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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. The first Bolt displayed at the annual National Drive Electric Event in 2016 in Los Angeles. I pushed my friends to get one.

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Hyundai is going all in on hydrogen, and relying on food waste to make that happen

Baua Electric

Source: Hyundai Kia-owner Hyundai certainly isn’t in a big rush to go carbon neutral. The South Korean automaker is among a small group of companies embracing hydrogen fuel cell technology, with GM, Toyota, and Honda among them. Hyundai has already been mass-producing hydrogen fuel cell EVs for a while with its Nexo line.

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EV News: On the 2022 horizon

Electric Auto Association

SUVs, truck teases, GM leadership, and more. GM Next up the EV mountain The Sierra Denali pick-up will be the first new GM EV since the Hummer. GM Next up the EV mountain The Sierra Denali pick-up will be the first new GM EV since the Hummer. GM’s 255-kW, permanent magnet EV motor. Hyundai Ioniq 5.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

That honor went to the $3,990 Yugo GV, followed by the tied-for-second-place $4,995 Hyundai Excel 3-door hatchback and $4,995 Chevrolet Chevette (yes, new Chevettes were available that late). Driving a Sprint ER from Los Angeles to New York with three passengers sounds like a nightmare. Crushes the Hyundai Excel.

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VinFast’s unutilized gross sales means has U.S. automotive sellers wary however

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On manage of that, VinFast will probably be competing with established manufacturers with their very own EVs, together with GM, Ford and Hyundai. That’s a big concern,” stated Andrew DiFeo, broker essential at Hyundai of St. The ones chances drop {industry} guide and previous GM govt Warren Browne chilly.

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

Green Car Congress

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) —Jesse Schneider.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

Green Car Congress

Based on 12,330 miles driven per year, the pure battery electric Nissan Leaf has lower five-year and 10-year life cycle costs than the internal combustion Hyundai Elantra and the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, even without the federal government incentive. GM plans to introduce 20 new ZEV models by 2023, while Ford promises 13.