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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

Green Car Congress

The company’s latest EV First Responder Training program will focus primarily on personnel in fire services, providing instruction and sharing of best practices on how to most effectively support emergency situations involving electric vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and Cadillac LYRIQ.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. This behemoth will be super powerful and long range–and will be expensive too. I’m hoping for the latter.

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

EV Adoption

But GM also had the number 2 (Bolt EV – 23,297) and number 5 (Volt – 20,349) best-selling EVs. GM has been telling a great story the last 12 months and investing heavily in everything from factories – the Hamtramck conversion, Ultium Cells plant – to designing new EVs – Hummer, LYRIQ, and Bolt EUV.

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Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

The Truth About Cars

In 2009 Raser displayed a Hummer H3 that claimed to return up to 100 miles* on a gallon of fuel (*in local daily driving) when it was outfitted with the company’s range-extender plug-in electric powertrain. Lutz was a staunch supporter of GM’s plug-in hybrid of the time, the Cruze-based Volt. Let’s learn about the world of VTRUX.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chevys volt is exactly what a family with kids would need, as is the Tesla model S, and yea, theyre both pricey. Reply ↓ ↑ report 15 CaramelZappa 7:23PM (4/23/2009) They ARE working towards that. Its new technology, it takes time, and money. Granholm and Schwarzenegger talk green mobility Greenlings: What is regenerative braking?

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Postal Service Minivan - Click above for high-res gallery Chrysler is celebrating Earth Day today by unveiling the first four of what will be a fleet of 250 battery-powered minivans for the U.S. Postal Service. The USPS will be using the vans for a variety of duties at locations around the country – including daily home delivery.

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