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    GM and Honda Will Codevelop Affordable EVs Targeting the World’s Most Popular Vehicle Segments

      General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Honda (NYSE: HMC) today announced plans to expand the two companies’ relationship to a new chapter by codeveloping a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a new global architecture using next-generation Ultium battery technology.

    Just as GM and Toyota worked together in bringing us the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix, GM and Honda now plan to bring us a series of affordable EVs targeting the world's most popular vehicle segment, SUVs. To quote Doug Parks, GM executive VP, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

     “Our plans include a new all-electric product for North America positioned at a price point lower than the upcoming Chevrolet Equinox EV, building on the 2 million units of EV capacity the company plans to install by the end of 2025.”

    • New EV series planned to go on sale in 2027 starting in North America
    • Honda and GM collaboration designed to enable global production of millions of EVs
    • Companies will explore opportunities for advanced battery collaboration

    The crossover segment is the largest in the world with an annual volume exceeding 13 million vehicles. By standardization of equipment, processes to achieve world-class quality, higher throughput and greater affordability, GM and Honda believe they can deliver a bigger portfolio of EVs to the global market.

    GM is already working on new battery technologies for the Ultium platform like Lithium-metal, Silicon and Solid-state batteries along with production methods that can quickly be used to improve and update battery cell manufacturing processes. Honda is making progress on its all-solid-state battery technology which Honda has stated is a core element of future EVs. Honda has established a demonstration line in Japan for all-solid-state batteries and is working on the mass-production line.

    GM and Honda will share their technologies, design and manufacturing strategies to deliver affordable, desirable EVs on a Global scale starting with North America, South America and China. Honda and GM both believe this mutual work together will allow the companies to reach their carbon neutral goals faster.

    To quote Shinji Aoyama, Honda Senior Managing Executive Officer: 

    "The progress we have made with GM since we announced the EV battery development collaboration in 2018, followed by co-development of electric vehicles including the Honda Prologue, has demonstrated the win-win relationship that can create new value for our customers,” 

    “This new series of affordable EVs will build on this relationship by leveraging our strength in the development and production of high quality, compact class vehicles.”

    Honda joined GM's EV battery module development efforts in 2018, then in 2020 Honda and GM announced plans to co-develop two EVs, Honda Prologue and the Acura's first EV SUV to be announced soon. The companies have expanded this working relationship as they have their ongoing relationship with Cruise and are working together on the development of the Cruise Origin, one of the first purpose-built fully autonomous vehicles designed for driverless ride-hail and delivery.

    One could say the future looks bright for GM and Honda on the Ultium platform.

    GM and Honda Will Codevelop Affordable EVs Targeting the World’s Most Popular Vehicle Segments

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    13 hours ago, David said:

    especially the Germans where they still have a center bump.

    Why Especially the Germans? The Silverado/Sierra, Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade, Blazer, Trailblazer. and Coloado/Canyon all have humps in the rear floor. 

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    1 hour ago, ccap41 said:

    Why Especially the Germans? The Silverado/Sierra, Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade, Blazer, Trailblazer. and Coloado/Canyon all have humps in the rear floor. 

    He is talking about EVs. 

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    2 hours ago, ccap41 said:

    Why Especially the Germans? The Silverado/Sierra, Tahoe/Yukon/Escalade, Blazer, Trailblazer. and Coloado/Canyon all have humps in the rear floor. 

    Huh?

    no they don't, not on the larger ones. Canyonado has a small one.

    2021 Tahoe.

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    2021 Blazer

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    Or are we talking a different location?  But even the third rows and cargo areas are flat. 

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    35 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

    Huh?

    no they don't, not on the larger ones. Canyonado has a small one.

    2021 Tahoe.

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    2021 Blazer

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    Or are we talking a different location?  But even the third rows and cargo areas are flat. 

    Thanks, I definitely looked at pictures of everything before commenting but they certainly did not look like those. 

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    11 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

    Even my '13 Avalanche has just a very minor hump in the center. Nothing an adult sitting there would complain about. 

    Well, David would if the same exact hump were in anything from Europe. 

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    12 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    Well, David would if the same exact hump were in anything from Europe. 

    He'd be right on Benz.  Not on BMW or Audi.

    The GLS has a really old-school transmission hump in the 2nd row.

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    30 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    Well, David would if the same exact hump were in anything from Europe. 

    I am not as @surreal1272 stated talking about the driveline humps of ICE, but EVs. It is surprising how many auto companies and that does include the Germans who have decided they do not need to give a flat floor and instead are using the humps as a way to just run wires from front to back.

    It would seem as I posted that the Koreans took the time to actually maximize interior space.

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    2 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

    He'd be right on Benz.  Not on BMW or Audi.

    The GLS has a really old-school transmission hump in the 2nd row.

    MercedesBenz-GLS-Rear-Seat-Space-75746.jpg.webp

    That wasn't what I meant by that. 

    I was just saying he would be okay with it in an Avalanche or anything from GM, but that same size hump he would complain about in anything from Europe. 

    Funny enough, looking at weathertech for good pictures, it looks like the older GL-Class had less of a hump than the newer GLS. Not by a ton, but it looks lower from their pictures. But also, looking at all three of them X7, Q7, and GLS, they all have a little hump in the middle of the 2nd row. 

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    1 hour ago, ccap41 said:

    That wasn't what I meant by that. 

    I was just saying he would be okay with it in an Avalanche or anything from GM, but that same size hump he would complain about in anything from Europe. 

    Funny enough, looking at weathertech for good pictures, it looks like the older GL-Class had less of a hump than the newer GLS. Not by a ton, but it looks lower from their pictures. But also, looking at all three of them X7, Q7, and GLS, they all have a little hump in the middle of the 2nd row. 

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    You would be wrong my friend, as a GM product today that has a hump especially in the back passenger area is NOT acceptable to me for ICE or EV.

    I see no reason for any hump to really exist in today's current ICE product. Especially an AWD auto, you can do it without the hump.

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    1 hour ago, ccap41 said:

    That wasn't what I meant by that. 

    I was just saying he would be okay with it in an Avalanche or anything from GM, but that same size hump he would complain about in anything from Europe. 

    Maybe the best action would have been to not assume his intent.

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    12 minutes ago, David said:

    You would be wrong my friend, as a GM product today that has a hump especially in the back passenger area is NOT acceptable to me for ICE or EV.

    I see no reason for any hump to really exist in today's current ICE product. Especially an AWD auto, you can do it without the hump.

    So what does a Cadillac CT5 or Camaro do?  What are they supposed to do with the drive axel in a rear drive car?

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    17 minutes ago, surreal1272 said:

    Maybe the best action would have been to not assume his intent.

    Thank you for the useful input. 

    His intent is obvious in every thread. 

     

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    26 minutes ago, David said:

     

    I see no reason for any hump to really exist in today's current ICE product. Especially an AWD auto, you can do it without the hump.

    The hump is there for the driveshaft (got those in RWD and AWD) or exhaust routing for FWD...can't have a completely flat floor and still have decent ground clearance. 

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    Personally, I don't really care about a 2-3 inch hump for whatever needs to go through there. It impedes next to nothing on a regular basis. A 6 inch bump? That would be bothersome more regularly. 

    I don't even know if my MKC or Escape had one. I'll have to look for pictures online, they probably do. 

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    4 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    Personally, I don't really care about a 2-3 inch hump for whatever needs to go through there. It impedes next to nothing on a regular basis. A 6 inch bump? That would be bothersome more regularly. 

    I don't even know if my MKC or Escape had one. I'll have to look for pictures online, they probably do. 

    The floor hump in front of the back seat has never been an issue for me, I don't ride in the back seat, and most of the time in my Jeep the seat is folded down, so a non-issue for me. 

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    1 minute ago, Robert Hall said:

    The floor hump in front of the back seat has never been an issue for me, I don't ride in the back seat, and most of the time in my Jeep the seat is folded down, so a non-issue for me. 

    Yeah, I can't remember a time when it got in the way. Anybody who's regularly seating 3 wide in the middle row likely had a 3-row SUV and is then not utilizing the middle seat anyway and, if they are, it's for a child or very occasional adult. 

    I could see utilizing it more in a truck where the whole back seat folds up and there's a large open area on the floor, for things I didn't want in the bed. That could be a hinderance if there was a hump all along the middle. 

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    24 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:

    The hump is there for the driveshaft (got those in RWD and AWD) or exhaust routing for FWD...can't have a completely flat floor and still have decent ground clearance. 

    In cars yes, but for trucks and SUVs especially if body on frame, NO there is no need for it and yes one can still have proper ground clearance.

    27 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    Thank you for the useful input. 

    His intent is obvious in every thread. 

    WOW, so you can read my mind before I know my mind. You really are making assumptions that would not hold true.

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    12 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    Yeah, I can't remember a time when it got in the way. Anybody who's regularly seating 3 wide in the middle row likely had a 3-row SUV and is then not utilizing the middle seat anyway and, if they are, it's for a child or very occasional adult. 

    I could see utilizing it more in a truck where the whole back seat folds up and there's a large open area on the floor, for things I didn't want in the bed. That could be a hinderance if there was a hump all along the middle. 

    You have never really had to deal with a hump. As a tall 12 year old boy, 6' tall then, my older sisters always got to sit on the window sides of the auto leaving me in my parents Olds Delta 98 sitting over the hump. I have years wondering why and as I learned about cars, I understood the hump for the driveline in a car. 

    Yet as one that always owned trucks and SUVs, body on frame, it always made me shake my head as to the lazy engineering to keep a hump in a truck or SUV that is not needed based on body on frame.

    There are far better ways to engineer autos than just to take the lazy way of a hump always has been there, so just keep it.

    My own goal is to one GM has out their eCrate systems and yes per GM that would be electric motor, controllers and certain required wiring that is included, but the rest is up to the person doing the install is to convert my 1994 GMC Suburban to electric, I will cut out the hump front to back and replace it with a flat floor.

    Yes, sometimes you have to run a little extra wiring length, but worth it for a better layout in an auto.

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    11 minutes ago, David said:

    In cars yes, but for trucks and SUVs especially if body on frame, NO there is no need for it and yes one can still have proper ground clearance.

    WOW, so you can read my mind before I know my mind. You really are making assumptions that would not hold true.

    You're very open about not liking anything from Europe. I'm not sure how that's even an assumption. 

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    Just now, David said:

    You have never really had to deal with a hump.

    Well...

    I am a native Montrealer, of Greek decent, I have never come across a camel...other than at the zoo. 

    So my question to you is:

    One hump or two?

     

    A camel with one hump is known as a dromedary. A camel with two humps is  way cooler, and is known as a bromedary. : r/ShittyAnimalFacts

    Take a bottle. Shake it up. Break the bubble. Break it up! 

     

     

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    52 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    Thank you for the useful input. 

    His intent is obvious in every thread. 

     

    So was yours, which was apparently to troll him based on an incorrect assumption. Don’t get salty with me just because you got busted for it. 

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    30 minutes ago, David said:

    In cars yes, but for trucks and SUVs especially if body on frame, NO there is no need for it and yes one can still have proper ground clearance.

    My Jeep uses the center tunnel for the driveshaft... without the hump, the driveshaft would be too low.   And with a BOF truck or SUV, it's there for the driveshaft also... in an ICE vehicle, really have to have FWD to get rid of the hump...even then, though, the hump is useful to route the exhaust.     On anything RWD-based, you have the have the driveshaft somewhere..can't see a way around it...(now lifted trucks and SUVs have the driveshaft exposed, but that is in a non-standard config).

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    1 hour ago, smk4565 said:

    So what does a Cadillac CT5 or Camaro do?  What are they supposed to do with the drive axel in a rear drive car?

    Like someone else here, you assumed instead of asking or perhaps just reading a little further down for his more detailed explanation. 

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    20 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

    You're very open about not liking anything from Europe. I'm not sure how that's even an assumption. 

    I will always take an American auto company over European or Asian, but that does not mean I do not like anything from Europe. The bulk of European autos are too small for me which I have clearly stated. 

    I have spent more than enough time in Mercedes and BMWs which seem to be popular as Taxis in Germany since I would up till the Pandemic go every year to work the consumer electronics show for my company in Germany. Yes, the E-Class and 5 series does have enough leg room to get from the airport to the hotel. Overall, I am not a car fan for ownership as pretty much everyone here knows, I am a Truck/SUV fan.

    If I was living in Europe, I would probably own a G-Class or Audi SUV, BMW is just too ugly. But I live in America and as such prefer to support our own U.S. based companies that pay taxes into the system over European or Asian companies that while support a certain number of working-class Americans, takes the bulk of their profits out of the country.

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    44 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:

    My Jeep uses the center tunnel for the driveshaft... without the hump, the driveshaft would be too low.   And with a BOF truck or SUV, it's there for the driveshaft also... in an ICE vehicle, really have to have FWD to get rid of the hump...even then, though, the hump is useful to route the exhaust.     On anything RWD-based, you have the have the driveshaft somewhere..can't see a way around it...(now lifted trucks and SUVs have the driveshaft exposed, but that is in a non-standard config).

    I get the point your making Robert, but I also think that from exhaust to driveline, one can better engineer how it goes from the front to the back inside the frame area rather than under it or over it requiring a hump.

    I do not remember what vehicle it was on, but probably a truck or SUV where the cross braces between the left and right side had holes that were specifically built for the drive line down the center and the exhaust without causing the need for a hump in the cabin.

    This is what everyone seems to take for granted that it has to be this way.

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    Why could one not engineer the Engine and Transmission to support a drive shaft connection that would be parallel between a dual/single exhaust that is under a flat floorboard. 

    Yes this is a custom frame, but I have seen this on older auto's where they do get rid of the bump by incorporating the exhaust and driveline into the frame.

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    This is all I am saying, that engineering can be done to better design the interior space of a auto.

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    I think in the ancient world where BOF vehicle bodies sat on top of the frame (1930s?), there was very little cabin intrusion for the driveline.  But cars were tall and narrow then.  With lower, longer, wider some floor space had to be used for a driveline tunnel…

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    14 hours ago, David said:

    Yes this is a custom frame, but I have seen this on older auto's where they do get rid of the bump by incorporating the exhaust and driveline into the frame.

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    There is a zero percent chance this frame is as rigid as it was prior to holes being put in it. 

    I'm not saying there aren't ways around making more interior space (although I think the hump in SUVs is grossly overblown) but this is not one of them. 

    Where's the GIF of the Tundra dancing over bumps? 

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    2 hours ago, ccap41 said:

    There is a zero percent chance this frame is as rigid as it was prior to holes being put in it.

    Just trolling extra hard this week huh? He clearly clarified the custom aspect of it and was stating that frames could be built like this from the start, which would not even begin to be the issue you are making it out to be since he is not referring to that exact frame above, only using it for visual reference. Read his post again and then see why your reply was not even necessary. 

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