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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

Teslarati

The Detroit-based GM entered the EV sector with the EV1 in 1996, which used a 16.5-18.7 However, the company is planning to continue launching new models in the future, most notably the GMC Hummer EV. kWh lead-acid battery in its earliest versions. Separately, GM will supply HYDROTEC to Navistar, Inc.

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Green Autos in the Times: Hybrid Hype, Hydrogen Hooey and Electric Dreams

Plugs and Cars

Ellick and Don Sherman's moronic and facile hydrogen vehicles video shot in the New Jersey field where the Hindenberg met its firey demise. The Future of Hydrogen: Once a Pariah, Now an Alternative.) Not a mention of where the hydrogen is meant to come from, nor problems with storage. Especially as displayed in Adam B.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. California’s ZEV mandate put EVs into consumers’ hands, only to be eviscerated by automaker and oil lobbying, federal intervention, and CARB’s capitulation to well-funded hydrogen hype. The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. Will we get our money’s worth?

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? htm Advocates of the Th!

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The company has also worked on a two-mode plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and its range extended Chevrolet Volt (to be known in Europe as the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera), which offers an electric range of 40 miles, is seen as the key to its future prosperity.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

BMW X5 FCEV – hydrogen-powered version of large SUV is a pilot program for now, but expect things to grow. Exports were expected but doubts are now being shed on the future of the company. Gl ickenhaus FCEV ute – boutique American brand has big plans for a high-performance hydrogen-powered pickup truck.

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

However, arguably Honda’s most innovative vehicle to date is the FCX Clarity, the world’s first dedicated platform hydrogen vehicle. It has teamed up with Sanyo to develop a hybrid battery system with future VW models to be constructed with hybrid concepts. It has also launched flexible fuel vehicles in Brazil.