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CES 2002 News: EV Trucks Wars Ratchet Up

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GM will have full lines electric pickups for Chevrolet and GMC brands. GM’s Answer to the F-150 Lightning. GM started production of its first electric pickup, the GMC Hummer EV, just before Christmas, and said customer deliveries of the 2022 model would start, although no further news announcements have come out.

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GM fuel cell fleet tops 3 million miles

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—Charlie Freese, executive director of GM’s global fuel cell engineering activities. Last year, GM announced two fuel cell-related collaborations. Also last year GM opened a new state-of-the-art Fuel Cell Development Laboratory at GM Powertrain World Headquarters in Pontiac, Mich. Earlier post , earlier post.).

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SAIC-GM-Wuling breaks ground for new R&D center and proving ground

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SAIC-GM-Wuling broke ground for its new R&D center and proving ground in Liuzhou, Guangxi, on 12 July. Since its establishment in 2002, SAIC-GM-Wuling has been leveraging resources from China and abroad. SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. SAIC-GM-Wuling) was launched on November 18, 2002. stake, GM China a 44.0%

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GM investing $24M in electrical generation equipment to use more landfill gas at two plants

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The new equipment will generate more than 14 MW of electricity from landfill gas, helping GM avoid producing more than 89,000 metric tons of CO 2 per year. GM also will save a combined $10 million in energy costs each year at the facilities. —Rob Threlkeld, GM global manager of renewable energy. and Orion, Mich.,

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NREL and GM announce multi-year R&D partnership to reduce cost of automotive fuel cells

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The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Motors (GM) are partnering on a multi-year, multi-million dollar joint effort to accelerate the reduction of automotive fuel cell stack costs through fuel cell material and manufacturing research and development (R&D). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SAIC-GM-Wuling starts production at new $1.1B base in Chongqing; initial capacity of 400K vehicles and 400K engines

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SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) has started production at its new manufacturing base in Chongqing. The new base is taking advantage of learnings from the other bases as well as the resources of SGMW’s parent companies—GM China, SAIC and Wuling Motors. SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. SAIC-GM-Wuling) was launched on November 18, 2002.

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GM and US Army expanding collaboration on fuel cells; up to 5-year project

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TARDEC currently is evaluating GM fuel cell vehicles in a comprehensive demonstration in Hawaii. This is the second fuel cell-related announcement GM has made this year. According to Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, GM ranked Nº 1 in total fuel cell patents filed between 2002 and 2012. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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