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Test drive: 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge adds polish to Swedish plug-in hybrid

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With more electric range, more power, and more refinement all baked into the already appealing Swedish package, the XC90 Recharge 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge is now nearly ideal for families That said, Volvo’s move to Android Automotive OS and its tight third row mean the XC90 won’t fit every family or tech desire. When paired with the 2.0-liter

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GM And Segway Partner on Urban Personal Mobility Electric Vehicle

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Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), GM and Segway are developing an electrically powered, two-seat prototype urban vehicle that has only two wheels. technologies increase mobility freedom, while also enabling energy efficiency, zero emissions, enhanced safety, seamless connectivity and reduced congestion in cities.

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Chevrolet and OnStar Give Volt Owners 24/7 Connection and Control via Wireless Smartphone Application

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OnStar’s Mobile Application will use a real-time data connection to interact with the Volt and perform tasks from setting the charge time to unlocking the doors. It uses a real-time data connection to perform tasks from setting the charge time to unlocking the doors. Click to enlarge. Walt Dorfstatter, president, OnStar.

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Chevrolet electric Camaro concept drag racer: eCOPO with 800V battery pack; electric crate motors

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Chevrolet estimates quarter-mile times in the 9-second range. —Russ O’Blenes, director, Performance Variants, Parts and Motorsports at GM. It is connected to a conventional racing-prepared “Turbo 400” automatic transmission that channels the motor’s torque to the same solid rear axle used in the production COPO Camaro race cars.

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GM’s Volt Program = $700m

Revenge of the Electric Car

GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. By Richard Kessler for Recharge News. “GM is spending $336m to upgrade the Hamtramck plant; $202m for a new plant in Flint, north of Detroit, that will build 1.4 GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. Related Stories.

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Ultrasonic welding in the battery pack for the Cadillac ELR

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GM is using ultrasonic welding in the 16.5 The battery-specific welding process is a result of collaboration among GM’s Manufacturing Systems Research Lab, Advanced Propulsion Center, and Brownstown Battery Assembly plant near Detroit. GM first applied the process on the Chevrolet Volt and further refined it for ELR.

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Chevrolet Spark EV: speedy, smooth and quiet; the importance of motor control

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Featuring a GM-developed 105 kW electric motor that pushes out 400 lb-ft (542 N·m) of torque and a 21 kWh pack that supports an estimated 82-mile (132 km) range, the Spark EV is a speedy (0-60 mph in 7.6 Much of this derives from the efforts GM has put over the years into motor control and active damping for hybrids and EVs.

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