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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

Teslarati

Former General Motors (GM) executive Terry Woychowski, who is now President of engineering consultancy Caresoft Global, called the arrival of the Seagull a “clarion call for the rest of the auto industry,” adding that it’s a “significant event” (via CNBC ). auto sector,” the organization writes.

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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

Green Car Congress

About 33% of General Motors’ $27-billion EV commitment is being invested in specific US assembly plants. Great promotional events and bold aspirational statements by the domestic auto industry can’t mask the facts. Continuing on this path would hurt the domestic US auto industry’s prospects for decades.

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Ohio State takes first place in DOE/GM EcoCAR 3 competition

Green Car Congress

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. Industry and government officials judged the presentations. This is OSU’s fourth consecutive win.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. Even so, world events are putting wind in the sails for backup power. Not so independent.

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Ford CEO: Ford to focus on 5 key areas of innovation: mobility, autonomy, connectivity, customer experience and performance

Green Car Congress

In a pre-Christmas media event, Ford president and CEO Mark Fields said while 2014 was a good year for the company, 2015 has the potential to be a “ breakthrough year ”. In conjunction with the media event, Ford announced that it, Magna International Inc. Power and General Motors. Earlier post.).

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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. General Motors compounded their financial woes by destroying the EV1 and continued to work with the oil companies to gouge the public. said Holden.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

When we interviewed some of them two years ago at a Rivian event, they were largely affluent buyers who were open to the idea of electric vehicles, but wouldn’t drive anything but a pickup or large SUV. Opening at $80 billion-plus, Rivian blew past all that—making it worth more than General Motors. Stay tuned.

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