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Death of gas and diesel begins as GM announces plans for ‘all-electric future’
WaPo ^ | 0-02-2017 | Peter Holley

Posted on 10/02/2017 1:33:13 PM PDT by NRx

After nearly a century of building vehicles powered by fossil fuels, General Motors — one of the world’s largest automakers — announced Monday that the end of GM producing internal combustion engines is fast approaching.

The acceleration to an all-electric future will begin almost immediately, with GM releasing two new electric models next year and an additional 18 by 2023.

At a media event at GM’s technical campus in Warren, Mich., on Monday, Mark Reuss, the company’s chief of global product development, said the transition will take time, but the course has been set.

“General Motors believes in an all-electric future,” Reuss said. “Although that future won’t happen overnight, GM is committed to driving increased usage and acceptance of electric vehicles.”

[Tesla’s Model 3 has ‘mass appeal.’ That doesn’t mean you can afford it.]

Reuss avoided naming the year when the auto giant will cease producing gas and diesel vehicles, noting that the company is too large to make such an estimate, according to USA Today.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; automotive; electriccars; elonmusk; energy; falcon9; falconheavy; generalmotors; globalwarminghoax; gm; obamanation; spacex
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To: DannyTN

>>Vaporware.

Not-so-much anymore.

https://www.facebook.com/ElectricVehicleWest/


61 posted on 10/02/2017 1:56:28 PM PDT by HLPhat ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS" -- Government with any other purpose is not American.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

“No need for coal plants then. Electricity is generated by magic.”

And no need for nukes either! Electric cars really only make sense if we have nuclear power to make the juice! Someone needs to convert the BTUs that are expended with IC-engined cars to Kilowatts, and compare that number to the total generating capacity we have in this country today. If everyone had an EV tomorrow, Kim Jong Un wouldn’t need to set of and EMP explosion, or grid would self-destruct on it’s own.


62 posted on 10/02/2017 1:56:37 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: NRx
Government Motors already has a design in mind...


63 posted on 10/02/2017 1:56:43 PM PDT by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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To: NRx

OK, ... let’s see you come up with wheeled all electric vehicles running from Jeep 2 1/5 ton. 5 ton, as well as tracked vehicles,that get accepted by the military DoD (Army, USMA, U.S.A.F, NAVY & Coast Guard.

Other wise, tell us. how much beer did you drink?


64 posted on 10/02/2017 1:56:54 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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65 posted on 10/02/2017 1:57:41 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: Texas Fossil

“Government Motors has totally lost their mind”

And this from the company that developed the Olds Rocket engine, small block Chevy, etc. The kids and grandkids of the Greatest Generation have sure turned things into shit.


66 posted on 10/02/2017 1:57:47 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: LittleSpotBlog

” No issues with the aluminum bed here “

I guess you don’t haul anything in it!


67 posted on 10/02/2017 1:58:03 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: NRx

Really, really wish they would not go there. Electric vehicles are useless in emergencies.


68 posted on 10/02/2017 1:58:39 PM PDT by madison10 (Praying for President Trump and more wisdom for him)
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To: henkster

>>And created “somewhere else.”

“We estimated that the installed cost of a 3,000-square-foot Solar Roof should be no more than $73,500.”
https://www.consumerreports.org/solar-panels/doing-the-math-on-teslas-solar-roof/

Welcome to the pay to play future.


69 posted on 10/02/2017 1:58:43 PM PDT by HLPhat ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS" -- Government with any other purpose is not American.)
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To: HamiltonJay

Looks like GM needs to learn a valuable lesson like the NFL just did. Only problem is finding people to boycott GM. I haven’t owned a GM car since my 1988 GMC Safari mini van back in the 90s. Biggest pos I ever owned.


70 posted on 10/02/2017 1:59:15 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: AlaskaErik

“Or until gasoline is outlawed. “

That’s how they’ll kill the gas/diesel engine; tax on fuel will become so high we’ll be forced to drive an EV. I drive to and from Dallas and Phoenix three or four times per year. Can hardly wait to make the drive in an EV. Sarc/


71 posted on 10/02/2017 1:59:32 PM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: NRx

How about a hurricane evacuation with all electric cars?

Uh-oh.


72 posted on 10/02/2017 1:59:41 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: HamiltonJay
never buying a GM again

Bingo! We have a winner. My wife bought a 2004 Saturn Vue with CVT transmission. It has about 4,000 miles on it when she bought it from dealer. Transmission went out just before they went our of business. Because we did not buy it new, we got shafted in the class action lawsuit. We still have it, setting a the farm. Last time I checked no new trans available and a rebuilt cost $4,700 with 3 month 5,000 mile warranty. We will never have another GM product. Period. Every so often they would send a factory warranty repair notice in the mail. Of course, all it did was make me more angry. Idiots.

73 posted on 10/02/2017 2:00:06 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: C210N

Careful! I had a Powell motor scooter when I was a kid and it was a good design. They built cars as well for a time in Southern California.


74 posted on 10/02/2017 2:00:17 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: NRx

An electric Corvette? Unthinkable!!


75 posted on 10/02/2017 2:00:17 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Texas Fossil

Hell yes electric is far more powerful than combustion in torque speed and power.

“Electrical engines produce maximum torque - the amount of force in a spin - at low speed. Gasoline engines don’t produce maximum torque until they get up to a certain rate of turn (typically higher RPMs), dependent upon how the engine was designed.

When you read about “horsepower”, which is a common measure of power production, you’re running the engine’s torque measurement at specific RPMs through this equation:

HP = (torque x RPM) / 5252

If we look at a BMW M3 torque band, the engine is putting out 415 ft/lb of torque at 8,000 RPMs.

Let’s compare this to a logging winch, which might produce 3,000 ft/lb of torque at 650 RPMs.”


76 posted on 10/02/2017 2:00:17 PM PDT by Jarhead9297
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To: chiller

“this is a monstrous gamble....they’re betting the technology advances dramatically by the time they’re also ready to fully convert. I’d sell my stock.”

It also means they won’t be doing squat to improve and innovate on normal cars so their products will be junk.


77 posted on 10/02/2017 2:00:36 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: NRx
Death of gas and diesel General Motors begins as GM announces plans for 'all-electric future'

Fixed it.

78 posted on 10/02/2017 2:00:41 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Gazillions of dollars down the drain.

GM = Gone Mad = Goofy Motors = Get Mechanic


79 posted on 10/02/2017 2:00:42 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: ptsal

Yep, tragic self destruct.


80 posted on 10/02/2017 2:02:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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