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You’re outta here! Chevrolet Silverado EV won’t be coming to Australia

EV Central

The shock news was confirmed to EV Central at this month’s 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD launch by Jess Bala, Managing Director of Chevrolet’s local outpost GM Australia and New Zealand. And tow them very long distances, where diesel fuel pumps are far more ubiquitous (and quicker filling) than electric charge points.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. The most powerful F-150 Lightning will have up to 433kW and 1051Nm and be capable of faster acceleration than any petrol-powered F-150 before it. Australia?

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The beleaguered automotive industry in the United States has taken its fair share of knocks over the last 12 months but none were more shocking than when one of the oldest and most well-respected brands in motoring – General Motors (GM) – slipped into bankruptcy earlier this year. How GM hopes to recover.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. These include, but are not limited to: A national public and private charging infrastructure plan and associated investment; The transition of the public sector fleet; Supportive policies to transition private sector fleets (e.g. Committee Secretariat. Wellington.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

BMW M cars – they’re coming with hybrid drivetrains. Chevrolet Corvette electric – GM confirms its worst kept secret: the the iconic muscle car will soon go silent. And if we’re guessing, we reckon it could be called the Ranger Lightning (see above). Soon, apparently.

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

Plug In India

This is our biggest opportunity for growth and value creation since Henry Ford started to scale the Model T, and we’re grabbing it with both hands." You can get electric cars now for more than 500-600 km per charge. No one wants to pay Rs 100 to 200 per liter of petrol. Ford will be investing $30 billion by 2025.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." Everything is on the table."

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