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Lyft and GM’s Express Drive expands to Colorado and California; adds Bolt EV

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Launching in San Francisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles by the fall, Express Drive’s California members will have access to vehicles from the largest electric vehicle fleet in ridesharing, including the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the extended-range electric 2016 Chevrolet Volt. and Baltimore.

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GM Study Highlights The Increasing Technical Demands on Motors of Increasing Electrification; Bar Wound Stators as Good Present-Day Solution

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moving to an extended range electric vehicle (E-REV) or full battery electric vehicle (BEV) from a mild- or full-hybrid architecture (HEV)—increases the technical demands on motors. Tags: Electric (Battery) Motors. Click to enlarge. Increasing electrification—i.e.,

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GM will focus its electrification strategy on light electrification, extended range, and battery-electric vehicle technologies; major focus on the plug; preview of the Spark EV

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GM will focus its vehicle electrification efforts on three main technologies: light electrification, currently manifested in the eAssist systems; extended range electric vehicles (EREVs) such as the Chevrolet Volt; and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), such as the soon-to-be-introduced Spark EV.