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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. Aside from a box lunch, a couple of bottles of water and two absolutely delicious chocolate chip cookies, GCC received no compensation, expense reimbursement or branded merchandise from GM to attend the event.

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Road Test: 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus

Clean Fleet Report

Power and Range The 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus, built in Luqiao, China, has electric motors on each axle, producing a total of 476 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque. The 78 kWh, liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery is charged through an 11.0 These are the estimated times for the three charging speeds.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

Actual events or results could differ materially due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those mentioned in our most recent filings with the SEC. As people have seen the EV adoption rate globally is under pressure and a lot of other auto manufacturers are pulling back on EVs and pursuing plugin hybrids instead.

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

Plug In India

This is our biggest opportunity for growth and value creation since Henry Ford started to scale the Model T, and we’re grabbing it with both hands." Volkswagen expects to manufacture 240 GWh of batteries per year at its 6 European battery factories, with more coming from its newly announced factory in China. million EVs by 2030.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I was there with lots of journalists from auto and mainstream media. Chatted with Rajeev, who covers the auto sector for ET Prime. Was informed that the serious money for print media, apart from advertising, is in events. auto finance and is now even into second hand cars. Not a very high figure by auto standards.)

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Ford unveils new Focus; 10% better fuel economy; focus on tech; gasoline and diesel

Green Car Congress

Powertrains are supported by standard Auto Start-Stop for reduced running costs and a six-speed manual and a new eight-speed automatic transmission. The all-new Focus goes on sale in Europe and China this year and North America in 2019. The technology can disengage or re-engage one cylinder in 14 milliseconds. The all-new 1.5-liter

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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