Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

billion in Federal support for GM and $2 billion for Chrysler; deeper job and brand cuts; as well as product plans for the surviving versions of the automakers. Elements of the new plan include: GM will sell or phase out the Hummer brand by 31 March, with a final resolution no later than 2010. GM product plans. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 9, 2020

Development programs have proven costly, the economy has taken a turn (or turns) for the worse, customers haven’t responded in great numbers, and the materials necessary for battery have been in short supply […].

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China EV

JULY 30, 2019

Taylor had a long career with General Motors, including a stint as CEO of the Hummer brand. That surely helped put the Indianapolis plant on his radar as AM General manufactured Hummers there.). On top of that, add the downturn in China’s economy and the “messy,” as Taylor termed it, relationship between the U.S.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point. Flash Drive: 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV ; News: GMC Hummer EV First Edition Sells Out ; Cadillac Lyric First Look. X marks the spot of Tesla’s expansion.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

More-affordable versions will begin production later this year, including a 650-horsepower Air Touring for $96,500, and an 800-horse Grand Touring at $140,400. This week, Lucid finally put a number to its largest battery pack: 118 kilowatt hours, a far cry from the up-to-200 kWh units coming in EV behemoths like the GMC Hummer EV.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

Since the products you make actually give people cancer and a reason to need chemo, your punchline has an extra bonus laugh attached. And right now they’re all doing a group bit where they put on diapers and cry their eyes out over having to cut the death dealing emissions that their product produces everywhere it’s used.

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Green Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Electric cars such as the Tesla Model 3 have reached mass-production level while keeping their sticker prices relatively down. You can run the KTM Freeride E-XC in Economy mode, with a speed limit of 31 mph (50 kph), Enduro with a power restriction of 16 kW, and Cross that will give you access to the bike’s full power.

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EV Match

OCTOBER 22, 2020

General Motors discontinued the Hummer in 2010 amidst the Great Recession and rising gas prices. The embodiment of American excess, the Hummer had long been a target of environmentalists, so you can imagine their surprise to see GM resurrect it 10 years later as a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) with a 350-mile range.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

The Road Noise Cancellation and Engine Order Cancellation systems will provide vehicle manufacturers with the ability to greatly improve in-cabin refinement, with additional design opportunities for optimising vehicle weight reduction and fuel economy. Working systems are ready for production implementation and manufacture.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

GMC Hummer EV SUV Will Debut April 3 – The GMC Hummer electric pickup’s SUV stablemate will be revealed on April 3. The key differences between the truck and the SUV will be found inside, where the Hummer SUV may offer a third row of seats. The Hummer SUV likely won’t go on sale until late 2022 or early 2023.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

"With more than a 40 percent market share, our Chrysler and Dodge minivans continue to lead the segment we created more than 25 years ago," said Frank Klegon, Executive Vice President-Product Development, Chrysler LLC. Based in Watertown, Massachusetts, A123Systems has announced plans for a Michigan-based production facility.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

For all of GM’s industrial successes and environmental failures, many elements of the American economy including the advertising-dependent entertainment industry — rise and fall with its fortunes. announced plans to cut $10 billion in costs and raise $5 billion through the sale of assets, like its Hummer brand, and new borrowing.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

If every car accepts 2 or 4 or 6 of these universal packs then true economies of scale can kick in in their manufacture. Reply ↓ ↑ report 19 Billy 9:27AM (4/10/2009) Sure, modular swappable battery packs make excellent sense. Takes the car companies out the battery business. New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 It is simply the cost of doing business. Thats right.

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