{"id":1659,"date":"2021-09-24T11:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T03:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2021-09-24T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T03:58:44","slug":"general-motors-reveals-the-ultium-electric-motors-that-will-power-it-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1659","title":{"rendered":"General Motors reveals the Ultium electric motors that will power it into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/931\/524\/gm-motors.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"General Motors President Mark Reuss on the Cadillac Lyriq and GM's electric push\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>General Motors President Mark Reuss on the Cadillac Lyriq and GM&#8217;s electric push<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>General Motors President Mark Ruess joins Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu in The Fox Garage to talk about the Cadillac Lyriq and GM&#8217;s push to become an all-electric automaker by 2035<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">General Motors is getting some new general-use motors.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/640\/320\/gm-motors.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Ultium platform's three electric motors can be mixed and matched depending on the application.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Ultium platform&#8217;s three electric motors can be mixed and matched depending on the application.<br \/>\n      (GM)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The automaker revealed the three electric motors that will be featured across the upcoming lineup of electric models that will be built on its Ultium battery-powered platform.<\/p>\n<p>The three motors come in three power levels and will be mixed and matched as required by each model. The trio includes a 180-kilowatt motor intended for front-wheel-drive applications, a 255-kilowatt motor that can be used in the front or rear and a 62-kilowatt auxiliary motor.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/640\/320\/gm-motor.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The smallest 62-kW induction EV motor is part of an all-wheel-drive system and primarily meant to provide auxiliary power when a vehicle is stuck.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The smallest 62-kW induction EV motor is part of an all-wheel-drive system and primarily meant to provide auxiliary power when a vehicle is stuck.<br \/>\n      (GM)<\/p>\n<p>The more powerful versions use a permanent magnet design that reduces the need for rare earth minerals while the smallest one is an induction motor that a GM spokesman said would be primarily used to help get a vehicle unstuck and could be disengaged to improve efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>GM said the motors have all been engineered in house with new power control units and that the upcoming GMC Hummer EV would use three of the 255-kilowatt units (two in the rear, one in the front) to reach its advertised 1,000 hp rating.<\/p>\n<p>EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GMC HUMMER EV:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/4c232f31-15c4-4925-90b9-057f466039f5\/de9ba857-4331-48b3-986c-dfbbb64bb776\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The GMC HUMMER EV was a Moon shot\"> Video  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video General Motors President Mark Reuss on the Cadillac Lyriq and GM&#8217;s electric push General Motors President Mark Ruess joins Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu in The Fox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}