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Here's a summary of the YouTube video you asked for:- The Chevrolet Bolt EV is General Motors' first 200+ mile electric car, expected to enter production later this year.
- The Bolt EV is described as a car that will cross-shop with the Tesla Model 3 due to its price point.
- According to Kelly Blue Book, anywhere from 30,000 to 80,000 Bolt EVs are expected to be sold in its first year, placing it on par with the Chevy Sonic and Spark.
- The anticipated delays to the Tesla Model 3 could mean that GM can steal customers away, if GM can quickly ramp up production.
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk penned Hyperloop Alpha, a new technical white paper laying out a way to send people and things over long distances at high speed without using fossil fuels.
- Two hyperloop companies are seeking to bring that white paper to commercial reality.
- Hyperloop Transportation Technologies signed a licensing deal with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to license passive repulsion technology for Hyperloop at a lower cost.
- Nissan and Energy Company NL launched a Vehicle-to-Grid pilot project where Nissan EV owners can sell electricity from their car's battery back to the local utility during peak power.
- Tesla is quietly changing its 70-kilowatt hour model S’ battery pack to a 75-kilowatt hour, which some news sites found to be alarming.
- Each facelifted Tesla Model S 70 and 70D can be upgraded to Tesla Model S 75 for a fee.
- A new story broke in Utah about a Tesla Model S with auto-pilot features enabled driving itself into the front of a parked trailer. The autopark feature should only be used on private land.
- Nissan announced a new Energy Storage product, called xStorage which will hit the market this fall.
- Nissan purchased a 34% stake in Mitsubishi motors for 2.2 billion, making it the majority shareholder.
