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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. Let me tell you about it. Installing the 5.2

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J.D. Power: Consumer sentiment on future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers plans

Green Car Congress

Consumer confidence in future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers’ plans to bring self-driving and battery-electric vehicles to the marketplace, according to the J.D. For battery-electric vehicles, the index remains at 55 in the US for the fourth consecutive quarter, while decreasing to 57 from 59 in Canada.

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

Clean Fleet Report

Harley-Davidson Launches Stand-Alone Electric Bike Brand. Harley-Davidson, the legendary and revered American manufacturer of motorcycles, announced that it is establishing LiveWire as a separate electric motorcycle brand on July 8,2021, just in time for the first of nine outdoor International Motorcycle Shows. Not an H or D in sight.

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Tech: Aerodynamics Is the Key To EV Range

Clean Fleet Report

We sometimes think that the challenges in front of a new generation of electric vehicles are all new. So at these speeds, aerodynamics easily accounts for more than 90% of all energy needs. Thus it’s no surprise OEMs have been trying to cut those losses long before the breakthrough of electric cars. A Balancing Act.

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Opinion: GM’s $1B EV investment in Mexico is not what America needs

Teslarati

President Biden heaped a lot of syrupy sweet praise on the automaker for “electrifying the automotive industry” although we all know it was Tesla and not GM. government in subsidizing electric vehicles, this is a slap in the face for not only UAW members and their families but also for U.S. In November 2019, the U.S.

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