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GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

Green Car Congress

Key factors changing the decision landscape include strong public reaction to the GMC HUMMER EV and HUMMER EV SUV, the Cadillac LYRIQ and the Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup; GM and dealer investments in the EV customer experience; public and private investment in EV charging infrastructure; and the global policy environment.

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I first met& “Perry” at a Honda dealership& in Louisiana in 1986. As an & Automotive News & junkie, I loved talking about the car biz with these dealer principals. These types like to volunteer to be& on manufacturer’s& dealer advisory boards. .& These are their stories. This can lead to problems.

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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

Teslarati

Accelerating Ultium battery cell production in the United States: GM is accelerating plans to build two new battery cell manufacturing plants in the United States by mid-decade to complement the Ultium Cells LLC plants under construction in Tennessee and Ohio. Further details about these new U.S. Commercializing U.S.-made

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

Green Car Congress

Honda believes that hybrids will account for 23% of the market by the end of 2011. At the consumer level, dealers have put in more 2011 orders than can be produced for both GM’s Chevrolet Volt and Nissan’s Leaf. Nissan is building a 150K capacity plant in Tennessee for the Leaf which will come on line in 2012.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

Some think Nissan is taking a gamble by rapidly moving into mass marketing of EVs, comparing the company’s approach to Toyota and Honda’s approach of “wait and see how the market materializes for EVs, then jump in.&# I think it’s Toyota and Honda that are doing the gambling. Dealers excited.

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Flash Drive: 2021 Volkswagen ID4 AWD

Clean Fleet Report

What you will get with the ID4 AWD is better performance than any gasoline-powered compact crossover, such as a Nissan Rogue or Honda CR-V. Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee factory has begun production, and soon will be sending ID4 RWD and ID4 AWD models to dealers in Mexico, America and Canada starting next summer.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

made EV at its plant in Tennessee the next month. Honda announced just days ago that it has struck a deal with Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution to build a $4.4 only when by car dealers, not private parties. only when the price of the used EV is $25,000 or less. and a third).