Gm china Pre-iblac press Conference Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 Mary Barra remarks
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| GM China Pre-IBLAC Press Conference
Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 Mary Barra remarks
Good afternoon; thank you for the warm welcome. Later today we are celebrating the accumulated sales of 15 million vehicles as part of our 20-year joint venture SAIC-GM. It is a major milestone representing our productive partnership and shared success. Equally important, it symbolizes the freedom that personal mobility gives our customers. Our vehicles help provide our customers a world of possibilities. They help connect families and friends as they create their own personal milestones. General Motors appreciates the privilege of being part of our customers’ daily lives. Yet for all of the personal journeys and memories made possible by vehicles, urbanization is creating new challenges like crashes, pollution and congestion, most visible in megacities like Shanghai. The good news is that by working together, we can solve these challenges and deliver safer, better and more sustainable transportation solutions for all of our customers. On Sunday at IBLAC, General Motors will share its global perspectives with the Shanghai government as it strives to be a leader in green and intelligent transportation, and achieve its goal of being a global city of excellence. General Motors’ vision is a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. We are working hard on the technologies that will create this future, and we are blending global insights with local market expertise to stretch the boundaries of what is possible for our customers as the automotive industry transforms from traditional manufacturing to transportation services. As with all journeys, the road map to the future of personal mobility will vary by region, but we believe it will be driven by the convergence of electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles and shared mobility services. I will briefly share what General Motors is doing in each of these areas to improve the lives of our customers. At the same time, we are making steady progress toward making our facilities cleaner and more efficient. Electrification reduces petroleum use – and emissions I will begin with electrification because it is a crucial element of our global strategy to reduce CO2 emissions, reduce petroleum use and help our customers save money. In Shanghai, carbon emissions are expected to peak in 2025, gradually dropping by 15 percent over the following 15 years. Our modern-day leadership in electrification is not new, and our engineers continue to build upon our experience. They developed the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid – now in its second generation – that combines all-electric capability with a range-extending generator. Then last year, thanks to improved and more affordable battery technology, we launched the Chevrolet Bolt EV, a platform for future electric and autonomous vehicles. It is an EV for everyone that achieves about 383 km per charge at a price attainable to most new-car buyers, especially when tax credits are applied. Battery technology improvements will continue to make electrified vehicles more desirable and affordable. SAIC-GM’s battery plant, which opens later this year, has begun pilot assembly production of batteries that will be used in our growing New Energy Vehicle fleet planned for China. Between 2016 and 2020, we are introducing at least 10 NEVs in China, including the new Cadillac CT6 Plug-in, Buick Velite 5 extended-range electric vehicle and the Baojun E100 battery electric vehicle. Through NEVs and other fuel-efficient vehicles that meet our customers’ needs and lifestyles, we expect to achieve a 28-percent reduction in average CO2 emissions from our China fleet between 2016 and 2020. By 2025, nearly all models from GM’s global brands in China – Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet – will offer electrification technology that ranges from mild hybrid to full-electric operation. While we are exploring all channels to boost NEV sales, building broad consumer acceptance of NEVs will depend on continued joint efforts by the government and automakers. Keeping customers connected for more than 20 years Along with electrification, connectivity is key to our vision to redefine personal mobility because of its potential to improve safety and reduce congestion. Customers do not just appreciate connected vehicles, they demand them. GM has more than 20 years of connectivity leadership through OnStar, which we introduced in 1996. We have continually refined OnStar to improve the ownership experience and now have more than 12 million subscribers worldwide. Since the introduction of Shanghai OnStar in 2009, China has been one of our fastest-growing markets, with more than 1 million customers. They interact with us more than 8 million times a month, and with our advisors more than three times as often as U.S. customers. It is our goal to have all of our Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet models in China connected by 2020. As a driving force for GM’s connected-car strategy in China, Shanghai OnStar will help us strengthen our relationship with our customers through personalized services and experiences. We are also deploying connected vehicle technology that can improve safety and relieve congestion by allowing vehicles to “communicate” with one another and with infrastructure to avoid crashes. GM is the first global automaker to showcase Vehicle to Everything (V2X) technology in China. V2X – which includes V2V, vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle to pedestrian (V2P) technology – represents one of GM’s most promising solutions for addressing the safety, mobility and environmental challenges facing the global automotive industry. GM has also been helping lead the development of the country’s V2X application layer standard. We are one of the authors of the China Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Road Map, which provides a guideline for the research and development activities of manufacturers and future policy development by the government. A glimpse of the future today: GM is testing self-driving vehicles on public roads Another key part of our strategy to improve road safety involves autonomous vehicle technology because it can help avoid a leading cause of fatal crashes – human error. About 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes around the world, according to the World Health Organization. With autonomous vehicles, we can change how we approach vehicle safety, from protecting passengers after crashes happen to potentially avoiding crashes altogether. Self-driving cars won’t operate while impaired by drugs or alcohol, they won’t be distracted by a call or text, they won’t drive drowsy or recklessly, and their speed will be appropriate to conditions. They also offer the freedom of mobility for elderly and disabled customers, allowing them to participate in everyday activities that improve the quality of their lives. Last year, GM and Cruise Automation began testing self-driving vehicles on public roads, including the very challenging driving environment of San Francisco. We began with about 50 instrumented test vehicles – all with safety drivers – and then earlier this year mass-produced 130 more autonomous vehicles. We are encouraged by our progress to date, but we know it will be some time before there is widespread availability of fully autonomous vehicles. We intend to deploy our first commercially ready self-driving vehicles in ridesharing fleets in major cities, where they will have the greatest impact. In the meantime, we are developing advanced driver assist systems that will form the foundation for tomorrow’s self-driving vehicles. We will roll out Super Cruise hands-free highway driving assistance technology in the U.S. this fall, and we plan to introduce it in a future Cadillac product in China. How the sharing economy can reduce traffic congestion For many customers in megacities like Shanghai, vehicle sharing may help reduce traffic congestion and commuting times. GM is exploring shared mobility solutions in China as well as globally, because it is estimated that in 25 years, there will be more than 40 megacities around the world. We believe car-sharing and ridesharing – including shared autonomous vehicles – can greatly reduce congestion in our cities while still providing on-demand transportation to our customers. Maven, the car-sharing startup GM created in early 2016, operates a fleet of about 10,000 GM vehicles in 17 U.S. cities. Customers use a mobile app to locate, reserve and pay for using the vehicle, which includes fuel and insurance. We are learning a great deal about the growing sharing economy, expanding the services we offer, and innovating at the speed of today’s leading technology companies. We believe there will eventually be a robust market for car-sharing and ridesharing services in China. We have invested in Yi Wei Xing Technology Co., Ltd., a leading domestic car-sharing technology provider. We also completed car-pooling and vehicle sharing pilots with employees and in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University as we continue to explore mobility business models. In our two-year program with the university, 16 EN-V 2.0 electric concept vehicles logged almost 90,000 km of shared journeys. These pilots help us understand how customers can use urban mobility vehicles in a real-world setting and in a vehicle-sharing arrangement. Programs like these can turn potential sustainable mobility solutions into reality. GM wants to be part of the solution As you can see, GM and our joint venture partners are committed to providing world-class products for our customers in China, as well as the technical and business expertise to lead in the future of personal mobility. GM also is addressing the environmental impact of the facilities where our products are built. Our operations in China are among the most efficient in the world today, and by 2050, we plan to source all electrical power for all of our global operations with 100-percent renewable energy. As I have said many times, the automotive industry is changing more today than it has in the last 50 years. No single company or organization has all the answers to the challenges we currently face or expect to face in the future. IBLAC gives all of us – businesses, the academic community and government – the opportunity to work together to help Shanghai achieve its goal of building a smarter, more livable city for its residents – a true global city of excellence. GM is looking forward to being part of the solution. Thank you for your kind attention. Now Matt and I will be happy to take your questions. # # # Directory: dld -> content -> Pages -> news news -> Plant Fact Sheet Revised: 15. 13 Gm lansing Grand River Assembly news -> For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Pages -> Creating the Future of Transportation V2x-related Technology Terms and Concepts news -> Innovation on the Line: gm manufacturing Milestones Pages -> Remarks Ray Bierzynski Executive Director, Electrification Strategy, gm china Good morning, everyone content -> General Motors China Pages -> Tom Stephens (Vice Chairman, Global Product Development) Download 29.09 Kb. Share with your friends:
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