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Final US mpg rules through 2031 go easy on gas trucks, SUVs

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GMC Hummer EV Calculated out, that equates a battery electric vehicle with a gasoline-powered vehicle that gets about 300 miles per gallon—allowing automakers until then to effectively produce hundreds more gasoline vehicles for every one EV , and incentivizing PHEVs.

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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They’ve seen Super Bowl ads for the GMC Hummer EV , or heard news about the lengthy, painful Chevrolet Bolt EV battery recall. BrightDrop offers a fascinating window into the breadth of GM’s EV plans, though even many people in the auto industry know little about it. Why not GMC? The BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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It’s the 2024 Honda Prologue, a midsize crossover utility with roughly the footprint of Honda’s midsize two-row, gasoline-powered Passport. GM planned to roll out a variety of vehicles based on its Ultium architecture, from the luxury Cadillac Lyriq through the rock-climbing GMC Hummer EV to the mass-market compact Chevrolet Equinox EV.

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GM and Chrysler Submit Updated Restructuring Plans; Up to $18.6B More Needed; Outlines for Product Plans

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The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 These industry planning volumes are more conservative than those being used by most other industry sources. GM will have a total of 36 nameplates in 2012, down 25% from 2008 levels.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs – Charged EVs

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It’s the 2024 Honda Prologue, a midsize crossover utility with roughly the footprint of Honda’s midsize two-row, gasoline-powered Passport. GM planned to roll out a variety of vehicles based on its Ultium architecture, from the luxury Cadillac Lyriq through the rock-climbing GMC Hummer EV to the mass-market compact Chevrolet Equinox EV.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

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Most already had gasoline pickups or SUVs, and some had Teslas, but for an electric vehicle, they wanted a truck—not one of the compact hatchbacks that made up the market of non-Tesla EVs. It’s worth nothing that that’s still a full ton lighter than the GMC Hummer EV , which comes in at a jaw-dropping 9,000-plus pounds.). Stay tuned.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. Range risk concerns obviously are tightly coupled to EV charging availability.

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