Volcon Electric UTVs to be Powered by General Motors

© Reuters Volcon (VLCN) Electric UTVs to be Powered by General Motors (GM)

By Michael Elkins

All-electric, off-road powersports company, Volcon Inc. (NASDAQ:VLCN) announced Friday that it will power all its off-road utility terrain vehicles, including the company’s Volcon Stag, with General Motors' (NYSE:GM) electric propulsion system.

Volcon will be the first, and currently only off-road powersports company to offer their full line of vehicles with GM’s electric propulsion.

“General Motors (NYSE:GM) has transformed from an automaker to a platform innovator, with scalable architectures designed to accelerate EV adoption across different industries and product types,” said Travis Hester, GM Vice President of EV Growth Operations. “Our work with Volcon is indicative of our plans and demonstrates the flexibility of the platform as well as potential applications well beyond traditional vehicles.”

In addition to GM’s battery cell modules and propulsion system, which will provide instant high power and torque, with AWD capabilities, enabling exceptional acceleration and speed recovery, the Stag will use several supporting components from GM.

“Bringing GM’s electric vehicle expertise and systems to the Stag will produce an off-road experience that could set the standard for the entire industry. Having access to immediate power and torque along with the customizable digital integrations that the Stag will offer, creates the perfect balance for a class leading UTV,” expressed Christian Okonsky, CTO of Volcon ePowersports. “Everyone at Volcon has worked so hard to bring the best possible UTV to market and our alignment with GM could not be a better fit for making this project become a reality. We save an enormous amount of R&D expense and gain years of drivetrain testing and validation by joining forces with GM. In essence, we significantly reduce our time and cost to get to market.”