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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

I paid $47,000 in cash for that car as a #YearOfJoe gift to myself after a decade of environmental work and achievement. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us.

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Unifor Strike Targets General Motors in Canada

The Truth About Cars

While the United Auto Workers (UAW) decided to implement an aggressive strike campaign that bucks some of the historical trends American union leadership feels did not serve the cause in the past, Canada’s Unifor has vowed to take a more measured approach during its contract negotiations with the industry.

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Ford is on track to sell more electric cars than rival General Motors this year

Teslarati

Ford’s strength in the general auto sector seems to be spilling over somewhat to its electric vehicle business. General Motors’ EV lineup in the United States has been built on the Bolt EV for years, which has been plagued with recalls this year due to battery fire incidents.

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

Teslarati

BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. auto market anytime soon , some U.S. auto sector,” the organization writes. auto sector,” the organization writes. auto industry appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Auto supplier Adient cuts jobs, transfers roles in Europe to shave costs – ET Auto

Baua Electric

European automakers face a trifecta of challenges: soft demand due to higher borrowing costs that discourage car purchases, fierce competition from Chinese rivals, and higher input costs squeezing their margins. The company’s sales suffered in the first quarter ended Dec.

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Germany’s Vay launches remote-driven car service in Las Vegas – ET Auto

Baua Electric

German remote-driving startup Vay said on Wednesday it had launched its first commercial service in Las Vegas where a “teledriver”, or remote driver, delivers electric short-term rental cars to customers then collects them after the rental. Unlike autonomous vehicles , it relies on a remote human driver.

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Andretti Formula One Deal Puts Spotlight On Honda Relationship With General Motors

CleanTechnica EVs

A few of our readers are Formula One fans and already know that Andretti Global — one of the most successful auto racing enterprises of all time — has a plan to enter the world of Formula One beginning in 2026. Why is that date important? Because that’s when the new engine rules will go […].