Basic Motors on Tuesday reported a giant leap in earnings for the primary three months of the yr, primarily based on the energy of its gasoline automobile enterprise, and raised its outlook for the remainder of the yr.

The corporate noticed sluggish progress in electrical autos, however sturdy gross sales of inner combustion autos, particularly pickup vehicles, helped elevate its revenue to $3 billion within the first quarter, a 24 p.c leap from a yr earlier. G.M. additionally stated it now anticipated to make $10.1 billion to $11.5 billion in revenue this yr, up from a earlier forecast of $9.8 billion to $11.2 billion.

“We’re maximizing the energy of our ICE enterprise. We’re rising our E.V. enterprise and bettering profitability,” G.M.’s chief monetary officer, Paul Jacobson, stated in a convention name with reporters, utilizing the shorthand for inner combustion engine.

Mr. Jacobson stated G.M. had ironed out manufacturing difficulties in battery pack manufacturing and was ramping up output. He repeated a forecast that G.M.’s battery-powered vehicles and vehicles would begin producing earnings within the second half of this yr.

G.M. made all of its revenue in North America and misplaced cash in the remainder of the world, together with a $106 million loss in China; a yr earlier, the corporate reported an $83 million revenue in that nation.

G.M. bought 895,000 autos globally within the first quarter, a rise of 4 p.c.

Within the first three months of the yr in the USA, G.M. bought 9,385 electrical autos that use its newest battery know-how. That was a rise from 972 a yr earlier however considerably fewer than G.M. had initially anticipated.

This yr, the corporate plans so as to add a number of new electrical autos that use the brand new Ultium batteries. They embrace a GMC Sierra pickup truck that’s speculated to have most vary of 440 miles and a Chevrolet Equinox sport utility automobile that G.M. stated would have a beginning worth of $34,995 and a spread of as much as 319 miles.