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GM commits to 100% renewable energy by 2050

Green Car Congress

BMW is committed to procuring 100% of electricity from renewable sources for its operations and has an interim target to source more than two thirds of its electricity from renewables by 2020. megawatt solar array powers 1.5% of GM’s Lordstown assembly plant in Ohio, the home of the Chevrolet Cruze. Other automakers in RE100.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

Trotwood, Ohio: Sparking EV interest “I’m a very big believer in promoting economic and racial equity,” said Rap Hankins, the organizer of the National Drive Electric Week event in Trotwood, Ohio, a majority African-American middle-class community near Dayton. Participant at the National Drive Electric Week event in Trotwood, Ohio.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

Electric Auto Association

Trotwood, Ohio: Sparking EV interest “I’m a very big believer in promoting economic and racial equity,” said Rap Hankins, the organizer of the National Drive Electric Week event in Trotwood, Ohio, a majority African-American middle-class community near Dayton. Participant at the National Drive Electric Week event in Trotwood, Ohio.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

BMW iX1 – EV version of the X1 confirmed by 2023. BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla. BMW iX electric SUV is due in Australia late in 2021. BMW iX3 – all-electric version of the X3. BMW iX3 – all-electric version of the X3.

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Cadillac’s ambitious move to an all-electric luxury brand by 2030

Charged EVs

GM and its joint-venture cell partner LG Energy Solutions plan to build and equip a likely total of five cell production plants in North America, but the first of those—in Lordstown, Ohio—won’t start producing cells in the necessary volumes until the end of this year. The US brand hasn’t played in the highest end of luxury in many decades.