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GMC Hummer EV review, traffic-light pollution, Porsche synthetic fuels: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The GMC Hummer EV isn’t a truck for EV fans, but it’s even better than we expected off-road. We drove the 2022 GMC Hummer EV last week in Arizona. Poorly timed traffic lights are adding to emissions. And Porsche invests more in synthetic fuels. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Study Claims GMC Hummer EV Pollutes More Than Chevrolet Malibu

InsideEVs

The Hummer EV's CO2 emissions stem from the fact that 60% of electricity in the United States is generated by burning fossil fuels.

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New York Times: Big Electric Trucks May Pollute Like Small Gas Cars

InsideEVs

There have been plenty of questions about whether we really need mammoth $100,000 luxury electric trucks like the GMC Hummer EV.

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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. Heavier vehicles also generate more particulate pollution from tyre wear. Its gross vehicle weight rating is a staggering 10,550 pounds. The battery pack alone weighs over 2,900 pounds—about the weight of a Honda Civic. —Shaffer et al. Shaffer et al.

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GM Q4 sales: Ultium grows, Bolt ends best year ever as GM has 3.1% EV share

Baua Electric

Both Lyriq and Hummer EV sales grew, and Blazer and Silverado EV finally saw deliveries of cars to the public, though still in small numbers. GM is one of the largest automakers in the world, and largest in America, and therefore is more responsible for the pollution choking all of our lungs than almost anyone else.

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Hummer achieves 100mpg

Green Cars News

An American green technology company has developed a hybrid Hummer capable of over 100mpg. Raser Technologies, the company behind the hybrid hummer, claims to have achieved the impossible by greening up one of the cars with the worse environmental record. The Hummer H3E is a plug-in electric vehicle with an onboard range extender.

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Toughest, Heaviest Electric Car Ever? Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen

Green Car Reports

In fact, since the departure of Hummer, a G-Wagen in AMG trim is probably one of the most gas-guzzling, polluting vehicles you can buy. The Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen isn't exactly the greenest car in the world. The G-Electric, as the name suggests, is rather different. The exterior looks familiar, but the drivetrain is anything but.

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