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Visiting Ford EV Center, Biden says, “The future of the auto industry is electric”

Plug in America

This week, President Joe Biden visited the Ford Motor Company Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, getting a preview of the all-electric version of their F-150 pickup truck, the highest-selling vehicle in the country. The future of the auto industry is electric,” said President Biden. There’s no turning back. …

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Elio Motors unveils engine prototype for 84 mpg highway 3-wheeler

Green Car Congress

Elio Motors, the start-up developing a $6,800, 84-mpg- (2.8l/100 We are literally trying to reinvent the auto industry, so why go the conventional route and rework someone else’s engine? —Paul Elio, President and CEO of Elio Motors. liter, 3-cylinder unit developed by IAV. Crash testing simulation.

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

Charged EVs

Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. They’ve seen Super Bowl ads for the GMC Hummer EV , or heard news about the lengthy, painful Chevrolet Bolt EV battery recall. Sure, the Hummer is now back as a 9,000-pound EV truck, but it’s sold under the GMC luxury-truck brand.

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Ford doubles EV goal for 2023 and has a new semiconductor partner to help

Teslarati

EV sector could be challenged by General Motors, who has solidified plans to sell at least 1 million EVs by 2025. The auto industry will produce roughly 7.7 The shortage will cost the industry around $210 billion in revenue. However, GM’s popular Bolt EV will be sidelined for the remainder of the year.

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GM’s epically bad year still earned it $10 billion – but that’s not due to EV sales

Baua Electric

GM forecasts its total US auto industry sales to hit 16 million in 2024, but it has dropped its goal of making 400,000 EVs through mid-2024. General Motors said earlier this month that is finally ramping up production of its Cadillac all-electric Lyriq SUV this year. of its total volume. Still, that’s a 93% bump from 2022.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

A 135 kWh battery pack under the cabin and bed powers four 150 kW (200 hp) electric motors, one per wheel. Total power is quoted as 600 kW (800 hp), though the two rear motors provide slightly higher torque than the fronts, to assist in off-road hill-climbing. That’s not bad for a decade-old company with no notable revenue to date.

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