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Flash Drive: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST

Clean Fleet Report

kW of external charging capability, with up-to 10 outlets, designed to power a worksite, campsite or home Ready for the long haul Driving the Silverado EV RST The GMC Hummer EV and the Chevrolet Silverado EV are built on the same Ultium battery platform. Next up are the GMC Sierra EV Denali. Look ma, no hands!

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GM to Debut Two-Mode Plug-in Hybrid Technology in New Buick Crossover in 2011; LG Chem to Supply the Li-ion Cells

Green Car Congress

Susan Docherty, general manager of Buick-Pontiac-GMC. GM has selected LG Chem—the supplier of the cells for the Volt—also to supply the Li-ion cells for the new Buick PHEV, Stephens said. The Buick plug-in hybrid will use the same manganese-spinel based chemistry and polymer battery cells as the Volt. V-6 flex-fuel engine.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

Cars That Think

The latter figure beats the $112,595 GMC Hummer EV that’s set to reach showrooms in early 2022. GMC is targeting about 350 miles from a roughly 200-kilowatt-hour pack, the largest ever fitted to an electric vehicle. The R1T can travel an EPA-rated 314 miles at 70 mpge in combined city and highway use. inch center infotainment screen.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

In GM teaser videos we saw hints of future electric GMC and Chevrolet pickups and what clearly looks like a Camaro. In the 12 months since sharing the forecast below, multiple new crossover/SUV EVs including the Mustang Mach-E, Volvo EC40 Recharge, Polestar 2, Tesla Model Y Standard Range, Nissan Ariya, VW ID.4,

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

First was to introduce the second generation Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car (which gets tossed in with plug-in hybrids even though its system really takes a different approach). Flash Drive: 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV ; News: GMC Hummer EV First Edition Sells Out ; Cadillac Lyric First Look. Nissan Leaf – the Standard Bearer.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Earlier post.).

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

Cars That Think

That frugal operation is boosted by a 924-volt architecture (versus 400 volts for Tesla, and 800 for Porsche's Taycan) whose benefits include restoring up to 300 miles of range in 20 minutes on a 350-kilowatt DC fast charger. That 924-volt architecture again comes into play, maximizing operation of the inverter and electronics.

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