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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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Gasoline superusers drive three times more miles than the average driver (30,348 miles per year, compared to 8,698), are more likely to drive pickups and SUVs, and are more likely to live in rural areas. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St.

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J.D. Power: US growing increasingly divided on EV adoption

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Meanwhile, the states with the lowest levels of EV adoption—Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, West Virginia and North Dakota—have gone in the opposite direction, with adoption rates declining on average in the first half of 2023.

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First natural gas GM half-ton pickups with 5.3L DI engines delivered in Texas

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Nat G CNG Solutions has pre-orders for more than 50 units of the DuraDrive DI, which will be delivered to customers in Texas and Louisiana before the end of the year. Nat G is offering an underbody cylinder system for the full line of GM full-sized SUVs to allow customers to upgrade their SUVs without losing cargo space.

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Ford sources battery capacity and raw materials for 600K EV annual run rate by late 2023, 2M by end of 2026; adding LFP

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30,000 units of an all-new SUV for Europe, the run rate of which will significantly ramp in 2024. Syrah Resources and SK On: Have signed a non-binding MOU to secure off-take for natural graphite from its processing site in Vidalia, Louisiana. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America. 150,000 Transit EVs for North America and Europe.

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GM will offer U.S. Buick franchise dealers buyouts

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In June 2022, Buick announced plans to go all-electric by 2030 starting with a crossover SUV in 2024. Currently, several states ban direct-to-consumer sales and Tesla is suing Louisiana to overturn that ban. General Motors said that it will offer all of its Buick franchise dealers in the U.S. buyouts,the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Genesis GV70 EV AWD

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The introduction of the all-new 2023 GV70 EV (or Electrified GV70 in Genesis talk to distinguish it from the gas-powered GV70) follows stablemates G80 EV and GV60 EV , giving the seven-year-old company a compact and midsize EV SUV, along with a midsize sedan powered only by electricity.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023.

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