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#SOLD/VINTAGE: A 1970 Dodge Starcraft Motorhome

BY Ben Branch—This is a 1970 Dodge Starcraft Motorhome, it’s an unusual shorter wheelbase design that makes it look almost like someone cut a bus in half, but inside you’ll find all the amenities you need for life on the road.

#VIDEO/WALKAROUND: Scott Sommers Shows Us Around the Interior of His 1974 GMC Motorhome (Complete Episode)

BY Barry Ard—An interior tour of a vintage RV owner-conducted tour series featuring Scott Sommers, owner of a fully-restored 1974 GMC Motorhome. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#HISTORY/MOTORHOME: Evolution of the 1973-1978 GMC MotorHome

BY Mike Bumbeck—A longstanding tradition in the recreational-vehicle manufacturing world is to take an existing heavy or super-duty truck chassis and simply have a coachbuilder add the home on top. Not so for the GMC Motorhome built from 1973-1978.

#SOLD/GMCMOTORHOME: This 1976 23ft “Birchaven” Sold for Big Bucks

By Marco Kathuria—Our sister company, MKCREATIVE | media, produced and marketed this motorhome sales video. UPDATE: The owner has sold this particular GMC Motorhome along with his other 23ft coach.

#VINTAGE/HOTWHEELS: Tiny GMC Motorhome Is a Classic Hot Wheels Casting; You Can Still Get One

BY Dragos Chitulescu—If you’re dreaming of owning a motorhome one day but can afford one just yet, we’ve got a budget-friendly alternative for you. Sure, it will only be good for display purposes, but it might help you find the patience and determination to go out there and buy a real one soon.

#FORSALE/AIRSTREAM: 1982 Airstream Excella Motorhome Being Auctioned by Bonham’s

By Ben Branch —Following up an article featuring NASA’s Astronaut Transport Van, the most famous National Aeronautics and Space Administration vehicle on earth, we bring you information and photographs of an Airstream Excella in pristine condition for sale in Lubbock, Texas.

#RALLY/GMCMOTORHOME: Come and Celebrate GMCMI’s 40th Anniversary in Tennessee!

BY Kimberlea Weeks—It is time to get those GMCs together—and their owners, too. Even s.o.b.s (some other brands). And other vintage RVs. We have been good, and we have been safe, and now we need to meet and eat. And along the way, we will learn things, catch up with each other, and just have FUN!

Space is limited. Registration closes September 1.

#DESIGN/GMCMOTORHOME: Designer Reimagines A Modern Version Of The Legendary GMC Motorhome

BY Jason Torchinsky —In hindsight, the GMC Motorhome is an incredible, improbable thing. Campers and RVs and Motorhomes or whatever you want to call those drivable houses-on-wheels have always been the domain of smaller, lower-tech specialist companies as opposed to major automakers, which is why so many RVs are built like construction company office trailers bolted to a truck chassis.

#VIDEO/WALKAROUND: Scott Sommers Shows Us Around the Exterior of His 1974 GMC Motorhome (Part 1 of 3)

By Marco Kathuria—Part one of a vintage RV exterior and interior tour series in three parts and featuring Scott Sommers, owner of a fully-restored 1974 GMC Motorhome. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#VINTAGE/AIRSTREAM: NASA’s Beloved 1983 Astrovan May be Refurbished for the Next Lunar Mission

By Jeff Peek—The most famous National Aeronautics and Space Administration vehicle on earth, the original Astronaut Transport Van, was retired in 2011 at the conclusion of the space shuttle program.

#VIDEO/INTERVIEW: The Kohl’s Describe their Experience of Owning a GMC Motorhome (Part 4)

By Marco Kathuria—The final part of an interview series featuring Jared and Stefanie Kohl, owners of two GMC Motorhomes. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#VIDEO/INTERVIEW: The Kohl’s — Owning a GMC Motorhome (Part 3)

By Marco Kathuria—Part three of an interview series featuring Jared and Stefanie Kohl, owners of two GMC Motorhomes. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#VIDEO/INTERVIEW: The Kohl’s Describe their Experience of Owning a GMC Motorhome (Part 2)

By Marco Kathuria—Part two of an interview series featuring Jared and Stefanie Kohl, owners of two GMC Motorhomes. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#VIDEO/INTERVIEW: The Kohl’s Describe their Experience of Owning a GMC Motorhome (Part 1)

By Marco Kathuria—Part one of an interview series featuring Jared and Stefanie Kohl, owners of two GMC Motorhomes. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#VIDEO/INTERVIEW: The Kubisen’s Offer Advice & Tips to Prospective GMC Motorhome Owners

By Marco Kathuria—Our sister company, MKCREATIVE | media, produced this interview of Jean and Michael Kubisen, owners of a 1975 GMC Motorhome. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#ELECTRIC/EVNEWS: Battery Material Plant will Feed GM’s North American EV Supply Chain

BY Bengt Halvorson—In order to produce affordable electric vehicles at scale, automakers need to both drive down battery costs and secure a stable supply of critical materials. For General Motors and its Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture battery plants with LG Energy Solution, that will be aided by plans to form a joint venture between the automaker and South Korea’s Posco Chemical.

#ELECTRIC/EXPLAINER: The Li-ion Battery Packs that Power Global Marquees from Tesla to VW & Rivian

BY Daniel Ren— Four major battery variants that currently power electric vehicles (EV) on the road are known as NCM, NCA, LFP and sodium-ion packs. EV batteries will be in high demand over the next decade, as carmakers ramp up production and the carbon neutrality era draws nearer.

#VIDEO/GMCMOTORHOME: Dolph Santorine, GMCMI President, Takes us on a Tour of His Vintage RV

By Marco Kathuria—Our sister company, MKCREATIVE | media, produced this interior GMC Motorhome tour video. It is part of an on-going series of interviews and coach tours focusing on the GMC Motorhome owner community. Other videos in this series can be found on our YouTube channel.

#ELECTRIC/RVTECH: GM Will Suck Lithium From the Salton Sea?

BY MARK VAUGHN: With most of the world’s carmakers planning to go all-EV soon, the world is going to need a lot more lithium. It is needed to make EV batteries and most now comes from Australia and Chile. General Motors think it might have found a way to get more, signing an agreement to extract Lithium from waters beneath the Salton Sea in Southern California.

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