GM alters executive structure amid electric vehicles push

Driving the news: Pam Fletcher will take the newly created position of VP for innovation that reports directly to CEO Mary Barra, GM said. She's currently the VP of global electric vehicle programs.

• Doug Parks, who is the VP for autonomous and electric vehicle programs, "will also assume primary responsibility for the growing global electric vehicle team," GM tells Axios.
• And Mike Ableson, who is currently VP for global strategy, will become VP for electric vehicle charging and infrastructure, reporting to Parks in the newly created role.
• The changes were first reported by Automotive News.

The details: Parks, in a statement, said Ableson will "develop the partnerships, incentives and investments needed to create the necessary electric vehicle charging infrastructure to remove a critical barrier to acceptance of electrification."

• Fletcher, per The Detroit News, "led the team that launched the Chevrolet Bolt EV, which now serves as the platform for GM Cruise's steering wheel-free Cruise AV, before she was put in charge of global EVs at the end of last year."