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Reuter’s future of car design with a panel of car designers

Reuter's Automotive Summit live panel: The Future of Design Dave Marek, Acura Executive Creative Director, Honda R&D Americas, Inc. Andrew Smith, Executive Director, Global Cadillac Design, General Motors Henrik Fisker, CEO, Fisker Inc. Stefan Sielaff, Design Director, Bentley Motors Ltd In November, Lou Ann Hammond, CEO of drivingthenation.com, moderated a panel of iconic car designers [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-12-22T07:36:40-08:00December 18th, 2020|Categories: Acura, Auto industry news, Bentley, Cadillac is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors that designs and builds luxury vehicles., Car designers, Fisker automotive|0 Comments

Want a GMC Hummer EV? Too bad they’re sold out

2022 GMC HUMMER EV About the same time it took me to make up a song entitled I do the crabwalk, and go around the living room walking like a crab the Hummer EV sold out. Clearly, $113,000 for a fully equipped GMC Hummer EV is not that crazy. At this point, General Motors is [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-10-22T11:24:26-07:00October 22nd, 2020|Categories: Alternative vehicles, California Air Resources Board (CARB), Celebrities, GMC, Hummer|0 Comments

2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer review pricing specs

She’s back!! The Chevy Trailblazer The Trailblazer took a little hiatus from 2006 to recreate herself. Recreate she did, and the best part of her return is they forgot to tell her that the median price of a vehicle was hitting $35,000. The Chevy Trailblazer has a youthful appeal, yet it is a functional choice [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-10-08T07:32:30-07:00October 8th, 2020|Categories: Chevrolet Chevy a General Motors Company an American automobile|0 Comments

GM making cars with renewable energy

General Motors to create cars with clean domestic energy GM will source 180 MW of solar power from a new Arkansas project developed by First Solar, Inc. The solar modules will be sourced from First Solar, Inc. – America’s largest solar manufacturer. The deal will source power for 100 percent of GM’s Wentzville Assembly and [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-10-05T21:26:40-07:00October 6th, 2020|Categories: Automobiles and Energy, Emissions, Environment, General Motors or GM owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC|0 Comments

General Motor’s all-electric future is Ultium

What is GM's Ultium Drive? General Motors’ next-generation Electric Vehicles (EV)s are expected to be powered by a family of five interchangeable drive units and three motors, known collectively as “Ultium Drive.” Ultium Drive will help General Motors transition to its current portfolio of a fully electric lineup, providing significant advantages over GM’s previous EVs [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-09-28T21:06:10-07:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: batteries, Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), Buick, Cadillac is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors that designs and builds luxury vehicles., Chevrolet Chevy a General Motors Company an American automobile, General Motors or GM owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC, GMC|0 Comments

2021 GMC Sierra makes towing trailering easier

The road less trailered One of the benefits of the COVID-19 pandemic is that more people stay in their own country visiting states they've never known. The RV Industry Association found that more than 46 million Americans plan to take an RV trip in the next year. As a result, RVs' shipments have been increasing [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-09-17T21:56:22-07:00September 17th, 2020|Categories: GMC|0 Comments

Uber and General Motors go electric in CA and CO

California and Colorado Starting in Los Angeles and Denver drivers with Uber Diamond-tier status eligible special financing through a pilot program with GM Financial. General Motors is teaming up with Uber to help accelerate the rideshare industry’s transition to an all-electric, zero-emissions future by offering drivers on Uber’s platform special pricing to purchase a new [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-09-14T16:18:48-07:00September 10th, 2020|Categories: General Motors or GM owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC|0 Comments

General Motors uses Analog to go wireless

wireless battery management system, or wBMS General Motors will be the first automaker to use an almost entirely wireless battery management system, or wBMS, for production electric vehicles. This wireless system, developed with Analog Devices, Inc., will be a primary driver of GM’s ability to ultimately power many different types of electric vehicles from a [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-09-14T16:30:30-07:00September 9th, 2020|Categories: Alternative Fuels, Alternative vehicles, electric vehicles (EV), General Motors or GM owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC|0 Comments

Cadillac’s V-Series Blackwing is back

The Bird takes flight. The fourth-generation V-Series is finding its wings again; its blackwings. The Blackwing has a long history in the Cadillac heritage. If you see a V-Series Cadillac from the 1930-1940s, you see the V-logo’s grace as it embraces the grille. Just over 4,000 of the opulent V-16s were created during the Great [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-09-14T16:47:28-07:00August 24th, 2020|Categories: Cadillac is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors that designs and builds luxury vehicles.|0 Comments

General Motor’s global electrification strategy

GM taking Electric Vehicles globally It has to be a difficult time to be making long-term decisions for any global company. As General Motors expands its IQ brand (are they calling it that yet, or just naming all their electric cars ending in IQ?) multiples challenges are looming; COVID-19, trade uncertainty, flooding in China, bureaucracy [...]

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-08-21T12:52:05-07:00August 21st, 2020|Categories: Alternative Fuels, Alternative vehicles, Automobiles and Energy, General Motors or GM owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC|0 Comments