Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Some OEMs have committed to ending fossil fuel vehicle production at the COP26 summit, taking a proactive approach toward mitigating climate change. The COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Scotlands, is the latest round of climate talks between countries around the globe. miles per gallon and it is driven ~11,500 miles per year.

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2021

General Motors announced earlier today that it will build an all-new EV under its Chevrolet brand by electrifying the Silverado pickup, a highly-dedicated and popular model that has been a top choice of GM truck buyers for years. GM will build the pickup at its Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

General Motors is the first automaker among 40 major US companies to sign a “ Climate Declaration ,” collectively asserting that responding to climate change is good business. In March, GM CEO Dan Akerson called on President Obama to appoint a Blue Ribbon Commission to develop a 30-year policy framework for energy security.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Population growth, limits to arable land and fresh water, and climate change have “ profound implications ” for the ability of agriculture to meet this century’s demands for food, feed, fiber, and fuel while reducing the environmental impact of their production. ” —Federoff et al. Resources. Fedoroff, D.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 2, 2013

When we think of the companies and organizations concerned with climate change, we don''t often think of major automakers. Yesterday, General Motors became the first automaker to sign onto the Climate Declaration, a statement drafted by Ceres and its Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy project.

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Teslarati

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric announced the launch of a new pilot program today that will allow California residents to use their GM electric vehicles to act as on-demand power sources for homes. We are really excited about this innovative collaboration with GM,” PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe said.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

2023 Chevy Bolt EUV (Source: Chevrolet) GM has released its Q4 sales numbers , showing Ultium still ramping steadily, but overall EV sales are down as its best-selling model, the Bolt, winds down as Chevy takes it off the market in its best year of sales ever – leaving GM with only 3.1% EV share, well below the US average.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

GM’s commitment to reducing energy intensity saved $73 million in energy costs last year and avoided 388,000 metric tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to the electricity use of 57,000 US homes. In the US, GM reduced energy use at its manufacturing facilities by 10% on a per-vehicle basis in 2016 compared to the previous year.

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Electrek

JULY 28, 2022

The US Senate is going to move forward with a sweeping new bill after Senator Joe Manchin finally accepted to include investments to curb climate change. The post Senate moves forward with EV tax credit reform, Tesla (TSLA) to be included back and more appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

This new renewable energy goal, along with the pursuit of electrified vehicles and efficient manufacturing, is part of the company’s overall approach to strengthening its business, improving communities and addressing climate change. —GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. Other automakers in RE100. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

GM also received the ENERGY STAR Climate Communication s award. This year marks GM’s fourth such award for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by setting and achieving aggressive goals and employing innovative energy-efficiency approaches. GM joined ENERGY STAR as a partner in 1995.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A new report underscores that Ford and GM knew about climate change a half-century ago. A report that reaches back to former executives and the archives of GM and Ford finds that the two Detroit automakers “were deeply and actively. Lordstown goes public. And we drive Toyota’s hybrid minivan.

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Teslarati

JUNE 15, 2023

GM is a big name in the commercial vehicle market, and the BrightDrop Zevo 600 might be a play at keeping its place in the market. The quicker we can electrify commercial fleets, the quicker we’ll help combat climate change. General Motors announced it started delivering the BrightDrop Zevo 600 in April 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM plans to become carbon-neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The use of GM’s products accounts for 75% of carbon emissions related to this commitment. The company has also signed the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5?C, Electrification.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

We remain committed to an all-electric future,” says GM as it announces a rollback of its electrification plans. “We The greatest responsibility for us as a company is dealing with climate change,” says Daimler Trucks as it lobbies the EPA to water down emissions regulations. “The It sold slightly fewer EVs than GM in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency awards regulatory credit for the improved environmental performance of the new refrigerant, which helps GM meet the overall requirements of the EPA’s new motor vehicle greenhouse gas regulations. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Vehicle Systems. Earlier post.).

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Fossil fuel lobbyists are using Facebook ads to try to thwart crucial climate-change initiatives. GM says it will source 100% clean energy for its US sites by 2025. SolarReviews launches a new solar calculator that doesn’t require you to sign up.

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EV Box

MAY 13, 2022

Electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged over the past decade as a key tool in the fight against transport-related emissions—and climate change. Many car manufacturers have also pledged to transition completely to EVs in the next five to ten years ; including Jaguar, Audi, GM, and Mercedes.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

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. I sang the praises of the car and how GM stood behind it. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A new report details how much climate change will hurt the U.S. Following other announcements from competitive automakers, GM announced. General Motors announced it would kill the Chevrolet Volt in mid-2019. Rivian revealed its good-looking electric truck. And new solid-state batteries from China.

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EV Obssesion

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The post LA Auto Show, EQC Approves Clean Trucks Rule, BrightDrop EV Order to 18,000, EV Fleets at National Parks appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

duMont was visited by Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense, just after the interview to discuss GM’s electrification plans and GM Defense’s Research and Development stages for the use of EVs as military vehicles. GM and the military could work together to create more effective electric military vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 16, 2023

US-centric car and EV media has been consumed recently with news that Ford, then GM, and now likely Stellantis (or at least the Jeep and Chrysler brands) are going to be installing Tesla charging plugs in their vehicles instead of anything else. Mercedes-Benz is assessing it too. They'll be gaining seamless access to Tesla's best-of-breed

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

While Tesla supports positive climate policy and is generally a member of groups pushing positive instead of negative climate policy, it doesn’t lobby as much as other organizations do (a situation that may be made worse by the departure of Tesla’s policy head in April ).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The GM brand will retire the carbon credits to benefit the climate instead of using them to offset the emissions of Chevrolet vehicles or operations. Chevrolet is purchasing carbon credits worth up to $5 million to help 11 colleges in the US pay for energy efficiency-based carbon reductions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As part of the AB 32 climate change program, Executive Order B-48-18 administratively created a goal of 5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on California roads by 2030. True ZEV sales would have to be 5.0 times higher. Background. This action expands on the prior Executive Order B-16-2012, which set a goal of 1.5

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2023

However, via a multibillion-dollar deal with General Motors , Hertz’s offerings may also include GM products in the near future as well. Climate change is the most urgent global challenge which we must all tackle together – now is the time to accelerate.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Barra also announced an increase in GM’s financial commitment to EVs and AVs (autonomous vehicles) to $27 billion through 2025—up from the $20 billion planned before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Climate change is real, and we want to be part of the solution by putting everyone in an electric vehicle.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2012

Former GM product czar and climate-change skeptic Bob Lutz has been a lonely voice in his series of Forbes pieces slamming the distortions (the most recent memorably titled The Chevy Volt, Bill.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

We Must Destroy GM In Order To Save GM. I’m afraid the time has come to pull the plug on GM’s life support so we can plug into a whole new kind of Motors much better than General. And I’m talking about killing GM the way GM killed the electric car. The brain of GM will never feel it.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 4, 2021

GM is building a new battery research facility in Michigan. GM Setting sights on 600 General Motors is envisioning the development of batteries with 600 miles of range at its new battery research center. Climate rally poster. Climate change Not your grandfather’s planet A new study details what younger generations can expect.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 4, 2021

GM is building a new battery research facility in Michigan. GM Setting sights on 600 General Motors is envisioning the development of batteries with 600 miles of range at its new battery research center. Climate rally poster. Climate change Not your grandfather’s planet A new study details what younger generations can expect.

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EV Obssesion

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Air Pollution, Climate Change One in five of the UK’s wildflowers face extinction due to emissions and pollution Fully Charged challenges global governments to Stop Burning Stuff and Electrify Almost Everything EVs Arcimoto and REEF Launch REEFDrive, New Zero-Emission Vehicle-Sharing Program in Santa Monica PEUGEOT e-208 joins the Hebden Bridge Pumpkin (..)

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Biden has pointedly ignored Tesla at every turn and falsely stated to the public that GM leads the electric car industry, when in fact Tesla produced over 300,000 electric vehicles last quarter and GM produced 26… It got to the point, hilariously, where no one in the administration was even allowed to say the word ‘Tesla’!

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Otherwise it will become impractical to constrain atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas produced in burning fossil fuels, to a level that prevents the climate system from passing tipping points that lead to disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity’s contro l.”. That’s 18 months away.

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Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 2, 2022

Martinson’s GM EV1. This did not stop the CEO from offering Martinson a chance to drive one of the utility’s GM EV1 ’s. “He I write about the places I visit, or something relevant to EVs like going far off the charging network, or about forests in decline due to the effects of climate change.”

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2013

Car giant, General Motors has become the first carmaker to sign a ''Climate Declaration'' among the 40 major US companies, to pledge its support to the fight against climate change. The campaign is organised by sustainable business advocacy group Ceres and its Business for Innovative Climate & En[.].

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