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Hummer EV Edition 1, BMW i3 milestone, New Jersey might ban gas cars: Today’s Car News

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New Jersey is mulling the phaseout of gasoline cars. And BMW reaches 200,000 i3s. GM has officially revealed the Hummer EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. General Motors has revealed its 2022 GMC Hummer EV Edition 1.

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New Jersey lawmakers seek to prohibit in-car subscriptions

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But while subscriptions to services like Tesla’s Full Self-Driving suite are quite reasonable considering the full price of the system, other carmakers such as BMW have opted to introduce in-car subscriptions for features that are otherwise built-in already, such as heated seats. .

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BMW delivers first i3 EV in US

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BMW delivered the first all-electric BMW i3 (earlier post) in the US to Boston electric vehicle advocate and Tufts University professor of practice Charles Rabie at the BMW of Boston dealership. The company said that “hundreds” of BMW i3 vehicles are currently at US facilities and ready to be delivered to customers nationwide.

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Tesla owner warns BMW X1 driver whose SUV was on fire moments before explosion

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This was certainly the case for a BMW X1 driver, who was saved from what could have been a fiery fate due to the efforts of Tesla Model Y owners who happened to observe that the SUV was on fire. . It was a normal, average day in New Jersey when the Tesla owners saw something unusual in a BMW X1 driving just ahead of them.

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BMW and Nissan again partner to add 174 more DC fast chargers in US with EVgo

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BMW and Nissan have again joined forces—this time with EVgo, the nation’s largest public DC Fast charging network—to increase public access to DC Fast charging stations across the US. This latest expansion builds on the 120 dual-port DC Fast chargers that BMW and Nissan announced together in December 2015. Earlier post.)

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2014 BMW i3 REx: Range-Extended Electric Car Drive Report, By Very First Owner

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This past Wednesday, May 21, I picked up my shiny new 2014 BMW i3 REx range-extended electric car from JMK BMW in Springfield, New Jersey. The car, in Laurel Grey, was the first range-extended i3 delivered in North America, and I will always appreciate that BMW gave me the honor of being the first delivery.

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BMW Delivers First of 700 ActiveE Electric Cars In New Jersey

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customer to take delivery of a BMW ActiveE, the first of a fleet of 700 BMW 1-Series sedans converted. Regular readers may recognize the name of Tom Moloughney, who has written several stories on his experiences living with a Mini E electric car for two years. Now Moloughney has moved up in the electric-car world.