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2017 Toyota Prius Prime, 2017 Chevy Bolt EV pre-production, 2017 BMW 330e: today's car news

Green Car Reports

Today, the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid debuts at the 2016 New York Auto Show, General Motors begins pre-production of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car, and the 2017 BMW 330e plug-in hybrid is confirmed for a U.S. Pre-production versions of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV. launch this summer.

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GMC Hummer EV joins gas-guzzlers in list of meanest for the environment

Baua Electric

The annual list is based on the estimated health and environmental impacts associated with a vehicle’s “tailpipe” emissions, as well as emissions from production and distribution of the fuel or electricity used to power it, as well as emissions related to manufacturing and disposal.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here.

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Opinion: Where would Herbert Diess fit best (hypothetically)?

Teslarati

Even VW finished ahead of Toyota in terms of production that year, but it has been a masterclass in production ever since. It is not to say that the company hasn’t contributed to sustainability in other ways: the Toyota Prius was a huge step forward in sustainable transport. General Motors. Credit: Toyota.

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In-Wheel Electric Drive Company Names EV Industry Veteran Bob Purcell Chairman and CEO

Green Car Congress

Purcell, best known for his leadership at the General Motors Corporation with the GM EV-1, moves into this role after serving as a board director and strategic advisor to the company. Protean Electric designs, develops and manufactures the Protean Drive, a fully integrated, in-wheel motor, direct-drive solution.

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What’s the State of Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022?

Clean Fleet Report

Many people credit General Motors with the first hydrogen-powered vehicle in 1966, which looks like a solid-color version of Fred’s Mystery Machine. Electrified vehicles (hybrid-electrics) have been commercially available since the late 1990s with the Toyota Prius. of hydrogen adoption in 2030. Hydrogen Pros and Cons.

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GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

Green Car Congress

OnStar and General Motors are partnering in the Pecan Street Inc.’s Pecan Street also offered a limited number of rebates for the Nissan Leaf and Prius PHV. Other partner companies such as Sony, Whirlpool, Oncor and Intel provided Mueller residents with forward-looking smart grid and clean energy products and services.

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