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Flash Drive: 2024 Acura ZDX Type S

Clean Fleet Report

The Fastest Acura SUV Ever Built The all-new 2024 ZDX is the first electric Acura and, as Quincy Tam, Acura product planner, says, it is “for their customers that are ready to take that next step into electrification.” GM underneath, but Acura throughout The ZDX comes in a base A-Spec and a performance model called Type S.

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GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

Green Car Congress

We are investing aggressively in a comprehensive and highly-integrated plan to make sure that GM leads in all aspects of the transformation to a more sustainable future. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra. These investments are enabled by GM’s strong underlying business, including record EBIT-adjusted in the last three quarters.

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EV News: A stellar 2022 concludes

Electric Auto Association

Kia, Acura, Audi, Hyundai, EV conversions, and more. Acura Finally, electric! Acura’s first EV is undergoing a testing phase before its debut in 2024. GM Buick dealers jumping on board The company demands that dealers spend at least ‘$300 to $400K’ each to market new EVs as the brand goes all-electric.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Sacrificing much, GM spent billions and billions of 1980s dollars on technology and engineering entities at the behest of CEO Roger Smith, who wanted to transform The General into a company more resembling a conglomerate like GE. Notably, the Avis partnership was not directly with GM this time but negotiated through Zexel.

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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

Teslarati

GM announced a while back in March 2020 that it would commit $20 billion to EV and AV programs from 2020 to 2025. ” GM announced a while back in March 2020 that it would commit $20 billion to EV and AV programs from 2020 to 2025. The Detroit-based GM entered the EV sector with the EV1 in 1996, which used a 16.5-18.7

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News: 2025 Cadillac Optiq EV

Clean Fleet Report

Full of enablers Hoon Kim – Exterior Design Manager – The Ultium battery platform is currently used on several SUV EVs, including the Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox, Cadillac Lyriq, Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX. The things you listed as restrictors, in the Optiq case they were actually enablers.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

The Truth About Cars

GM had a good run with various Geo-badged Suzukis, Isuzus and Toyotas , too. The Volkswagen Routan , Saab 9-7X , Mitsubishi Precis , Acura SLX , Isuzu I-Series , 2006-2009 Mitsubishi Raider and 1988-1993 Pontiac LeMans come to mind here.

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