EV Revolution Activated: GM Puts $650 Million Into Securing Its US Lithium Supply

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:58:21 +0000

No matter how many Super Bowl commercials you run about your EV lineup, no matter how much you talk about your EV leadership, you can only sell as many EVs as you have batteries lined up for. That seems simple enough, right? The thing is, there’s a supply crunch not just for batteries, but also […]

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Saying Hello to Casper, Our New Chevy Bolt EV

Credit to Author: Stuart Ungar| Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 04:50:15 +0000

I recently wrote a piece for CleanTechnica about my trusty Ocean Blue Nissan LEAF getting totaled. My wife and I found ourselves needing a new vehicle right away, so my thoughts about waiting a year or so for the new crop of EVs to come out was dashed. We had a number of options. There […]

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As The EV Landscape Changes, So Do The Ads

Credit to Author: Stuart Ungar| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 23:00:15 +0000

Chevrolet’s “EVs for Everyone” ad starts with a woman’s voice saying, “It’s beautiful,” as she walks over to a Chevy Bolt EUV in the middle of a pastoral field as she gets ready for her hiking adventure, and then it promptly cuts away to a couple of men loading up a Chevy Silverado EV with […]

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Hurry, Chevy Bolts Down An Astonishing 47% To $19,995 Until March! (Net After Tax Credit)

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 20:26:16 +0000

In 2021, the future of the Chevy Bolt was uncertain. It had started off as a car that had beat the $35,000 Tesla Model 3 to market, but for a variety of reasons (including being outsold by 10× by the Tesla Model 3, losing the $7,500 tax credit, no significant updates in 4 years and […]

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SAIC-GM-Wuling Getting Ready To Unleash Another Smash Hit, The KiWi All-Wheel Drive Mini Electric SUV

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:35:53 +0000

The SAIC, GM, and Wuling joint venture unleashed a smash hit car in China around mid-2020 at the height of the global coronavirus pandemic. The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV caused so much excitement in China and has helped create a whole new market for mini electric vehicles. In just over 2 and a half years, […]

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U.S. Races Ahead in EV Manufacturing Investments

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:50:40 +0000

Since Biden took office, manufacturers have quadrupled their announced electric vehicle manufacturing and battery investments in the U.S. to $210 billion, more than any other country in the world. The United States is now poised to attract the most investments globally in electric vehicle and battery manufacturing, for the first time surpassing announced investments in […]

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Chevrolet Phones It In With The E-Ray, A Non-Plugin Hybrid Corvette

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:15:21 +0000

Corvette E-RayIn some ways, Chevrolet’s new Corvette E-Ray is pretty cool. “In 1953, the enthusiastic reaction to the Chevrolet Corvette concept kicked off seven decades of passion, performance and American ingenuity,” said Mark Reuss, General Motors president. “E-Ray, as the first electrified, all-wheel-drive Corvette, takes it a step further and expands the promise of what Corvette […]

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Tevva Plans On Fuel Cells For New Electric Truck

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 17:45:33 +0000

fuel cells electric truck tevvaThe UK startup Tevva is on track to prove that batteries and fuel cells can coexist on one electric truck.

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Google, Ford, GM, & Solar Companies Partner To Promote Scaling Of Virtual Power Plants

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:38:43 +0000

heat pumps, hot water heaters, virtual power plantsA group of heavy hitters, including Ford, General Motors, Google Nest, OhmConnect, Olivine, SPAN, SunPower, Sunrun, SwitchDin, and Virtual Peaker, has formed a coalition that aims to scale up the market for virtual power plants in a bid to increase the resiliency of the grid and help decarbonize the electric sector. Virtual power plants, or […]

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