GM Ultium EV ramp, Leaf-powered pickup, fast-food fast-charging: Immediately’s Automobile Information

Nissan teases a really compact spin on electrical vehicles. Some Taco Bell areas are including speedy EV charging. And GM reviews that it received’t hit its supposed 400,000 EVs by the top of 2023. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automobile Studies. 

GM final week gave some indications that it’s dealing with a slower mass-market manufacturing ramp of Ultium EVs than supposed, whereas manufacturing and gross sales of its Bolt EV and EUV stay sturdy and it posted a giant improve in gasoline truck deliveries. The sluggish begin is reportedly as a result of battery provide—its joint-venture Ohio plant, particularly—though it nonetheless plans to hit its aim of 1 million EVs in North America yearly by 2025.

Nissan hasn’t confirmed whether or not it’s constructing the Max-Out electrical pickup idea proven late final yr; however is displaying a Leaf-powered Nissan Sunny EV, at this week’s SEMA present in Las Vegas. 

And greater than 100 Taco Bell eating places are getting EV fast-charging stations at 75 kw or extra, permitting about 100 miles of additional vary for a lot of EV drivers in simply 20 minutes. The areas are enabled with battery-boosted, U.S.-built charging {hardware}, some with onsite photo voltaic. Is that this a brand new template for fast-food EV charging?

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