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Senate Finance Committee Approves $12,500 EV Tax Credit Bill

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Changes include raising the federal EV tax rebate ceiling to $12,500 and opening the door for automakers who already exhausted their production quotas. It’s good news for General Motors, which recently begged the government for just […].

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Cruise Ad Insults Human Drivers, Gets Criticized

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Last week, General Motors published an advertisement for its Cruise autonomous vehicle company in The New York Times. But Claybrook and the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety are accusing GM of being overzealous with an untested product in addition to exercising some bad taste with its marketing materials.&

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Ford Decides Against Dumping AM Radio

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He said Congress should still pass the bill to keep access to the band. We’ve already seen General Motors taking heat over vowing to eliminate Apple CarPlay from future products. The downsides of permanent vehicular connectivity are becoming known.

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GM Pulls the Plug on New Buick Compact Crossover; Plug-in System to Be Applied to Another Vehicle

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In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Tom Stephens, GM Vice Chairman, who announced the compact two weeks ago, said initial feedback from employees, potential customers, dealers, media, analysts and others on the proposed new compact was consistent and negative. Earlier post.).

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Tesla’s rapid crash analysis; will NHTSA come in?

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On Friday, Tesla Chairman, Product Architect & CEO Elon Musk posted a brief analysis of the accident and fire on the company blog. A video of the flaming wreck went Internet-viral (along with unwarranted EV fire hysteria), and Tesla stock shed up to $30 of its price per share at times during the next two days (about 15%).

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Mississippi State University Takes First in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition With Biodiesel EREV

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Mississippi State University competed against 15 other universities to win first place in Year Two Finals of the three-year competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy and General Motors (GM). similar to those conducted on production vehicles.

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GM Provides Glimpse of Battery Strategy and Approach for the Future with Briefing on Gen 1 Volt Pack; Work on Gen 2 and Gen 3 Packs Already Underway, With a Focus on Cost

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Three key General Motors executives involved with the Chevrolet Volt this week held a media briefing on the state of GM’s battery pack strategy for the Chevrolet Volt and its current Gen 1 pack as well as subsequent generations (Gen 2 and Gen 3) of battery packs destined for the underlying Voltec platform. Click to enlarge.

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