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GM expands medical projects and charitable deliveries to hospitals

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With ventilators and face masks now in production, GM is expanding its manufacturing of personal protective equipment, including latex-free face shields, protective gowns and aerosol boxes. GM employees are delivering protective gowns to hospitals in the Henry Ford Health System and aerosol boxes to other area healthcare facilities.

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Ford’s next-gen EV SUV is a ‘personal bullet train’

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Ford has been teasing its next generation of electric vehicles for some time, and the speculation regarding what the automaker could bring to the table persisted today as the automaker detailed its upcoming SUV as a “personal bullet train,” only giving the mind’s eye full reign of what could be to come.

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Personal: One in a Million

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Part of how California got to its million-EV position is by offering substantial rebates to purchasers of new EVs. Tesla and GM both exceeded the state’s 200,000-unit sales cap on rebates. In the earlier days, the incentives were a big part of Tesla’s early market success, which was the intent of the program.

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QOTD: Should Your Car Takeover When You Have a Bad Day?

The Truth About Cars

Today, Autoblog has a post about a patent from GM for a system that can use onboard sensors to detect how the driver is feeling -- and takeover the driving if it thinks the person is unable to focus on the task. Just because GM filed a patent it doesn't mean the tech will ever make it to the market. What about you, dear reader?

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GM unveils Cadillac Celestiq, an 18-foot behemoth that starts at over $300,000

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General Motors (GM) has unveiled the Cadillac Celestiq, a flagship, all-electric “halo car” designed to take on the likes of the world’s premier ultra-luxury car makers. The interior also includes 115 3D-printed parts. . “I I never knew it could be this personal.” – @LennyKravitz.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part IV)

The Truth About Cars

The dash and part of the door panels’ upper edges were covered in leather, which was certainly more luxurious than the painted metal of the Series 62. The future of the personal luxury car was bright! Images: dealer , BaT , GM] Become a TTAC insider. To that end, a new second-generation model was born in 1954.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part II)

The Truth About Cars

Conceived as a new high-end convertible in the years leading up to the personal luxury car, the Series 62 Eldorado “sports convertible” wore unique sheet metal to all other Cadillac models in 1953. Unlike later examples of two-door vehicles from the three most expensive GM brands, these three were not the same underneath.