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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

I’m concerned about the increased risk of severe injury and death for all road users from heavier curb weights and increasing size, power, and performance of vehicles on our roads, including electric vehicles. A GMC Hummer EV weighs over 9,000 pounds, up from about 6,000 pounds. Why does this matter? First and foremost is safety.

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Ultium Cells to use Honeywell Quality Control System in Lordstown battery plant

Green Car Congress

million square-foot factory will produce lithium-ion battery cells for GM electric vehicles ranging from Cadillac sedans to Hummers and will be one of the largest electric vehicle battery plants in the United States. Due to be completed in 2022, the 2.8 MXProLine scanner. —Germanus Woo - Planning Director, Ultium Cells.

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Vaclav Smil: Cars weigh too much

Green Car Congress

Of course, you can get quite spectacular ratios by pairing the right car with the right driver. I regularly see a woman driving a Hummer 2 that easily weighs 50 times as much as she does. Cars got heavy because part of the world got rich and drivers got coddled. a modern bus, 5 or less; the Model T, 7.7; metric tons.

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GM Releases New Viability Plan, Launches Bond Exchange; Phasing Out Pontiac

Green Car Congress

As part of the new plan, GM will accelerate the wind-down or sale of HUMMER, Saturn and Saab to the end of 2009, and phase out Pontiac by the end of 2010. The revised plan moves up the resolution of Saab, Saturn, and Hummer to the end of 2009, at the latest. billion in 2009, and investments ranging from $5.3 billion from 2010 to 2014.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. And yet, what about recharging?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. And yet, what about recharging?

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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