The Truth About Cars

MARCH 29, 2024

Since then, I discovered this April 1957 edition of The Cadillac Serviceman , GM’s in-house magazine publication for its dealer service centers. Annual changes to vehicles kept customers coming back, marketing happy with new things to advertise, and made it clear to the general public if you could afford a new car (or not).

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

and wire wheels at a more affordable $325 ($3,734 adj.). As expected, the Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta was more affordable at $5,715 ($65,677 adj.). Oldsmobile didn’t have the relative affordability of the Buick or the prestige of the Cadillac and was the poorest seller. Images: dealer , BaT , GM] Become a TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The new model was meant to continue the excitement of the limited-run, very expensive 1953 Eldorado at a price that was notably more affordable to the American luxury car buyer. It was not until after the model became a sales success that Cadillac debuted more variants. Images: GM, dealer ] Become a TTAC insider.

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EV Adoption

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Out of 82 BEVs and PHEVs that are either currently available for sale in the US, or expected to be so by the end of 2022, 67 of them, or 81.7%, have a base manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) higher than $39,999, according to new analysis from EVAdoption. Lack of Affordable EVs Remains a Key Hurdle to Mass Adoption.

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Plug In India

DECEMBER 7, 2021

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car watch, we will talk about the Chinese electric car that is beating Tesla in EV sales. I have no idea how GM got into this JV! But I would say this is the best pro EV move I have seen GM make. ​ Europe Sales! This includes both ICE and EV’s.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Instead, Lucid leaders see a bright future in cars that aim for maximum efficiency — rather than range per se — via smaller, more-affordable batteries. Yet EV batteries are still central to automakers’ calculus, as they seek a sustainable, affordable supply in a period of explosive growth. kilometers from each onboard kilowatt hour.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We rounded up all the affordable EVs that are arriving in 2024 and 2025 , and if automakers hold to their word—or at least their hints—it’s going to get better for those who don’t have a luxury budget. 2024 Nissan Sakura EV – Tokyo In scaling up EV sales, is smaller still better?

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will be on dealership floors within several weeks, cementing its position as the first affordable 200-mile electric car. It will beat planned 200-mile electric cars from BMW, Nissan, Tesla, Volkswagen, and other makers, and that's all to the good for plug-in car advocates.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Starting at $34,950 (36,000 euros), it will be one of the most affordable electric cars on the market. Despite a slowdown in December, Volvo hit a new sales record in 2023. Volvo’s EV sales were up 70% last year, with over 113K purely electric vehicles sold. Volvo’s EVs accounted for 16% of total sales, up from 10.9%

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

As sales of electric vehicles continue to grow in 2024, many new and prospective customers have questions about qualifying for a federal tax credit on electric vehicles. Whether your vehicle qualifies or not is a simple yes or no question, but the amount you may qualify for varies by household due to a number of different factors.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Affordable, convenient, safe and sustainable transport choices should be available for all New Zealanders. The impact of the Clean Vehicle Discount can be seen in light vehicle sales. per cent of sales. It is expected that EVs will account for more than half of all US passenger car sales by 2030. 2) [link]. (3)

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 10, 2023

Those who follow the automotive industry will have undoubtedly noticed that dealer inventories are slowly approaching levels that would have been considered normal before the pandemic. GM spokesman Jim Cain said the typical days' supply calculation looks backward and can obscure what's really going on in the market for a specific vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

With the Prius c (sold as the Aqua in Japan, earlier post ), Toyota is striving to strike a balance between fuel efficiency, styling, intelligent connectivity and affordability to attract younger, eco-conscious buyers who may have desired, but couldn’t afford, a hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

No longer was it an ultra expensive and largely hand-built conveyance for a select few who could afford it. GM purchased a Frigidaire system that was self-contained for use in Cadillacs. The system was fitted by the dealer upon customer request. Images: GM] Become a TTAC insider.

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EV Adoption

AUGUST 19, 2021

Meanwhile, it amassed a sale of 22,938 units of the Standard Range Plus.” To qualify for the tax credit, GM could produce a small volume of the EV2 at or near launch of the Edition 1. Where I sit, the primary goal of an MSRP cap should be to incentivize OEMs to produce more affordable EVs — and $80,000 is simply too high.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

Many major automobile manufacturers like GM and Ford are investing billions to electrify their model in the next 10 to 15 years. Global EV sales. Of total car sales in 2020, electric vehicles account for less than 5% but the segment has grown to 45% to 3.2 The sales seem to continue into 2021, with 1.1 50,000 crores.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Before considering why dealerships may be reluctant to focus on EV sales, it is worth noting how EVs are sold. The major vehicle manufacturers; like Ford, Stellantis, and GM; still sell their EVs through the dealership model. EVs have less after-sale value to dealerships. If the dealerships stock them, the people will come.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 It’ll be on sale in 2025, possibly as the A9 e-Tron. Chevrolet Bolt EUV – SUV version of Bolt hatchback on sale in America but unlikely in Australia. Chery has big plans for Australia.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

percent of auto sales today to some 20 to 25 percent of sales by 2030, not all competitors will be winners in a world soon to be awash in electric vehicles. As a comparison , in 2011, there were only two battery electric and 29 hybrid electric vehicle models offered for sale in the US.

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Charged EVs

MAY 19, 2021

The Hummer EV will be the first based on the GM’s new Ultium architecture, so these two Bolts will be the last to use what GM calls its BEV2 architecture. The Hummer EV will be the first of those, so the two Bolts will be the last to use what GM calls its BEV2 architecture. 50 kilowatts: far from fast.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The compact Mirai FC stack generates about 160 times more power than the residential fuel cells on sale in Japan. Sales and Marketing. I am just starting my new job as the GM in the Los Angeles region, our largest company owned distributor covering Southern California. mm and weight of 102 g. We learned this with Prius.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. auto industry jobs could rise by 150,000 by 2030 if battery electric vehicles sales reach 50 percent by 2030 and the vehicle market share of U.S.-assembled there are more than 7.25

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

These are all dates that various automakers, electric vehicle organizations, and states have declared when they want to ban the sale of or end their production of vehicles powered by an internal combustion engine. Five Core Challenges Holding EV Sales Back in the US. Chart: EVAdoption / Loren McDonald. It’s the batteries stupid.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Establishing dealer network. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Similarly, Ford’s entire commercial vehicle range will be zero-emissions capable, all-electric or plug-in hybrid, by 2024, with two-thirds of Ford’s commercial vehicle sales expected to be all-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2030. 4 compact SUV, which went on sale in Europe and China in late 2020. 17, via Ford press release.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. Driven by electricity: reliably, affordably and free of emissions. BMW Manufacturing Co.,

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Plug In India

MAY 3, 2022

He joined Ola in Nov 20, after a 45 year stint at GM. At GM, he headed the Latin American operations and was responsible for plants with a production capacity of a million vehicles per year. His experience at Ola has been quite different from GM. What the likes of GM would take 2 years to build, Ola did in eight months.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

But the difference is that only a minority of Americans today can afford to buy a new car. It might be 50 percent if you compare it to the absolute base stripped-down RAV4 that no dealer actually has. GM has plans—for an electric Hummer of all things. A lot of people haven't appreciated how expensive new vehicles have gotten.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

But the difference is that only a minority of Americans today can afford to buy a new car. It might be 50 percent if you compare it to the absolute base stripped-down RAV4 that no dealer actually has. GM has plans—for an electric Hummer of all things. A lot of people haven't appreciated how expensive new vehicles have gotten.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

’s vice chairman of product development, Robert Lutz, reportedly told Volt enthusiasts at the Web site GM-Volt.com. “We April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. — Goodbye 2.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. we could not afford to do anything like this."

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EV Adoption

AUGUST 4, 2022

I reached out to Ford, GM, and Stellantis asking them if any of their EVs would qualify based on the above requirements, and as of August 4, I’ve only received a link to a press release from GM. GM Press Release , August 1, 2022. Here are three key positive proposed changes: Elimination of the manufacturer 200,000 sales cap.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Suffice to say, all of GM’s development programs including the Volt are threatened. For all of GM’s industrial successes and environmental failures, many elements of the American economy including the advertising-dependent entertainment industry — rise and fall with its fortunes. Cash Is Its Best Hope. If it provides G.M.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It remains to be seen how significant of an impact this change will have, but it should clearly increase sales of lower-cost EVs among households or modest income. Elimination of the 200,000 Sales Cap Per Manufacturer. The elimination of the manufacturer cap will, however, clearly be a boon to Tesla and GM.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It also appears that auto dealers may be able to convert the credit into a cash-on-the-hood discount for their customers. It’s the total sales price, including options, that determines eligibility.). However, both theory and practice suggest that the price caps are unlikely to significantly harm sales of high-end EVs.

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