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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

Clean Fleet Report

I remember taking my mom to Ridge Winer y in her EV1 oh so long ago. Since I’m an idiot who doesn’t read manuals, I hadn’t told the nav system to only take me to an Electrify America charger where I can just plug and charge due to the free charging that came with my car. But I could squeeze my car in between them and hook up.

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Kia EV9 wins Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year 2024 title | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The all-electric Kia EV9 has been voted the World’s Best Car for 2024 by the panel of journalists judging the Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY). Prior to casting their votes, the 75 motoring journalists hailing from 52 nations diligently tested numerous car models, thoroughly evaluating every aspect.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

I paid $47,000 in cash for that car as a #YearOfJoe gift to myself after a decade of environmental work and achievement. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

We filled the place, which had a 225-person capacity,” said Jerry Pohorsky, another former EVA board member who has served as EAASV chapter president for 11 of the past 13 years. “It The car was powered by thousands of small lithium batteries,” Pohorsky explained. Lobbying EV1 style Pohorsky leased his first EV, a GM EV1 , in 1999.

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J.D. Power: Consumer sentiment on future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers plans

Green Car Congress

I’m basing my statements on the automation in our own car that only works occasionally when the roads are dirty due to camera filth.” However, automakers continue to encounter technical hurdles in their quest to achieve reliable self-driving personal vehicles. How do old electric car batteries affect the environment?

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Imagine the Volt

Plugs and Cars

Seventeen years ago GM could imagine, and then produce, an electric car. Check out this 13 minute GM video on the car that became the EV1. Right through the controller after they confiscated each EV1 from consumers. Tags: GM electric car john zwerner chevy volt alec brooks. He's now working at Tesla.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). Filmmaker Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? and its forthcoming sequel, talks to us about the fate of GM, the downfall of hydrogen and why electric cars truly are making a comeback By Siel.

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