Mar 4, 2020 Maybe by the year 2030: A massive 200.0-kWh battery for its GMC Hummer. – a range of up to 400 miles or more. At an “EV Day” in Detroit, General Motors gave details of several new EVs and the battery technology they’ll use. GM divulged sizes and prices of batteries that would make them some of the most competitive products available in both range and price. The. . . CONTINUE
Apr 30, 2019 Russia sets up confrontations hoping for violence Women’s Health & Reproductive Rights (WHARR), [showed up for] an event they’d seen posted online, co-sponsored by the local Women’s March Alliance and an organization called the Resisters, which touted itself as being dedicated to “feminist activism against fascism.” It seemed like a good opportunity for WHARR at the time: Here was an event to promote women’s reproductive rights, held. . . CONTINUE
Ford expects to have the first all-electric model designed specifically for European customers roll out of the new Cologne facility in 2023. The announcement comes just weeks after Ford said it would double its investment in electric powertrains and vehicles to $22 billion by 2025. That will include the $1 billion the company will spend on a new EV manufacturing center in Cologne, Germany. “We successfully restructured Ford of Europe. . . CONTINUE
British automaker Jaguar Land Rover said its Jaguar marque will become an all-electric luxury brand starting in 2025. (Late last year, the U.K. announced a plan to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by the year 2030.) “By the middle of the decade, Jaguar will have undergone a renaissance to emerge as a pure electric luxury brand with a dramatically beautiful new portfolio of emotionally engaging designs. . . CONTINUE
Under Trump GM backed a Republican legal battle that could have neutered California’s longstanding right to set its own tougher carbon-emission rules. About two weeks after Trump lost, GM withdrew from that fight and two weeks after he left office, it pledged to match the state’s mandate to sell only electric vehicles starting in 2035 – and do that all across the U.S. Why the turnaround? Barra is getting a. . . CONTINUE
GM “aspires” 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. The company plans to. . . CONTINUE
George W. Bush: “I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and by the lack of respect shown today for our institutions, our traditions, and our law enforcement,” Bush said in a statement. “The violent assault on the Capitol – and disruption of a Constitutionally-mandated meeting of Congress – was undertaken by people whose passions have been inflamed by falsehoods and false hopes.” President. . . CONTINUE
Dec 28, 2020 Japan has announced plans to halt the sale of vehicles relying solely on internal combustion engines after 2035. The move means the Asian nation will join a growing list of countries planning to phase out vehicles powered by gas or diesel, including both the United Kingdom and Norway. A number of other countries, including France and Germany, are considering similar bans. Vehicles with internal combustion engines won’t. . . CONTINUE
12-04-2020 The European Union will aim to have at least 30 million zero-emission vehicles on its roads by 2030 In a strategy due to be published next week, the European Commission will lay out measures to tackle the quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions that come from the transport sector. “The EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 cannot be reached without introducing very ambitious measures to reduce transport’s reliance. . . CONTINUE
Nov. 18 2020 10 years ahead of original plan. The United Kingdom will bar the sale of all new gas and diesel-powered vehicles starting in 2030, the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson moving up an earlier ban by a decade. As part of Britain’s new “green industrial revolution,” the sale of hybrid vehicles also will be outlawed by 2035. The formal decision to shift to zero-emission powertrain technology comes. . . CONTINUE
updated 1-12-2021. Trump: “They had things, levels of voting that if you’d ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again,” Republicans have to cheat to win; ES&S machines, voter suppression, DeJoy’s postal hijinks, Russian interference & Trump… The Numbers Behind Mitch McConnell’s Re-Election Don’t Add Up: Mitch McConnell and ES&S 12-19-2020 Senator Mitch McConnell’s approval rating was 39% on the eve of. . . CONTINUE
Trump does not care that Putin put a bounty on our soldiers heads! Trump is the #1 biggest, most dangerous, informant to the Communists. Trump discussed highly classified intelligence with Russia’s Foreign Minister. The disclosure to the Russians by the President, prompted intelligence officials to renew earlier discussions about the potential risk of exposure. According to CNN’s sources, the spy had access to Putin and could even provide images of. . . CONTINUE
When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, according to four people with firsthand knowledge: Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” … on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed. Belleau Wood is a consequential battle in American history, and. . . CONTINUE
