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Hummer EV SUV, Mercedes EQS, SK Innovation, California V2G: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

California looks at how utilities in the state might use V2G technology to balance the grid. The GMC Hummer EV SUV gets pricing, feature details, and WTF. SK Innovation is back in the U.S. battery game. And don’t miss our walk through some of the details in Mercedes’ first true Model S alternative.

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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

A GMC Hummer EV weighs over 9,000 pounds, up from about 6,000 pounds. If US residents who switched to SUVs over the past 20 years had stuck with smaller cars, more than 1,000 pedestrian deaths might have been averted, according to one study. Electric vehicles powered from a clean grid are an essential step in the right direction.

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GM Wants To Own Your Entire Home EV Charging Process

The Truth About Cars

The V2H Bundle includes a bidirectional charger and home charger that can let the structure go off-grid. The Cadillac Escalade IQ is also expected soon, along with the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV. & GM’s Ultium Home products come in three bundles. Image: Chevrolet] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Earlier post.).

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

Cars That Think

Stamped grid plates on top will bring power back to terminals. The same process might ease battery recycling and grid-storage solutions. Tesla Cybertruck, unveiled to great fanfare in 2019 , will now be beaten to market by this year's GMC Hummer pickup, the Rivian R1T and perhaps even Ford's F-150 Lightning in 2022.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

Cars That Think

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. Lucid's Gravity next For Lucid, the next make-or-break step is the Gravity , an SUV whose production is slated for 2023. billion in revenue.

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Extreme E tackles tough terrain, promotes sustainable racing

Charged EVs

Extreme E features custom electric off-road SUVs tearing through some of the harshest and most vehicle-punishing terrain on the globe. Spark Racing Technology, which developed all three generations of the Formula E race car, created a custom electric SUV, the Odyssey 21, for Extreme E. That’s for part of a low-carbon micro-grid.”.