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General Motors to recall all additional Bolt EVs, through MY 2022, for battery replacement; $1B cost

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General Motors is voluntarily expanding the current Chevrolet Bolt EV recall ( earlier post ) to cover the remaining 2019 and all 2020-2022 model year vehicles, including the new Bolt EUV. Batteries with these new modules will come with an 8-year/100,000-mile limited warranty (or 8-year/160,000 km limited warranty in Canada).

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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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General Motors partners Salton Sea lithium production for EVs 

Electric Vehicles India

General Motors partners Salton Sea lithium production for EVs . General Motors has announced that it will partner with a renewable energy company’s lithium and power development in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field near Imperial for batteries for electric vehicles. GM to develop electric lunar rover for NASA.

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General Motors has a growing Tesla repair business

Teslarati

General Motors (GM) has started to repair Tesla vehicles at its dealerships, making it a growing new business for the legacy automaker. General Motors calculated that every American lives at least 10 miles from one of its dealerships, making it a convenient place to reach when customers need to repair their cars—electric or otherwise.

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General Motors to produce zero-emission commercial vehicles

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General Motors signed a joint development agreement with Autocar Industries, LLC, to produce zero-emission commercial vehicles. As hinted by the name HYDROTEC, General Motors and Autocar’s partnership will utilize hydrogen fuel cells to produce commercial vehicles. It is a market leader in customized commercial trucks.

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General Motors makes $7B EV investment in Michigan official

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Today, General Motors made its $7 billion plan to expand electric vehicle and EV parts manufacturing in Michigan official. “Today, we are taking the next step in our continuous work to establish GM’s EV leadership by making investments in our vertically integrated battery production in the U.S. GM is investing $2.2

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Lightning eMotors announces production launch of GM-based ZEV4 work trucks

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Lightning eMotors announced the production launch of its next generation General Motors (GM)-based Lightning ZEV4 work trucks. This announcement follows the company’s recent announcements of accelerated ZEV4 production to meet customer demands for Class 4 school buses and shuttle buses built on the same popular platform.

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