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Will GM’s Fully Electric Hummer Compete with the Tesla Cybertruck?

EV Match

General Motors discontinued the Hummer in 2010 amidst the Great Recession and rising gas prices. The embodiment of American excess, the Hummer had long been a target of environmentalists, so you can imagine their surprise to see GM resurrect it 10 years later as a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) with a 350-mile range.

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Cadillac to return to Australia as EV-only brand to fight Tesla, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Polestar, Volvo and Lexus

EV Central

The Lyriq is expected to be priced from about $150,000, putting in rarefied EV air against the likes of the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV , BMW iX and Audi Q8 e-tron. Still, the arrival of Cadillac signals the intention of the iconically American brand to take on the world’s best luxury brands, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volvo and Lexus.

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Fully Electric Vehicles Reached ~6% Of Auto Sales In USA In 3rd Quarter

CleanTechnica EVs

6% of US auto sales is up from EVs' 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.

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FedEx and VW EV Plans, Second GM Battery Factory – EV Week in Review: Mar 2 – Mar 8

EV Adoption

The announcement is specifically for VW-branded vehicles and does not apply to other brands in the VW portfolio (Audi, Porsche, SEAT, Bentley, etc.). For example, by 2025, 50% of FedEx Express global PUD vehicle purchases will be electric, rising to 100% of all purchases by 2030. GMC Hummer EV SUV | Source: GMC. In the U.S.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

Get Electric Vehicle

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV or plug-in) has a battery that is about ten times the size of a hybrid and can drive the car for 20 to 50 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in, allowing it to operate as a fully electric commuter car Monday through Friday and as a traditional car on weekends.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

fully electric car. Not subtle, but it shows that it didnt take the average man on the street much time to identify one of the major drawbacks to the Circuit. Well see how the masses respond when they are presented with the full reality of Chryslers first (?) Still, for all the faults, this is a very promising vehicle.