http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/gem http://jalopnik.com/tag/gem Polaris Industries will buy the low-speed electric vehicle manufacturer Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), a wholly-owned Fargo, N.D.-based subsidiary of Chrysler. I hope this doesn't mean we need to find a new builder for the Jalopnik mobile command center. More »
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Small vehicles like the GEM e2 and Tiger minitruck advertise low cost and efficiency, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety thinks they shouldn't share the road with regular vehicles. Here's the dramatic test footage to back up their point. More »
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Whatever may or may not have been accomplished at last week's G8 Summit in Italy, this photo of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak in a GEM flanked by security guards is great success. Merkel, Gaddafi, Sarkozy and other leaders looking ridiculous below. More »
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The recent release of the Apple iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre provide a great time for these twenty-two exclusive, high-resolution Jalopnik wallpapers to you, our car-obsessive readership. Take your pick below. More »
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Chrysler has such faith in Peapod, their iPodesque electric car, they've decided to help move the idea forward, removing all references to GEM or Chrysler and creating a new company: Peapod Mobility. More »
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Much like our comrades over at Gizmodo, we believe no trade show is complete without a little mischief. Here's ours for the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. More »
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America's newspaper printing all the news that's fit to print highlights the Jalopnik Mobile Command Center, America's most fit electric-powered auto-journo-mobile. [New York Times] More »
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Want to know what that mystery electric car was? Why it's our very own Jalopnik GEM-powered Detroit Auto Show Mobile Command Center, and it's why we've had the fastest coverage at this year's show! More »
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In a stunning come-from-behind victory, Spens PeaBot has bested the competition in the GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest. As a result, Spen will be receiving the iPod Touch donated by the folks at GEM for his labors. The competition was fierce, with Orca Pod jumping to an early and commanding lead, but the PeaBot kept on truckin', racking up votes over the duration of the poll. Congratulations Spen, your masterful work has won the day, and to all who entered but didn't win, thanks for the great entries. Below we've broken out the voting among the top three entries and given one last look at the complete field. More »
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After a week of heavy polling through four rounds of entries, the final 20 contestants in the GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest have been determined. Beginning today and ending Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST, you get to vote for your favorite chop of the smiley, enviro-friendly GEM Peapod concept. The winner will take home a sweet new iPod Touch, offered up by the fine folks at Chrysler's GEM division. When the clock passes 11:59 PM EST, all voting will be complete and we'll announce the winner the following day. Remember, standard contest rules still apply. Congratulations to those who made it to the finals, and good luck in the final round of voting. More »
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If you've already stepped into the voting booth for Group One, Group Two and Group Three of our first round of voting in our GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest, you're ready to take a walk through these, the final 47 entries. We call them Group Four. Again, to remind everyone, voting in this first round — in all groups — ends at 11:59:59 PM tomorrow (Wednesday). The top five vote-getters from each group will move on to a final round of voting running from Thursday at noon to 11:59:59 PM Sunday. We'll announce the winner of the iPod Touch Monday morning (thanks to the good folks from GEM at Chrysler!). With that, here's group four, hit the jump for the poll. Remember to vote early — and come back in an hour for the last of the four groups! As always, standard contest rules apply. More »
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When you're done punching through the chads in Group One and Group Two of our first round of voting in our GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest, take a gander through these 47 entries in Group Three. Again, to remind everyone, voting in this first round ends at 11:59:59 PM tomorrow (Wednesday). The top five vote-getters from each group will move on to a final round of voting running from Thursday at noon to 11:59:59 PM Sunday. We'll announce the winner of the iPod Touch Monday morning (thanks to the good folks from GEM at Chrysler!). With that, here's group three, hit the jump for the poll. Remember to vote early — and come back in an hour for the last of the four groups! As always, standard contest rules apply. More »
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If you enjoyed voting in Group One of our first round of voting in our GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest, you're going to love the 47 entries in Group Two. What's that you say? You haven't yet voted for your top pick from Group One? Well, maybe you should remember to do that! Just to remind everyone, voting in Round one ends at 11:59:59 PM tomorrow (Wednesday). The top five vote-getters from each group will move on to a final round of voting running from Thursday at noon to 11:59:59 PM Sunday. We'll announce the winner of the iPod Touch Monday morning (thanks to the good folks from GEM at Chrysler!). With that, here's group two, poll after the jump. Remember to vote early — and come back in an hour for the next group! As always, standard contest rules apply. More »
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OK, put down your pens, pencils and mice — time's up. Now comes the fun part — voting for the best of the best of the GEM Peapod photoshop contest entries and crowning a winner to receive the grand prize — an iPod Touch (courtesy of the folks with the GEM team at Chrysler)! And while fun, it's going to be a huge job. We received an amazing 188 p-chopped entries of the happy little electric car for "gated communities." That's way too many for our piddly-dink poll software to deal with, so we've gone and split them up into four groups, each with 47 entries. We'll run all four rounds today, an hour apart. This first round of voting will run until 11:59:59 PM tomorrow (Wednesday). The top five vote-getters from each group will move on to a final round of voting running from Thursday at noon to 11:59:59 PM Sunday. We'll announce the winner Monday morning. With that, here's group one, poll after the jump. Remember, vote early — and come back in an hour for the next group! As always, standard contest rules apply. More »
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The GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest is winding down, folks, and voting is set to start up tomorrow at noon. In the balance lies not just pride in besting your fellow P-shoppers, but also a sweet iPod Touch from the folks at Chrysler's GEM division. If you've been procrastinating or waiting for inspiration, you better get to it quick 'cause submissions to ben@jalopnik.com will not be accepted after the midnight deadline. Check out the official contest rules and previous posts for more details. More »
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In case you missed it, big changes happened in the GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest on Friday when Chrysler's GEM group decided to offer up an iPod Touch as a grand prize to the winner. The contest is still open and the deadline for entry is tonight, September 29, 2008, at 11:59 PM. Check out the complete contest restart post for rules and details, but more importantly, get back to photoshopping up some great Peapods. Remember, standard contest rules, as always, apply. More »
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When we kicked off the original GEM Peapod Photoshop contest, it was more as a lark than anything else, but the folks on the GEM Peapod team discovered it and thought it was a brilliant idea. So brilliant, in fact, that although Chrysler isn't a sponsor of the contest, they've graciously offered to supply an iPod Touch as a grand prize for the winner in exchange for us telling you "If you'd like more information on the GEM Peapod, click here." Seems fair to us. Now, considering the ante has been substantially upped from a virtual pat on the back to a free piece of sweet tech, we figured it was only fair to re-open the contest for all you creative types out there. All the old submissions (on time and late) will remain eligible, so no need to worry if you made one for the fun of it. Feel free to use any image of the Peapod we have hosted on this site or elsewhere. Submit entries to me at ben@jalopnik.com and please include in the subject line "GEM Peapod Photoshop Contest." Make sure to name your entry something unique so we can keep them all straight. Standard contest rules apply, submissions will be accepted until Monday, September 29, 2008, at 11:59 PM. Good luck, and may the best Photoshop win! More »
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Once again our readers enthusiastically answer the call, this time to chop and rework the GEM Peapod. The resulting 42 entries range from cute and cuddly Peapods to nightmare fuel Peapods — and everything in between. Browse through the entries and pick your favorite based on skill (or amusing lack thereof), clever use of the Peapod and plain old amusement factor. We're not going to sway the judging, but there are definitely some standouts. Anyway, good luck, and may the best photoshoppers win. More »
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When we spotted the GEM Peapod outside of Chrysler's world headquarters in Auburn Hills and later with an actual press release, we couldn't help but think it has a face made for photochopping. We mean come on, it's so smiley! As a result, we want you to put your clever caps on and chop the heck out of this thing. Don't feel limited to the gated, smiley community, there's always the possibility of making it frowny too. Or a tyrannosaurus rex. Whatever you want, just use your imagination. Whatever you decide to do, remember to e-mail me your work at ben@jalopnik.com and we'll have a run-off vote for the winner. Feel free to post 'em in the comments section and if you need a little help on how to do that, check out the commenting guide here. Now go have fun. Also, hit the jump to see how we started off the car Peapod-shopping craziness! More »
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We got a look at the Chrysler "Peapod" this morning, though at the time we didn't know it was actually the GEM Peapod. The "Global Electric Motorcars" all-electric range of "community vehicles" has been on sale for ten years now. The Peapod is the latest concept set up for a debut in GEM's 2009 lineup, which also gets an updated and greenwashed name - GreenEcoMobility (blech). If you're into the details of an electric, four-passenger, 25 MPH, 30-mile-range overgrown golf cart, there are plenty of 'em in the official press release below. More »
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