Awkward covered remains of an internal combustion grille has one gasping for air.
Subaru Corporation today in Japan unveiled a new battery electric vehicle called Solterra. The brand’s first BEV to be launched globally next year, it’s the product of a joint venture with Toyota. This e-Subaru Global Platform is a BEV-dedicated platform.
“The e-Subaru Global Platform enables a driving experience with superior driving dynamics, which brings high stability and handling linearly responds to driver’s steering operation,” said Subaru. Notably, but not uniquely, high-capacity battery packs are placed under the floor. By using the battery as structure, a low center of gravity, high body strength and rigidity are achieved. (Toyota JV Will See SUV EV Branded Subaru Solterra in 2022) Continue reading
President Biden to Attend GM Factory ZERO Grand Opening
The Democrats are the party of Hope, as in building a better future for all. The Republicans are the party of Nope, unless you are super-rich and white.
GM will welcome President Biden to Factory ZERO on Wednesday 17 November 2021, as the company opens the doors to its all-electric assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan. Factory ZERO, aka Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center, is the first automotive plant in the U.S. to install dedicated 5G fixed mobile network technology. EVs, a robust national electricity grid, charging stations and internet access are without question the Interstate Highway system of the next decades. Without them, many of us will suffer economically, socially and medically.
Want proof? Look at what happened to communities that weren’t linked to the Interstates. The one that were thrived, ironically now represented by politicians who are against what made Texas, Arizona, West Virginia, California, New Mexico and Florida, among others – prosper. The Biden Administration’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, aka BIF, was supported last September by Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and 18 other Senate Republicans. The 13 Republicans who helped pass it in the House of Representatives during a close almost straight party-line 228-206 vote a week ago have received death threats. (Environmental About Face – General Motors Ditching Internal Combustion Engines by 2035. Carbon Neutral by 2040?; GM Needs Range, Battery Cost Cuts to Speed EV Plans) Continue reading →