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2019 GMC Sierra AT4Costa Mouzouris After recently backing away from partnership talks with EV truck-maker Rivian only to have Ford jump in, and following a trail of hints at an electrified SUV or pickup, GM has announced it’ll be developing an electric pickup truck of its own. CEO Mary Barra confirmed the company’s plans to enter a product into the electric pickup segment during an investor call this week. It’s basically a no-brainer for GM as much of the competition already announced their plans to produce electric pickups. This includes Ford, which just last week made public its plans to drop $500 million into Rivian in addition to previous announcements to develop a hybrid and EV F-150, and Tesla, which is also getting into the pickup game. The GM truck—likely a Sierra or Silverado as both of the current generations were built to work with other power sources, namely electricity—will line up beside GM’s other current and future E-vehicles, including the upcoming nameless electric Caddy SUV and the Chevrolet Bolt. That’s about all we’ve got for details at the moment: It’ll be a pickup, it’ll be a GM and it’ll be electric. But it probably won’t be here anytime soon.
Origin: GM says it’s definitely building an electric pickup

Genesis Essentia conceptDerek McNaughton The market is speculating hard on the likelihood of a Genesis Essentia EV coupe after a source within the company said that they’re “very, very serious” about pursuing it — or something like it — for production. The lastest ‘will they won’t they’ debate surrounding the Essentia was sparked by Motoring magazine, which got Genesis’ brand head Manfred Fitzgerald on the record, saying the automaker is “still pursuing the one (concept) that you saw last year in a very, very serious manner and hopefully we’ll make an announcement in due time. Fitzgerald didn’t directly name the Essentia, but he did rule out the Mint concept that debuted recently in New York — though he also reserves production hopes for that concept. “We’re serious about everything we do, Fitzgerald told the magazine. I will fight to the very end to have this car into production and have it as you’re seeing it right now on the road I think this is an invention of a new typology of vehicle, and I think that’s something that will resonate with people out there.” There’s also the fact that the upcoming battery-driven vehicle will be based on the brand’s EV platform, which bodes well for the Essentia. This recent back and forth comes after publications — Driving included — jumped the gun last year, claiming the production Essentia coupe had been confirmed. It hadn’t been and still hasn’t been, but things are slowly looking more optimistic. If, and hopefully when, the EV coupe arrives, it’ll likely top the Genesis range in terms of price, but still be affordable enough to slide under the battery-powered competition from Mercedes, BMW, and perhaps even Tesla. This is one rumour we’re happy to
Origin: Genesis is definitely maybe putting the Essentia into production