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Cadillac unveils electric Escalade IQ; 200 kWh, 450 miles; pricing starting around $130K

Green Car Congress

Escalade IQ features independent front and rear suspension, with power transferred to 24-inch wheels with 35-inch tires via front and rear drive motors that work in conjunction as an eAWD system. Escalade IQ will have Super Cruise as a standard feature with three years of the OnStar Super Cruise plan.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

GM’s BrightDrop vans are assembled in Ingersoll, Canada. The Ram’s battery powers a 200 kW (268 hp) motor driving the front wheels, rated at 302 lb-ft of torque. The Ford, while almost identical on power, has a rear-mounted motor that’s rated at 198 kW (266 hp) and produces 317 lb-ft of torque.

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Porsche’s 800V electric sports car Taycan makes world debut

Green Car Congress

Porsche’s first all-electric sports car, the Taycan, made its world premiere at three simultaneous events in Canada, China and Germany. The electric motors: synchronous motors with hairpin winding. Both the range and the continuous power of the drive benefit from the high efficiency of the permanently excited synchronous motors.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

GM’s BrightDrop vans are assembled in Ingersoll, Canada. The Ram’s battery powers a 200 kW (268 hp) motor driving the front wheels, rated at 302 lb-ft of torque. The Ford, while almost identical on power, has a rear-mounted motor that’s rated at 198 kW (266 hp) and produces 317 lb-ft of torque.

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smart introduces fourth-generation electric drive technology across its full range

Green Car Congress

A 60 kW (81 hp) electric motor at the rear of the smart electric drive transmits its power via a constant ratio to the wheels. The electric motor is a separately excited three-phase synchronous motor. Market launch will start in early 2017. Torque of 160 Nm (118 lb-ft) is immediately available from a standstill.

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Volkswagen unveiling CrossBlue Coupé concept plug-in hybrid in Shanghai

Green Car Congress

The automaker introduced the “CrossBlue SUV” concept—developed specifically for the US and Canada—at the North American International Auto Show earlier this year. In hybrid mode fuel consumption (sub-cycle of the European ECE-R101 standard with discharged battery powered by just the TSI drive), the SUV consumes 6.9

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

As you will see in a minute, with the passing of a year and perhaps becoming a bit wiser, I’ve reduced my forecasts a fair amount for various models (although I’m comparing US and Canada to just a new US-only forecast). Navistar’s FCEV will get energy from two GM Hydrotec fuel cell power cubes.

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