GM Has Big Plans to Cut Carbon Emissions and Here They Are

According to a Reuter’s report, General Motors Co. is planning to be carbon neutral by the year 2040. The company also plans to end tailpipe emissions by the year 2035.

Additionally, over half of GM’s capital spending and product development team will be devoted to electric and electric-autonomous vehicle programs.

GM announced the goals on Thursday which come a little more than a week after President Joe Biden took office. The President has pledged to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and dramatically boost the sales of electric vehicles.

Biden said this week that he would replace the U.S. government’s fleet of roughly 650,000 vehicles with electric models as the new administration shifts its focus toward clean-energy.

GM CEO Mary Barra said the automaker had worked with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to “develop a shared vision of an all-electric future and an aspiration to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035.”

It was this past September that California Governor Gavin Newsom said the state plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035. Other states have indicated they plan to follow suit.

“We’re taking actions so that we can eliminate tailpipe emissions by 2035,” said Dane Parker, GM’s chief sustainability officer. “Setting a goal for us 15 years from now is absolutely reachable.”

Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp commented, “With this extraordinary step forward, GM is making it crystal clear that taking action to eliminate pollution from all new light-duty vehicles by 2035 is an essential element of any automaker’s business plan.”

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