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General Motors breaks ground for St. Petersburg plant expansion

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General Motors broke ground for the expansion of GM Auto, its wholly owned manufacturing facility in St. It will more than double GM Auto’s annual production capacity from the current 98,000 vehicles to 230,000 vehicles by 2015. Petersburg, Russia. They will manufacture Chevrolet and Opel models for the Russian market.

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Faraday Future receives manufacturing equipment from Guangzhou MINO at Hanford plant

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Included in the shipment is critical equipment for the body assembly production line of the FF 91. was incorporated in 2008. MINO’s main product lines include Body In White (BIW) automatic welding lines, powertrain and new energy manufacturing equipment, electrical automation and robotics application integration and services.

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Teijin’s Sereebo now in use for GM as first CFRTP for high-volume production vehicles

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Teijin Limited announced that its Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) has been selected by General Motors (GM) for use in select pickup box applications. This is the first use of CFRTP for structural parts in a high-volume production vehicle.

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General Motors India And REVA Form Partnership To Develop Electric Vehicles for Indian Market

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The new REVA NXG introduced at IAA, due for production in 2011, features a Li-ion phosphate pack. General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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GM to Boost Volt US Production Capacity by 50% to 45,000 Units in 2012

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Due to what it termed “ strong public interest ” in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors will increase US production capacity of the Volt by 50%, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. Earlier post.) In the past few weeks, more than 25,000 people have joined the Chevrolet Volt enthusiast list.

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GM Suspending 2010 Malibu Hybrid Production; Next-Generation Li-Ion Mild Hybrid Expected for 2011

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General Motors has announced that there will be no retail production of the Chevrolet Malibu hybrid for model year (MY) 2010 due to “elevated inventory levels of the 2009 model.” 2008 Malibu hybrid. A limited amount of 2010 Malibu hybrids may be produced to fulfill fleet sales requests. Click to enlarge.

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GM harvests energy from Torino engine test benches to power facility’s computers

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Energy efficiency represents an important component of GM’s global production. —Pierpaolo Antonioli, managing director of the General Motors Powertrain Engineering Center. Since 2008, it has regenerated more than 26.7 GM’s Pontiac (Mich.) Engineering Center also sends energy from engine testing back to the grid.

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