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Stellantis CEO: Speeding Up EV Transition Is “Beyond The Limits” Of What Auto Industry Can Sustain

CleanTechnica EVs

By Johnna Crider and Zachary Shahan In an interview at the Reuters Next conference, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said that the costs of speeding up the transition to EVs are “beyond the limits” of what the auto industry can sustain.

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Big Oil To 'Lose Control Of Auto Industry': Energy Conference

Green Car Reports

It's not uncommon for media commenters to look at electric-car sales numbers, only to conclude that the segment is teetering on the brink of death. Yet while.

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GM expects lower 2024 EV sales amid lagging demand

Baua Electric

General Motors does not expect to build as many electric cars as initially planned this year. At the Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference Tuesday, Jacobson said GM will continue to produce cars based on demand. After selling only 75,883 electric cars last year, GM missed its 100,000 EV sales goal.

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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. This press conference was held at the very same GM facility where the EV1 Vigil took place during February and March 2005. said Holden.

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GM expects lower 2024 EV sales after killing its most popular model

Baua Electric

General Motors does not expect to build as many electric cars as initially planned this year. At the Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference Tuesday, Jacobson said GM will continue to produce cars based on demand. After selling only 75,883 electric cars last year, GM missed its 100,000 EV sales goal.

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Stellantis, LGES enforcing ‘contingency plans’ for EV battery plant in Ontario

Baua Electric

LGES and Stellantis introduced the funding extreme pace to ascertain a large-scale, home, electrical car battery production facility in Canada. billion from LGES and undercover contributions from federal and provincial governments, as the biggest ever within the Canadian auto sector.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity.

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