hannah Lutz

Cadillac teased the Escalade performance variant Thursday and will share specs when the SUV is revealed this spring.

The automaker plans to add hundreds of jobs in the software-defined vehicle space, which is GM's biggest growth area.

Ford will open the floodgates on the electric pickup segment with the F-150 Lightning this spring, but GM is promising 640 kilometres of range on the Silverado EV next year, and Ram is waiting to pounce in 2024.

Cadillac showcased the latest addition to its Cadillac Halo Concept Portfolio during CES with the InnerSpace, a two-passenger autonomous EV.

Reservations for the initial retail trim, priced at $119,948, open Wednesday afternoon.

Use cases for GM's EV component sets span from the Chevrolet Performance and Aftermarket division to GM Powered Solutions and even airport tractor equipment.

Doug Parks, GM's product development chief, confirmed early-2023 production timing for the EV, about a year after the Ford F-150 Lightning.

The update comes weeks after GM told dealerships that it had to temporarily eliminate heated steering wheels, heated seats and ventilated seats from many 2022 models.

This is good news for dealers who are about to spend the winter persuading customers paying upward of $40,000 to forego a coveted and increasingly common feature.

Getting enough of the metals needed to achieve ambitious sales goals is a complex, time-consuming quest.

Owners of 2019 Bolts can receive a software update from their dealership starting in the coming weeks as GM continues to replace battery modules.

GM will temporarily stop offering the option in many of its crossovers and all but the top-end trims of its full-size pickups.

The automaker also said it planned to make more than half of its North America and China plants capable of EV production by 2030.

The Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center is slated to open in mid-2022. GM expects the centre to triple in size as EV demand increases.

The timeline for the electric pickup, scheduled to go on sale this quarter, was only two years. Most vehicles require three to four years.