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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

Charged EVs

Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. GMC started as a commercial-truck brand, and made largely the same light-duty trucks as Chevrolet. The Task Force ultimately agreed.

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Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

Plugs and Cars

Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. Tags: union of concerned scientists electric cars urge2 plug-in hybrid chevy volt Saturn grist NRDC vue Sierra Club. Everyone is paying attention to green. But enviros are all over the map.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. It is 12 years later.

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