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GM announces Chevy Bolt is over, long live the Equinox

April 25, 2023
GM – along with its earnings announcement this morning – also announced the end of the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV with the last cars rolling off the Orion assembly line “late this year”. This marks the end of the Bolt EV as the most affordable/capable EV in the US market and a pioneering electrification milestone. The news was expected as the Chevy Equinox and its ~$30,000 starting price is…
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GM and Samsung partner to build a new $3 billion battery cell factory in the US

April 25, 2023
GM and Samsung SDI have announced that they are partnering to build a new $3 billion battery cell factory in the US to power GM’s electric vehicles. It’s a change for GM, which has so far been mostly partnered with LG Energy for its battery cell supply. For the last few years, GM has been heavily investing in battery manufacturing in the US in order to support its transition to electric…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 24, 2023

April 25, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Watch a Rivian R1T and Ford Lightning electric truck go head-to-head in a towing test [Video]

April 25, 2023
Electric trucks are winning over drivers with improved range, towing, and more power off the line than gas-powered pickups. One of the most common questions potential electric truck buyers ask is how much it can tow. Check out two of the most popular electric trucks on the market – the Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning – go head to head in a towing test in the video below. Two automakers…
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Colorado is getting its first electric fire truck

April 24, 2023
The City of Boulder announced today that it’s purchased a Rosenbauer RTX, the State of Colorado’s first electric fire truck. Austrian-based Rosenbauer’s RTX is equipped with a 360 kW electric powertrain and two Volvo Penta Batteries totaling 132 kWh of power. It has…
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Polaris begins shipping its groundbreaking 110 hp RANGER XP Kinetic electric UTVs

April 24, 2023
Polaris has just announced that shipments have begun for its revolutionary new Polaris RANGER XP Kinetic UTV (utility terrain vehicle). The first shipments of the high-power electric side-by-side are headed to dealers this week for customer pickup. Ever since I first got behind the wheel of a production prototype version of the electric RANGER XP Kinetic, readers have been asking me when this new…
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