The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

An executive express with hips like Sharika and devastatingly powerful electric motors is the simpleton’s choice for a list like this, especially when one deploys all of its 637 horses for a 3.0 Oh, and the price isn't cost-prohibitive. It’s the car I drove this year that I most likely can see myself buying for, uh, myself.

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Cars Prius Toyota Mazda 111

EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Electric Vehicle PR Is Driving Up the Stock Price. These announcements and PR efforts are fundamentally about GM’s long-term future but they have clearly paid off in the short term as GM’s stock price has increased 55.3% in the last 12 months and 223.9% since the 2020 low on March 18 (as of February 5).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The world’s first-to-market electric pickup truck, it turns out, isn’t from Ford, General Motors, or a late-to-market Tesla Cybertruck. Starting well-equipped from $68,575, which is in line with prices for loaded, gasoline-powered light-duty pickups, the Rivian is a relative powerhouse of design, innovation and all-around capability.

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F-150 Hummer GMC Miles 99

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011.

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Buick Li-ion Plug-in GM 210

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. General Motors has done something remarkable, enough so that we were tempted to jump them up to the top of this chart until they stumbled recently. Chevrolet Bolt/Bolt EUV – Waiting for more GM EVs.

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Electric Cars Cars Plug-in Electric 104

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

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.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 7, 2023

Most models are aimed at the affluent, resulting in 9,000-pound behemoths with six-figure price tags. General Motors recently released the absolutely ludicrous GMC Hummer EV while the Chevrolet Bolt is being discontinued. kWh and Volvo has suggested it’s capable of yielding 275 miles of range when paired with a single motor.

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Volvo All-Electric SUV South Carolina 98

EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. Expect to see it Down Under in 2023. Soon, apparently. First deliveries due Q3 2022.

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Electric Cars PHEV Australia Cars 98

Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors. Ferrari As Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid, the SF90 integrates a trio of electric motors. A third axial-flux motor is sandwiched between the mid-mounted engine and the dual-clutch transmission. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 22, 2022

This year–2022–is shaping up to be the year we have been expecting for two years—when the population of EVs expands so a great variety of vehicles at a range of prices spur the market to new heights. The reigning sales champ’s getting some company. Affordable. Small car-1. Large sedan-4. Small SUV-11. Large SUV-3.

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Affordable SUV Sale Cadillac 72

Charged EVs

MAY 19, 2021

However, its parent company seems likely to devote at least as much marketing to the GMC Hummer EV coming late this year [and the Cadillac Lyriq that will follow early in 2022] as to the much smaller, much less noticeable and glamorous tall hatchback—regardless of its 250-mile projected range rating. New role: value pricing.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Whether Lucid Motors will succeed in the brutally competitive auto business remains an open question. 30, where the earliest adopters (among more than 13,000 reserved customers) will receive Air Dream Editions, priced at $170,500 and limited to 520 copies. The now-public company, flush with $4.5 horsepower per pound).

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Miles Saudi Arabia Range Volt 145

EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

To date, two manufacturers — Tesla and General Motors — saw the tax credit phaseout completely. The credit is not available for Tesla vehicles acquired after December 31, 2019 and General Motors EV purchased after March 31, 2020. Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) Caps. Effective Date: Jan 1, 2022. 4,000 Base Tax Credit.

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