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General Motors Kicks Off National Electric Vehicle Training Tour For First Responders

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Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago. A Chicago Fire Department firefighter using a hydraulic. Click to enlarge.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL). Teams from the following universities have been selected to begin the competition this fall: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL) / Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL). Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).

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Rivian lays off workforce for the second time in 2024

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Ford, General Motors, and Hyundai are a few automakers considering hybrid production in the United States. Last month, Rivian announced it would shut down its factory in Normal , Illinois, in April to retool its production line. Tesla and Stellantis are actively laying off workers as well.

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Rivian is looking to produce 1 million vehicles annually by the end of the decade

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That’s equal to a valuation of about $104 billion , larger than veterans in the auto sector such as Ford Motor Company and General Motors, whose market caps stand at $79.21 billion and $87.01 billion as of writing. .

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Chevrolet purchasing and retiring up to $5M in carbon credits to help 11 colleges pay for efficiency projects

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— Greg Martin, executive director of sustainability, General Motors. This helps ensure campuses can continue to receive funding from companies’ carbon purchases long after Chevrolet completes its carbon-reduction initiative next year.

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GM expands medical projects and charitable deliveries to hospitals

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The first VOCSN V+Pro critical care ventilators produced by General Motors and Ventec Life Systems in Kokomo, Indiana ( earlier post ) are being delivered by UPS to Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago at the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Rivian rolls out its first customer-ready R1T electric pickup

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. “After months of building pre-production vehicles, this morning our first customer vehicle drove off our production line in Normal,” Scaringe said, referencing the company’s manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. Rivian is beating companies like Tesla, Ford, and General Motors to the finish line in this race.

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