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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. The researchers suggested that taxing heavy cars could be part of a solution, along with driving less, and other technology-based weight reductions efforts. Electric vehicles powered from a clean grid are an essential step in the right direction.

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

Cars That Think

Every buyer is eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit, pushing the most-affordable Air to $71,400. 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.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

One of the things that EV owners know is that if you're going to take a trip, pull your phone and tell the car, 15 or 30 minutes before you start, hey, warm up your battery, pre-condition the cabin and do it on grid power so you have a full battery. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

One of the things that EV owners know is that if you're going to take a trip, pull your phone and tell the car, 15 or 30 minutes before you start, hey, warm up your battery, pre-condition the cabin and do it on grid power so you have a full battery. It doesn't cover the whole thing, but you do get a chunk of it back as a tax credit.

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FedEx and VW EV Plans, Second GM Battery Factory – EV Week in Review: Mar 2 – Mar 8

EV Adoption

GMC Hummer EV SUV Will Debut April 3 – The GMC Hummer electric pickup’s SUV stablemate will be revealed on April 3. The key differences between the truck and the SUV will be found inside, where the Hummer SUV may offer a third row of seats. The Hummer SUV likely won’t go on sale until late 2022 or early 2023.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Because robust grid integration is essential for widespread customer acceptance of electric vehicles, Chrysler has enlisted the involvement of key utility partners, including Duke, ConEd and DTE. Postal Service. Granholm and Schwarzenegger talk green mobility Greenlings: What is regenerative braking?

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.