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GM to use wind power for more than 50% of annual vehicle output from Arlington Assembly plant

Green Car Congress

General Motors’ Arlington, Texas, Assembly plant will soon be able to build up to 125,000 trucks a year using wind power. Arlington Assembly produces more than 1,200 vehicles daily, including the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe; GMC Yukon and Yukon XL; and Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV. million in energy costs annually.

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Exclusive: 2023 Cadillac Lyriq Preview

Clean Fleet Report

First was the short-lived, 2014-2016, very cool looking ELR plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). General Motors, the parent company of Cadillac, announced by the year 2035 they will only be selling zero-emission vehicles. Cadillac says “the sense of occasion that is of an Escalade is repeated in Lyriq.” Interior Technology.

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GM outlines plans for China with 17 launches this year; developing advanced propulsion and electrification tech in China

Green Car Congress

General Motors discussed its future plans in China during a press conference in conjunction with the start of Auto Shanghai 2013. GM is also in the process of bringing Cadillac’s entire global portfolio to China, adding one locally produced model per year through 2016.

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Lucid quadruples size of its Arizona assembly plant for Gravity SUV launch – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Startup electric-car maker Lucid Motors cut the ribbon Wednesday on a massive expansion of its U.S. With almost exactly the footprint of an Audi Q7, the Gravity offers 112 cubic feet of interior volume, close to the 121 cu ft of a Cadillac Escalade—a truck-based SUV more than a foot longer than the Lucid.

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