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Opinion: Making Sense of the Stellantis Auto Show Decision

The Truth About Cars

Now, to be clear, that decision is only from the corporate side – local dealers could still participate. That said, it’s obviously going to hurt the consumer days if Stellantis isn’t there – even if local dealers step up. We reached out to the Chicago Auto Show folks about that, and have not yet heard back. I could be wrong.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

Including suppliers, dealers, service centers, etc., GM announced in an investors call that it was pushing back its target of making 400,000 EVs in North America by the end of 2023 into mid-2024. How much the coal miners will earn in wages and benefits in comparison to what they previously did will be interesting to watch.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Establishing dealer network. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

’s vice chairman of product development, Robert Lutz, reportedly told Volt enthusiasts at the Web site GM-Volt.com. “We April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. — Goodbye 2.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Thats less than Ford ( F , Fortune 500 ) ($7 billion at the beginning of April), but more than General Motors ( GM , Fortune 500 ) ($1.3 Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

Toyota just joined Tesla and GM as “victims of their own success” in hitting the 200,000 threshold for rebates to be phased out over a one-year period after which, under the pre-IRA regime, no further rebates can be earned. if they can meet these strictures, Tesla, GM and Toyota are back in the rebate game! and a third).