why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Kelty: GM is the largest North American OEM battery cell producer
“And we're now at a point where we are the largest OEM producer of battery cells in North America with these two factories.”
Assertion Supported
Letendre: Ford and GM unlocked V2G via software after V2H rollout
“Both the Ford system and the GM system was originally marketed and sold for V to H, and then through a software upgrade, they were able to unlock the full V to G capability.”
Assertion Supported
Kann: GM's 250,000 bidirectional EVs represent 2,500 megawatts of grid capacity
“GM says it alone has more than 250,000 bi-directional capable EVs on our roads. At about 10 kilowatts each, that's 2500 megawatts of nameplate capacity.”
Assertion Supported
Letendre: Tesla Cybertruck Uses AC V2G Architecture, While Ford and GM Use DC
“The Tesla Cybertruck V to G product is an AC architecture. So there's an onboard inverter capabilities and the Ford F- one-fifty and the GM suite of EVs that have V to H and increasingly V to G are based on that offboard V to G DC architecture.”
Assertion Partly supported
Bullard: GM vehicle sales in China dropped from 4M to under 1M
“GM in in China used to sell, you know, Close to four million vehicles a year. Almost all of them were made locally for the record... And that was 2017. And now it's, you know, like less than a million in 20, 24 through, you know, almost through the end of the …”
Assertion Supported
Cantor: GM issued Blazer EV stop-sale over software issues
“GM also had a bunch of software problems with their Blazers, which was their kind of hyped next big vehicle, and they put a stop sale on the Blazer at the end of twenty-twenty-three.”
Assertion Supported
Cantor: Chevy Bolt accounted for ~80% of GM's 76,000 EV sales
“GM's sales overall was about 76,000 units, so actually beating out Ford by a little bit, but around 80% of those vehicle sales were the Chevy Bolt.”
Assertion Supported
Pierpoint: GM recalled nearly 150,000 Chevy Bolts following 13 battery fires
“They've gotten safer in many respects, but we have a way to go there, too, given that just last August, GM recalled all of the nearly 150,000 Chevy Bolts they have ever made due to 13 EV battery fires.”