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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

Green Car Congress

Site assessments and the permitting process are underway, and groundbreaking is expected to occur in the spring of 2020. Flexibility: GM’s all-new global platform is flexible enough to build a wide range of trucks, SUVs, crossovers, cars and commercial vehicles with outstanding design, performance, packaging, range and affordability.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

Green Car Congress

The charging stations will have a range of power from 50 kilowatts (kW), which is most commonly used in today’s electric vehicles, to 150 and 350kW. This future-proof charging technology will meet the needs of all electric vehicles available today and the advanced EVs expected as early as 2020.

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Electric Car Buyer’s Guide: 7 Steps to Find The Best EV for Your Life

EV Life

For example, I grew up in a “Toyota family” and Toyota only has one electric vehicle available today: The Prius Prime. Searching by Body Type or price range may open up surprising options for you like the fact that Hyundai and Kia make some of the best affordable electric SUV crossovers on the market. Make an EV charging plan.

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P G & E Plugs Drive

Plug In Partners

Car companies say the technology to produce PHEV vehicles is not advanced enough to make the cars affordable for the average consumer. million of them could hit the road by the year 2020, according to a study from the California Electric Transportation Coalition. The technology is available today. Become a Partner today.

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IEA report calls for no investment in new fossil fuel supply and end to sales of ICE cars by 2035

Green Car Congress

The report is the first comprehensive study of how to transition to a net zero energy system by 2050 while ensuring stable and affordable energy supplies, providing universal energy access, and enabling robust economic growth. Together, this is four times the record level set in 2020.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

Green Car Congress

The supplement also adds the Fresno metro area as a focus for community charging investments; outlines an education and outreach proposal targeted at the unique barriers to ZEV use in low-income and disadvantaged communities; and presents a new strategy to explore the use of more affordable pre-owned ZEVs.

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School Transport Goes Electric

EV Connect

Would it be affordable? Since the deployment in September 2020, SSD personnel have driven more than 16,000 electric bus and car miles. The shift to an all-electric future is no longer in the realm of futurism, but the tools and resources are ready and available today.