User:Mliu92/sandbox/General Motors BEV3 platform

Ultium, the name given to the consolidated platforms previously known as Battery Electric Vehicle 3 (or BEV3) and BT1, is the name of an automotive platform made by the automotive conglomerate General Motors (GM) designed specifically for electric vehicles (EVs). Multiple divisions of the LG Corporation have been instrumental in construction in addition to GM's contributions to the platform.

History
GM had originally planned to produce a replacement for the preceding BEV2 platform by 2021. The name assigned to the successor platform was BEV3; it was intended to be a direct upgrade in all ways to the current BEV2 platform. Many vehicles were slated to be underpinned by BEV3, the first of which being a Cadillac-branded crossover based on the Lyriq concept. In October 2019, leaks from internal sources stated that GM was planning to build electric pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles starting in late 2021, using another platform tentatively named BT1, at a retooled Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant, with batteries to be supplied by an Ohio plant close to its closed Lordstown Assembly factory. The forthcoming Cadillac SUV was moved to the BT1 platform. However, by December 2019, the forthcoming Cadillac SUV and platform both were postponed for an unknown duration.

In March 2020, GM unveiled their newest lithium-electric architecture, called Ultium. This combination of motors and batteries was announced to underpin future GM EVs.

Applications

 * 2017–present Chevrolet Bolt, B-segment hatchback
 * 2020–present Buick Velite 7, B-segment crossover SUV
 * 2021–present Chevrolet Bolt EUV, B-segment crossover SUV

Badge engineering
From its inception until 2020 (shortly after its GM's sale of Opel/Vauxhall to Groupe PSA), the Chevrolet Bolt was sold in Europe as the Opel Ampera-e.