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General Motors plans to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035
CNBC ^ | JAN 28 202111:00 AM EST | Michael Wayland

Posted on 01/28/2021 8:32:57 AM PST by Hojczyk

GM plans to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035, ending production of its cars, trucks and SUVs with diesel- and gasoline-powered engines.

The company’s “aspirations” are part of a larger plan for the Detroit automaker to be carbon neutral by 2040 in its global products and operations.

GM’s plan comes a day after President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders that prioritize climate change.For several years, GM has touted a guiding “triple zero vision,” including a future with zero emissions through electric vehicles, but it never announced a timeframe. The other goals include zero congestion and zero crashes through advanced safety technologies and self-driving vehicles.

“For General Motors, our most significant carbon impact comes from tailpipe emissions of the vehicles that we sell – in our case, it’s 75 percent,” GM CEO Mary Barra said in message on LinkedIn. “That is why it is so important that we accelerate toward a future in which every vehicle we sell is a zero-emissions vehicle.”

Electric vehicles, including battery-electric and fuel cell-powered vehicles, are currently a niche segment of the global automotive industry, estimated at less than 5% of sales by analysts. EVs are more costly to produce than those with internal combustion engines due to the battery and fuel cells that power the vehicles. But automotive executives and analysts are bullish that EVs, led by stricter regulations to reduce carbon emissions, are the future for the automotive industry.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: automotive; electric
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To: Dilbert San Diego

41 posted on 01/28/2021 8:52:44 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hojczyk

“And what powers the electric car...”

Why, you just plug it in, silly goose.
Save the environment!
/s


42 posted on 01/28/2021 8:53:56 AM PST by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: Hojczyk

What’s not to like about coal powered cars? That is a really modern idea.


43 posted on 01/28/2021 8:54:46 AM PST by diatomite (That grifter crook Biden or Kamella isn't my president and never will be!! Resist!!)
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To: JME_FAN

“ Where are they gonna find the 1.21 gigawatts to charge those things?”

That’s the beauty of it. You just plug them into the wall outlet. What could be more environmentally friendly?

/s


44 posted on 01/28/2021 8:55:08 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
If they and others go thru with this, then expect gas stations to start replacing pumps with charging stations.

That'll be a problem for us with vehicles that runs on the internal combustion engine. Where will we be able to find gas?

45 posted on 01/28/2021 8:55:30 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Hojczyk

Meanwhile...Fiat Chrysler just figured out how to stick Hellcat engines in a few more models.


46 posted on 01/28/2021 8:55:57 AM PST by Stanimal
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To: rktman

How many amps will it take to run a really loud speaker system broadcasting the ‘proper’ exhaust sound?


47 posted on 01/28/2021 8:57:47 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: Hojczyk

just imagine the spaghetti of extension cords spread across new car lots to keep them charged while waiting for purchase...


48 posted on 01/28/2021 8:57:59 AM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: Hojczyk

Thinking you see the future via technology driven trends is one thing. Thinking current PC trends will matter or hold is another.


49 posted on 01/28/2021 8:58:33 AM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Hojczyk

Hate to break it to everyone, but all the companies are going full electric and fairly quick. Ford will probably announce next, VW’s well on the way. US/Europe are probably going to be well beyond the Japanese on this.


50 posted on 01/28/2021 8:59:34 AM PST by Shadylake
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To: Hojczyk

This is like climate change claims. Who will remember GM’s virtue signalling in 2035? I am open to electric cars, IF I want one. And IF there is a way I can drive 1K miles per day on highway and byway, and get quick charges that take no more than 15 minutes. There is a lot of infrastructure we need for an all electric car world.


51 posted on 01/28/2021 9:01:19 AM PST by Savage Rider
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To: Hojczyk

Dateline: February 10, 2036. General Motors declares Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Impeached ex-prez bidet to blame.


52 posted on 01/28/2021 9:02:00 AM PST by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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To: Hojczyk
It takes maybe 10 minutes to refill a gas tank to run it's full range of 300-400 miles. Currently, it takes several hours to recharge an electric car to full range.

That kind of time might be acceptable to hobbyists and people who have plenty of leisure time, and those who only drive a few miles a day. But, for business, that much down time for transportation will be a profit killer. Regardless of the subsidies.

53 posted on 01/28/2021 9:04:09 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Shadylake
Hate to break it to everyone, but all the companies are going full electric and fairly quick. Ford will probably announce next, VW’s well on the way.

Do you have any insight into what the plan is on this?

Metro areas, where EVs make some sense, have woefully inadequate power infrastructure. But even that isn't an insurmountable obstacle. The other 90% of the country - well, it will take half a century or more to be able to power EVs through the mains even to make a serious dent in ICE vehicles. Where's the plans and the money for the distribution improvements and the production increases to match?

This takes "build it and they will come" to a kind of ridiculous extreme.
54 posted on 01/28/2021 9:04:42 AM PST by chrisser
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To: MinorityRepublican

At some point in the future (hopefully after I’m safely underground) all roads will be restricted to autonomous electric vehicles. If you want to drive your own gas powered car then you’ll have to go to a closed track and pay a high price for the privilege.


55 posted on 01/28/2021 9:06:10 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not my current tagline.)
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To: Hojczyk
I'll be in my mid-80s by then, so electric was going to be inevitable - at least for me.

In the meantime, if fewer and fewer people know how to shift from themselves, maybe there will be some bargains among classic cars with 3 pedals?

56 posted on 01/28/2021 9:08:07 AM PST by Sooth2222 (“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” -James Otis (1761))
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To: Shadylake

“Hate to break it to everyone, but all the companies are going full electric and fairly quick”

Everything is going electric. I bought a battery powered chain saw. Will never go back to my tempermental Stihl. Best tool I have ever bought.
I have yet to drive an electric car but people I know have and they love them.


57 posted on 01/28/2021 9:08:55 AM PST by setter
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To: heavy metal

“just imagine the spaghetti of extension cords spread across new car lots to keep them charged while waiting for purchase...”

They are coming out with new batteries that charge fully in less than 5 minutes.This will be a game changer.


58 posted on 01/28/2021 9:10:49 AM PST by setter
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To: Hojczyk

I have a dishwasher that takes three hours to do a load of dishes.

Like almost everyone else I wash most of my dishes by hand - which takes about 10 times more water than using a dishwasher.

The designers are not working to supply me with a product I want they’re working for white liberal elite billionaires who live on the water and don’t want oceans to rise an inch...

Same with the cars. China will continue to pollute and we’ll have cars we hate and appliances that don’t achieve the purpose we want OR the one they want.

The future?

We’ll buy cars from other countries and GM and will have their elites buy off the DC elites and outlaw cars we want to drive. And if YOU OBJECT YOU’LL BE SENT OFF TO A RE-EDUCATION CAMP. Is that gonna be fun or what? Livin’ in the hellhole...

MOVE OVER NORTH KOREA AND OTHER COMMIE HELLHOLES - THE US ‘ELITES’ LIKE THE JIB OF YOUR SAIL..


59 posted on 01/28/2021 9:11:44 AM PST by GOPJ (Biden's economic version of Antifa and BLM rioting and looting for monthis is intentional.)
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To: Hojczyk

There is a guy who takes a Tesla and guts it, then converts it to a gas engine,
Real popular on youtube.

In Cuba....they put forklift engines in their old cars.


60 posted on 01/28/2021 9:15:25 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (17)
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