The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

General Motors spent a lot of time and money in the development of TravTek GPS. Data and systems requirements and the public’s lack of perceived value meant the TravTek never made it to full-scale production.& In 1992, a car phone would’ve cost over $1,000 to install, plus monthly service and per-minute fees.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 30, 2022

General Motors was the first company to bite. On a fateful day in 1961, the Unimate pictured at top took its place on the assembly line of General Motors’ Ternstedt plant, in Trenton, N.J. The new line of robots was just part of a bigger plan to ratchet up productivity.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. At the turn of the millennium, nearly 20 percent of the state’s generating capacity was idled for maintenance. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

Asia now consumes more than 30 million barrels of oil per day—roughly the same as all of the Americas—but its oil production stands at roughly 9 million barrels per day, the report notes, leaving the region dependent on external sources for more than 70% of its petroleum—triple the import level of the Americas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Peter Hofbauer, who, during a 20-year tenure at Volkswagen AG, conceived, developed and brought into mass production VW’s first diesel engine. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof. At Volkswagen, he spent nine years as head of Advanced Propulsion System Research, followed by nine years as head of Worldwide Powertrain Development.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

23, 2007 -- General Motors Corp. GM Product Chief Bob Lutz is quoted in various newspapers saying he wanted to get prototypes of the Volt ready for road tests next year , and ready for sale in 2010. Toyota sold 5,562 Prius models in 2000, when it was on the market for part of the year. according to Audodata Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Hyundai began production of the ix35 Fuel Cell (the Tucson’s counterpart in Europe) at the company’s Ulsan manufacturing plant in Korea in January 2013; the first complete car rolled off the assembly line on 26 February 2013. Extensive crash, fire and leak testing successfully completed. Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Español HD Mobile Engadget Engadget Engadget Web Images Video News Local RSS Feed Contact us Tip us on news!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. "When I first visited the BYD factory, I was shocked," says Daniel Kim, a Merrill Lynch technology analyst based in Hong Kong, who has been to the fully automated production lines in Japan and Korea.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required).

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