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Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

Teslarati

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the COP28 climate conference this weekend. billion Tonnes CO2e100. billion Tonnes CO2e100.

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GM first automaker to sign Ceres’ Climate Declaration

Green Car Congress

General Motors is the first automaker among 40 major US companies to sign a “ Climate Declaration ,” collectively asserting that responding to climate change is good business. The campaign is organized by sustainable business advocacy group Ceres and its Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy, or BICEP, coalition.

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The Wuling HongGuang Mini EV Lights Up The Exhibition At Ghana’s 1st E-Mobility Conference

CleanTechnica EVs

Last Friday, Ghana held its 1st E-Mobility Conference and Exhibition. The conference was organised as part of Ghana’s “Drive Electric Initiative” (DEI-Gh). To produce environmental savings that will benefit the country’s climate […]. To produce environmental savings that will benefit the country’s climate […].

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GM announces the Chevy Silverado EV: 400 miles of range with Ultium battery tech

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General Motors announced earlier today that it will build an all-new EV under its Chevrolet brand by electrifying the Silverado pickup, a highly-dedicated and popular model that has been a top choice of GM truck buyers for years. GM will build the pickup at its Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan.

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Stellantis CEO says U.S. and UK elections next year may slow EV sales

Teslarati

and the United Kingdom (UK) next year, warning that the political climates could play a role in the sale of electric vehicles (EVs). Tavares noted the possibility for a slowed electrification ramp at a press conference outside of Stellantis’s Mirafiori plant in Italy in a statement to Automobilwoche (via Automotive News ).

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GM boosting EV product spending to $27B through 2025; 1st use of Li-metal anode in GM battery

Green Car Congress

Barra also announced an increase in GM’s financial commitment to EVs and AVs (autonomous vehicles) to $27 billion through 2025—up from the $20 billion planned before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Climate change is real, and we want to be part of the solution by putting everyone in an electric vehicle. —Mary Barra.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. In early 2000, when GM announced it had ceased production of the EV1, it signaled that the automaking establishment was abandoning battery electric cars. After earning a Ph.D.

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