Shell, GM Working to Reduce Texas EV Charging Costs, Expand Renewable Options
Royal Dutch Shell plc and General Motors (GM) are collaborating to expand green energy options in Texas and beyond.
Shell’s MP2 Energy LLC unit is partnering with the auto giant on “comprehensive energy solutions programs” that could include fixed-rate home energy plans using 100% renewable energy resources.
The program, already for some GM customers in Texas, is being expanded this summer for all GM-branded electric vehicles (EV). The EV owners could select home energy plans with the option for free overnight vehicle charging. The partners also want to offer GM suppliers access to a suite of renewable energy products.
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Takata-brand airbags were recalled all the way back in 2008 after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration discovered life-threatening malfunctions that could shoot dangerous metal shrapnel at car passengers when the airbags deployed.
But even though 19 people have been killed by these defective airbags and hundreds more have been injured by them, and despite over a decade of recall notice letters, postcards and emails to car owners warning about their dangers, safety advocates SafeAirbags.com claim “more than 17 million Takata airbags remain on U.S. roads, including hundreds of thousands in Texas.”
SafeAirbags.com is working with car manufacturers and the NHTSA to alert the public about just how dangerous these airbags are. The group announced Wednesday that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will be sending out yet another wave of notice letters this week to all Texans driving vehicles that still have the defective Takata equipment installed, letting them know t