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

Creative Greenius

Thanks to other Bolt users sharing info, I learned that the “tap-tap-tap-tap-tap” sound we heard as soon as we opened the drivers door was the failed Bosch iBooster which Chevy replaced under warranty in our leased Bolt. The 2007 EV Parade in Santa Monica with State Senator Fran Pavley.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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With a renewable electricity mix, that increases to about 50%. Although not a solid comparison due to drivecycle differences, the new Chevy Spark EV is EPA-rated for electricity consumption of 0.28 The door trim panels are made from renewable raw materials and tip the scales around 10% lighter than conventional equivalents.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

Green Car Congress

By way of comparison: the most powerful conventional e-up! Using the ‘Car-Net e-Remote’ app it is also possible to make the most of these settings and information requests (air conditioning, battery charging, vehicle data and vehicle status info) via a smartphone or the Car-Net website. The e-up accelerates from 0 to 60 km/h in 4.9

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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I obtained more than the usual share of info simply from my own online sleuthing. Some numbers and percentages in Europe may look different from what you see elsewhere, because I’ve added light-commercial vehicle sales to numerator and denominator, to make the comparison with other regions equitable.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. If our country is going to spend money like a drunk sailor we should have spent it on building renewable energy power plants like Wind and Geothermal. Posted by: Nido Info | Apr 14, 2009 12:45:31 PM wrong Howard.

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