{"id":123092,"date":"2021-11-17T20:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T20:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=123092"},"modified":"2021-11-17T20:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T20:28:34","slug":"gm-stock-hits-record-high-as-automaker-celebrates-hummer-ev-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/gm-stock-hits-record-high-as-automaker-celebrates-hummer-ev-production\/","title":{"rendered":"GM stock hits record high as automaker celebrates Hummer EV production"},"content":{"rendered":"
DETROIT \u2013 General Motors is steadily approaching a $100 billion market valuation after shares of the automaker reached a record high on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
GM's gains come as shares of newly public electric vehicle start-ups Rivian and Lucid Group, which briefly surpassed GM in market cap Wednesday, lost steam following extraordinary double-digit runups in the past week.<\/p>\n
GM is celebrating the opening of its first dedicated electric vehicle plant in Detroit. GM CEO Mary Barra rang the opening bell from the facility earlier on Wednesday; President Joe Biden will visit the plant in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
GM is currently making pre-production GMC Hummer EV pickups at the plant. Customer deliveries are expected to begin soon.<\/p>\n
GM's stock was at $64.69 a share as of 11 a.m., up by more than 3% and its highest price since emerging from bankruptcy in 2009. The company's market cap was about $94 billion. <\/p>\n
Shares of Rivian, which made its public debut last week, were down by as much as 18% Wednesday, wiping away billions of dollars in market cap. Its market value of about $128 billion remains far above GM and Ford Motor, but below Tesla, which surged to more than $1 trillion this year.<\/p>\n
Lucid's stock was somewhat volatile Wednesday morning, trading down by as much as 5% and up by as much as 4%. The company's market cap is about $87 billion.<\/p>\n