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After chiding Ford for US CATL battery plan, GM may be seeking its own

Baua Electric

” 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 Ford announced its joint-venture battery plant with CATL in February of last year, touting it a key to EV affordability. So even if Ford or GM controls manufacturing, Chinese intellectual property could make these deals a legal gray area. car manufacturing.”

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More bad buzz for Chevy Blazer EV: software glitches, doors that fly open

Baua Electric

GM and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are recalling 265 units of the 2024 Chevy Equinox, 2024 Chevy Blazer, 2024 Chevy Blazer EV, and 2024 GMC Terrain due to defective door strikers that were installed incorrectly by a faulty heat treatment during the assembly.

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3 Scenarios That Would Make An EV Ineligible For the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Adoption

In my previous article, Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives , I outlined and analyzed 13 proposed changes to IRC 30D (federal EV tax credit). But all of these PHEVs have batteries of around 9 kWh and so they could easily be upgraded to 10 kWh to qualify for the tax credit.