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“Electric vehicle technology is real and ready for deployment and we are embracing the transformation with partners likes GM and our fleet customers,” said GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. “By electrifying our own fleet, we will accelerate the adoption curve, drive scale, and move electric vehicles from anticipation to action.”
GE will initially purchase 12,000 GM vehicles, beginning with the Chevrolet Volt in 2011, and will add other vehicles as manufacturers bring them to market. By 2015 GE will convert at least half of its global fleet of 30,000 vehicles and will partner with its fleet customers to deploy a total of 25,000 EVs.
As owner of one of the world’s largest fleets, operator of a leading global fleet management business and producer of technologies that touch almost every point of the EV infrastructure, GE is in a unique position to lead the charge into electric vehicles.
Says Immelt, “This transformation will be good for our businesses and for our shareowners. Wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles will also drive clean energy innovation, strengthen energy security and deliver economic value.”
GE Gears up for Going Electric | GE : ecomagination
“Electric vehicle technology is real and ready for deployment and we are embracing the transformation with partners likes GM and our fleet customers,” said GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. “By electrifying our own fleet, we will accelerate the adoption curve, drive scale, and move electric vehicles from anticipation to action.”
GE will initially purchase 12,000 GM vehicles, beginning with the Chevrolet Volt in 2011, and will add other vehicles as manufacturers bring them to market. By 2015 GE will convert at least half of its global fleet of 30,000 vehicles and will partner with its fleet customers to deploy a total of 25,000 EVs.
As owner of one of the world’s largest fleets, operator of a leading global fleet management business and producer of technologies that touch almost every point of the EV infrastructure, GE is in a unique position to lead the charge into electric vehicles.
Says Immelt, “This transformation will be good for our businesses and for our shareowners. Wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles will also drive clean energy innovation, strengthen energy security and deliver economic value.”
GE Gears up for Going Electric | GE : ecomagination