General Motors (GM) is investing in sustainability across multiple sectors. Currently, focusing on maritime transport, the company entered into a partnership with Pure Watercraft for the development of electric boats
General Motors (GM) announced last week the purchase of a stake and 25% in the company Pure Watercraft, which is headquartered in Seattle, and specializes in developing solutions for electric boats. The partnership between Pure Watercraft and GM evolves in the vision of promoting sustainability through an expansion of emissions mobility with maritime transport. According to the Vice President of Global Electrification, Software, General Motors Controls and Electronics, Dan Nicholson, the participation of the two companies shows another chance to extend the company's goal of zero emissions beyond the automotive sector.
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Nicholson says that, building on GM's existing efforts to strategically deploy its technology in industries such as rail, aerospace, truck and marine, the combined experience with the electric boat company should drive future carbon-neutral marine product offerings. , bringing consumers more choices in the marketplace.
The announcement of General Motors' partnership with Pure Watercraft is part of GM's total investment of $35 billion through 2025 in electric and self-driving car technology, including research to improve performance and lower battery prices. It is also worth mentioning that GM is seeking to become a market leader in electric vehicles in North America.
Companies will produce electric boats focused on maritime transport with GM technology
The electric boat company's Pure Outboard uses innovative efficiency to benefit vehicle performance, reducing impacts on the environment and having much lower maintenance and operating costs than conventional propulsion systems for marine transport vehicles.
The collaboration between Pure Watercraft and GM will leverage Pure's innovative electric boat propulsion technology and commercial shipping industry experience with General Motors' engineering, manufacturing and supply chain capabilities.
With the new partnership, the companies must create and sell electric boats that use batteries, with General Motos technologies in several applications, contributing to the sector's acceleration for electric mobility and clean carbon.
General Motors advances with green hydrogen system in airplanes
General Motors is working on several fronts for sustainable mobility. The company is developing, alongside Liebherr-Aerospace, a fuel cell system that could be used in aircraft.
The system is still in the preliminary design stages and will be tested in a Liebherr-Aerospace laboratory, where the company is already working on other alternative propulsion systems for air transport.
According to General Manager of GM Hydrotec, Charlie Freese, the planes are an excellent field of experimentation to evaluate the versatility and performance of Hydrotec cells, which already operate in sea, land and rail transport.
