Auto Makers Supercharge Move Into Electric Vehicles

General Motors Co. showed off an electric Chevy Silverado. The Chrysler brand is ditching gas engines and going to an all-electric lineup. And Japan’s Sony Group Corp. plans to jump into the electric-vehicle fray, creating its own car unit.

News of battery-powered vehicles dominated the CES technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the latest sign that the momentum around EVs continues to build both within the auto industry and in other sectors, even if the shift is still barely noticeable in showrooms today.