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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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They’ve seen Super Bowl ads for the GMC Hummer EV , or heard news about the lengthy, painful Chevrolet Bolt EV battery recall. Roll back the clock to the dark days of 2009, when two of the three US automakers collapsed into bankruptcy and were restructured by the White House Auto Task Force in the early days of the first Obama administration.

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Accessing Pixs of the "Spirit of DC" and LOTS of Other Plug-ins from the Inaugural Parade West: Plug In, America! in Santa Monica, 17 Jan 2009

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We even had an all-electric Hummer H2. End of Article] Hopefully, soon we'll be posting pixs from Bill Hopkins as well. All 74 vehicles that had signed up for the 2-mile parade through downtown Santa Monica showed up. More coverage here. www.PluginAmerica.org. The moral of this story is that EVs can meet any need.

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Comedy CAFE Clowns Crack Me Up

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Bird Cage Liners article this morning: Asking carmakers to comply with California’s rules would be tantamount to forcing a cancer patient to “finish chemo and then go run the Boston Marathon,&# General Motors Corp. spokesman Greg Martin said. “Right now, we’re just trying to make it through the current situation.&#.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

AutoblogGreen bloggers (30 days) # Blogger Posts Cmts 1 Jeremy Korzeniewski 123 4 2 Sebastian Blanco 111 11 3 Sam Abuelsamid 107 9 4 Domenick Yoney 32 0 5 Xavier Navarro 21 0 6 Jonathon Ramsey 1 0 7 Gary Witzenburg 1 0 8 Chris Paukert 1 0 Most Commented On (7 days) Obama outlines high-speed rail plan for U.S. (61) a key Randy C.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

VW minivan reportedly not long for this world 2 days ago Chrysler ekes out additional 2 mpg on 2009 minivans 223 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 ~D. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan? 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan? Granholm and Schwarzenegger talk green mobility Greenlings: What is regenerative braking?

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Cadillac’s ambitious move to an all-electric luxury brand by 2030

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Meanwhile, cells for the small number of Ultium-based EVs GM builds this year, including not only the Cadillac Lyriq but the GMC Hummer EV, will come from a low-volume pilot production line set up at GM’s Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. This article appeared in Issue 61: Jul-Sept 2022 – Subscribe now. We look forward to driving them.

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GM on the brink…

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Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. President-elect Barack Obama signaled his intentions Friday to help the auto industry, calling it “the backbone of American manufacturing” during his news conference. “I But a bankruptcy by G.M. November 8, 2008. Cash Is Its Best Hope. In July, G.M.

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