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GM to use wind power for more than 50% of annual vehicle output from Arlington Assembly plant

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General Motors’ Arlington, Texas, Assembly plant will soon be able to build up to 125,000 trucks a year using wind power. Arlington Assembly produces more than 1,200 vehicles daily, including the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe; GMC Yukon and Yukon XL; and Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV. million in energy costs annually.

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We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

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Though between the noise of splashing water, buffeting wind and 500 horsepower, things get a bit noisier when getting up to the electronically-limited top speed of 40 knots. The Sport is also capable of 225kW CCS DC charging, for the few marinas that have installed DC fast chargers (there’s one in Tahoe ).

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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This project is unique in that the buses will be charged during the day to take advantage of the renewable energy made available by the abundant solar and wind energy available on the island. Tahoe Transportation District. Tahoe Transportation District (TTD) will receive funding to expand their electric bus fleet.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Sequoia

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The color palette includes White, Wind Chill Pearl, Magnetic Gray Metallic, Celestial Silver Metallic, Midnight Black Metallic, Supersonic Red, Smoked Mesquite, Army Green, Lunar Rock, Blueprint and Solar Octane. The comfortable ride and efficient hybrid powertrain will fit right in with families that have places to go.

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15 essential facts and figures about the Tesla Gigafactory

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Others might say it’s outside Tahoe, or it’s in Washoe County, which it is. The Tesla Gigafactory will use geothermal and wind power, too. An electric power storage company setting up in a place called Sparks just cannot happen. Not in the real world. But this isn’t the real world, this is Elon Musk’s place.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Id hate to see a tahoe vs one of these downtown. Reply to this comment by jwissick April 8, 2009 12:06 AM PDT Tahoe? If I wanted a segway I would buy one this is a waste of money its ugly, slow and I think it looks unsafe at any speed. Imagine a double length city bus against one of these things.

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