Glamping getaways get destination chargers, thanks to Rivian. GM is getting ready for the arrival of Cadillac’s first all-electric vehicle. And is the shift to emphasizing EVs all about politics? This and more, here at Green Car Report.
A top GM executive confirmed that Pre-production of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV has begun—At the Spring Hill, Tennessee plant originally built for the Saturn brand. The company is aiming for first customer deliveries within “several months” of this first unibody model built on GM’s Ultium architecture.
CEOs of Stellantis, which includes Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge, say that the rapid shift to battery electric vehicles in the EU, by 2035, is political choice, not industry choice or consumers. He asserted in a recent interview with European newspapers that hybrid cars would be a cheaper and faster solution to reduce carbon emissions. Does the same apply to the United States?
Rivian is partnering with Under Canvas to deliver Level 2 Waypoint charging its electric trucks at assembly sites in the western US It’s one of many such partnerships on the way to developing more than 10,000 chargers for the Waypoint network by the end of 2023.
And in case you missed it, yesterday we rounded it up All EVs will arrive this calendar year. That’s a pretty decent list, even if we cut out new versions of models launched before 2022.
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