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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

Green Car Congress

The company’s latest EV First Responder Training program will focus primarily on personnel in fire services, providing instruction and sharing of best practices on how to most effectively support emergency situations involving electric vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and Cadillac LYRIQ.

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New York Times: Big Electric Trucks May Pollute Like Small Gas Cars

InsideEVs

There have been plenty of questions about whether we really need mammoth $100,000 luxury electric trucks like the GMC Hummer EV.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

These chargers are just finding their footing in the United States, including three in the New York area, part of a growing Electrify America (EA) network that offers two free years of charging to EV6 and Ioniq5 buyers. The new GMC Hummer EV I drove last week manages to illustrate both sides of the size-versus-speed conundrum.

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Rivian R1S gets experienced by car legend Jay Leno

Teslarati

They do not directly compete with the Ford F-150 Lightning and its work-focused features, nor do they compete directly with GM’s hulking Hummer EV. Rivian’s electric adventure vehicles compete in a niche that they pretty much created. They are adventure vehicles meant for enjoying the outdoors, and they are excellent at what they do. .

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Hummer achieves 100mpg

Green Cars News

An American green technology company has developed a hybrid Hummer capable of over 100mpg. Raser Technologies, the company behind the hybrid hummer, claims to have achieved the impossible by greening up one of the cars with the worse environmental record. The Hummer H3E is a plug-in electric vehicle with an onboard range extender.

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Lordstown Motors hangs on by a thread, increasing costs and decreasing outlook

Teslarati

Rivian has already started deliveries of the R1T, and GM has delivered several units of the GMC Hummer EV. per share around noon in New York, down over 17 percent. However, Lordstown’s biggest battle may not lie with external factors, but rather with internal issues, like rising costs. I’d love to hear from you!

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

Cars That Think

That capability begins with four individual electric motors, as I experienced on a stirring R1T test in and around New York. The latter figure beats the $112,595 GMC Hummer EV that’s set to reach showrooms in early 2022. The R1T can travel an EPA-rated 314 miles at 70 mpge in combined city and highway use.

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