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General Motors emphasizing faster electric vehicle launches after positive 2021 earnings

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General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) is gearing up for a major shift in 2022 thanks to its evolving electric vehicle program, planning for record profit levels that could surge the company into a more well-rounded placement in an increasingly competitive sector. Ives has a “Buy” rating on GM stock with an $85 price target.

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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

Baua Electric

“We’re changing the IT infrastructure, we’re changing actually our manufacturing line so that we can use over-the-air updates in the manufacturing lines. We’re also changing how our dealers are doing it and everything,” Oestberg said. General Motors on Dec.

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Tesla’s biggest rival in China: an in-depth look at the $4,200 Wuling HongGuang Mini EV

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Information regarding this small but impressive electric car that is a part of an SAIC, General Motors, and Wuling joint venture is vague and usually hard to come by. Capable of a 62 MPH top speed and only around 75 and 110 miles of range per charge, the vehicle’s base model is available for a respectable $4,200.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Electric cars everywhere you looked, quiet as a mouse and making a total mockery out of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler who could have been making these cars for the last decade, but instead had to be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and shame-filled failure before they would start even talking about making these cars.

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China EV maker Seres adjusts U.S. plan to fit reality

China EV

This may be a tricky relationship given that Taylor is completely re-doing Seres’ U.S. I guess John Zhang is in charge of the brand in China? Taylor had a long career with General Motors, including a stint as CEO of the Hummer brand. Buying or building a plant at such an early stage is expensive.

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AAA adds monthly battery reports to EV membership coverage to ease ‘range anxiety’

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While a higher purchase price and lack of EV charging points were the two most-noted concerns initially, with 60 percent of respondents detailing those concerns, range anxiety was second with 58 percent. There are several EVs that will now give you either over or extremely close to 400 miles of range on a full charge.

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U.S. electric cars are starting to gain mass support

Setec Powerr

According to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Americans will buy a total of 657,000 electric vehicles in 2021. At the UN climate conference in November 2021, six major automakers, including Ford and General Motors, pledged to stop selling new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040. will be electric vehicles. The post U.S.