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Baojun E100: GM's tiny, two-seat electric car for China

Green Car Reports

Most North Americans and Europeans will likely never have heard of Baojun, but it's one of many brands operated under General Motors' SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture in China.

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GM preparing to launch 2 more EREVs and a PHEV

Green Car Congress

General Motors is preparing to launch two more extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), CEO Dan Akerson told reporters on the sidelines of the 2011 Automotive News World Congress.

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Presidential Auto Task Force Concluded Plug-In GM Volt Likely Too Expensive To Be Commercially Successful in the Short-Term

Green Car Congress

Following the short address on Monday during which President Barack Obama outlined the next steps for GM and Chrysler ( earlier post ), the White House posted summaries of the Presidential Auto Task Force’s assessment of the business plans provided by the two struggling automakers, which led to the terms that are currently unfolding.

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Bolt EV Details, Chrysler Plug-In Minivan, VW Blunders, Detroit Show: The Week In Reverse

Green Car Reports

And, what did GM CEO Mary Barra say flat-out the company won't do? Which new and startling function has Tesla added to its electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, January 15, 2016.

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EPA Trends on EVs and PHEVs; beginning of a “measurable and meaningful impact” on new vehicle fuel economy and emissions

Green Car Congress

The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. More are coming to the US market, such as the Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid and Volkswagen e-Golf BEV. Emissions Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins'

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Chevy Bolt EV electric car to be GM-Lyft self-driving car testbed

Green Car Reports

This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research. It's the season of autonomous-car announcements, apparently.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. The car has been rolling along ever since, including a plug-in hybrid Prime model today and variants that were discarded along the way. GM, shifting focus to pure EVs, built the last Volt on February 19, 2019. I’m hoping for the latter.

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