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GM will offer U.S. Buick franchise dealers buyouts

Teslarati

Aldred pointed out that for GM to meet its goal of selling only EVs by 2030, this would require substantial investments in equipment which includes charging stations and upgrades. According to a GM spokeswoman, the future requirements for dealers are important to the company’s electrification goals. The post GM will offer U.S.

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Future Chevy Bolt EV, Tesla sales workaround, Nissan at a million EVs: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla is getting creative with sales in Connecticut. And GM is bringing back the Bolt EV—but it appears there’s a lot more backstory to it. Did GM actually kill the Chevrolet Bolt EV? Nissan hits a million EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

Green Car Congress

Honda and GM are jointly developing two large-sized EV models using GM’s Ultium batteries. In the area of mobility services (MaaS), Honda aims to introduce the Cruise Origin, an electric self-driving vehicle Honda is currently developing jointly with GM and Cruise, in the Japanese MaaS market in the mid-2020s.

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GM launches Volt field quality assessment and service programs

Green Car Congress

Concurrent with upcoming deliveries of the Chevrolet Volt to dealerships in California, Connecticut (Tri-State Metro Area), Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington, D.C., GM’s Technical Assistance Center will be staffed with personnel who have been trained on the Volt alongside the company's field service engineers.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Sacrificing much, GM spent billions and billions of 1980s dollars on technology and engineering entities at the behest of CEO Roger Smith, who wanted to transform The General into a company more resembling a conglomerate like GE. Notably, the Avis partnership was not directly with GM this time but negotiated through Zexel.

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California gas vehicle ban faces pushback from 17 states

Teslarati

” At the same time, 14 states, including Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia, follow CARB standards as well, meaning that regulation regarding ICE sales would be far-reaching.

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Chevrolet Volt demo vehicles begin arriving at dealerships

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Chevrolet dealerships in the initial launch markets of California, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia and Washington, DC will be receiving dedicated Volt demonstration vehicles for customer test drives over the next few weeks. —Cristi Landy, Chevrolet marketing director.

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