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

Creative Greenius

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013. Let me tell you about it.

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Waymo riders most frequently travel to these areas of San Francisco: data

Teslarati

Waymo driverless robotaxi attacked and set on fire in San Francisco “Those areas definitely resonate with low parking availability and therefore provide a better or an easier way to get around the city versus driving your own cars,” said Aman Nalavade, Waymo group product manager.

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GM, Stellantis Sit Out Super Bowl

The Truth About Cars

Some of the best, or at least most memorable, Super Bowl ads of the past few years came from Stellantis or General Motors. It appears that that number is just for the airtime -- there are also obviously production costs involved. billion due to lost production. Remember Will Ferrell schilling for GM ?

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Tesla hiring a manager to sell B2B hardware 

Teslarati

Enable the next growth phase for Tesla’s charging business and the broader EV industry by joining a new team that is built around extending the reach of Tesla’s charging products. You will also become an expert on Tesla’s Supercharger, Wall Connector, and Semi Charging products.

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General Motors Kicks Off National Electric Vehicle Training Tour For First Responders

Green Car Congress

cutter to remove the roof off of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt. Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago.

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The New Chevy Blazer EV Has Stumbled Twice in Recent Tests - Hard

The Truth About Cars

General Motors’ fortunes are tied heavily to its new Ultium EV technology. The publication saw eight warning lights during its trip between Los Angeles and San Diego. It underpins several existing and upcoming models and is the basis of the automaker’s EV efforts, costing billions of dollars and years of development.

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Waymo robotaxi to begin driverless services for employees in Austin – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Waymo is pulling ahead with its expansion plans at a time when its key rival Cruise, owned by General Motors, has suspended US operations in the wake of a pedestrian-dragging accident. Alphabet’s Waymo said on Tuesday it will begin driverless passenger services for its employees in Austin, Texas starting Wednesday.

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