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GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

Green Car Congress

Separately, GM will supply HYDROTEC to Navistar, Inc., which is developing hydrogen-powered heavy trucks to launch in 2024, and Liebherr-Aerospace, which is developing hydrogen-powered auxiliary power units for aircraft. Separately, GM will supply HYDROTEC to Navistar, Inc.,

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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

Teslarati

The car ultimately never made it to mass production, and it was listed on TIME’s “50 Worst Cars of All-Time” list, which is harsh considering it was one of the first attempts at a battery-powered vehicle in the modern age. Separately, GM will supply HYDROTEC to Navistar, Inc.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

And it is looking through that lens that I wanted to dive into GM’s most recent electric vehicle “supply” promise. Will GM’s Ultium Cells battery factory in Lordstown, Ohio be able to supply enough battery packs? ” The Honda and Acura EVs will be manufactured at GM plants in North America.

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Chevy Volt & Ford Airstream: The Plug-in that Could Be & the Plug-in that Couldn't Possibly

Plugs and Cars

The achievement, it must be said, is that somehow, even with grid-supplied electricity, the result is such pathetic fuel economy. To the extent the industry's fuel cell project is real, it is coming to depend upon the much maligned battery to save its ass. Honda may yet stick a plug on its FCX. The times they are a changin'.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. Tokyo-based Honda plansstarting producing the vehicles in late 2010. “We General Motors Corp.,

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells. The Honda FCX Clarity FCEV and the Toyota Mirai FCEV, both use an electric drive motor and a battery pack. So why haven’t FCEV becoming as prolific as other electric cars?

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

Cars That Think

Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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