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GM designs and manufactures a few electric vehicles under its brands. Like the Volt and the Bolt with Chevrolet.

General Motors

GM designs and manufactures a few electric vehicles under its brands. Like the Volt and the Bolt with Chevrolet.

GM idles Factory Zero again, lays off 1,300 EV workers for a month

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General Motors has shut down production at Factory Zero in Detroit for the second time in less than three months, temporarily laying off 1,300 workers. The plant won’t restart until mid-April.

The idling, which began on March 16, marks the latest in a string of production cuts at the facility GM once positioned as the flagship of its electric vehicle future — a $2.2 billion showcase that has become a symbol of the company’s rapid EV retreat.

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2027 Chevy Bolt review: why’s this great, budget EV only here for a ‘limited time’?

The Bolt is back by popular demand, and we got to drive it in the hills of Malibu to test out its myriad improvements over the old model, including an all-new battery, faster charging and improved Super Cruise hands-off driving system.

It’s also in dealerships now at the most affordable EV price in America, but not for long, as GM has already said it’s only around for a “limited time.” So, should you rush out and buy it?

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Bladder buster: Buick Electra E7 goes nearly 1,000 miles between stops

Buick Electra E7 unveiled: a plug-in hybrid SUV with 1,600 km combined range

As long as range anxiety is still a thing, you could make the case that manufacturers posting huge range numbers between stops is only making it worse, convincing hesitant, late-adopters that range is the only stat that matters. That said, with 1600 km (~995 miles) of combined range, the new Buick Electra E7 is an impressive, bladder-busting ride.

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$24B in clean energy projects scrapped under Trump – so far

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The US clean energy sector took another gut punch in September as businesses scrapped or scaled back nearly $1.6 billion in major factory and clean energy projects, according to the latest monthly analysis from E2 and the Clean Economy Tracker. That brings the total cost of private-sector project cancellations this year to more than $24 billion.

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The cheapest Tesla ever is right around the corner – is it enough to hold back GM?

On today’s budget-conscious episode of  Quick Charge, we’re building up to the reveal of a new, more affordable Tesla Model Y tomorrow that will almost definitely not be a cheap pile of misaligned plastic body parts with inconsistent panel gaps that’s utterly incapable of turning the tide on Tesla’s global decline.

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