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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford has asked union members to come together and end the UAW strike before it hampers the business’ ability to invest in future products and facilities. Many jobs will be lost,” Henry Ford’s great-grandson was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

did in 2009, resulting in a significant decline in vehicle production, Fitch could switch the rating to Negative. In 2012, Fitch expects the pricing environment in the US to continue to remain generally favorable, as increasing demand supports pricing growth and a strong yen dissuades Japanese manufacturers from offering heavy incentives.

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MARCH 10, 2011

was improperly secured by Remy and referenced in Remy’s application for $60 million in taxpayer grants from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) in October 2008. is a leading supplier of product industrialization and process development systems used in the design and manufacturing of special machine and automatic assembly lines.

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MARCH 2, 2011

SB LiMotive was established in September 2008 as a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI. Samsung SDI brings its extensive large-scale production experience into the partnership as well as manufacturing competence in the area of lithium-ion cell production. Cobasys, with two sites in Orion, Mich.,

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

For 2008, the last year for which EPA has final data from automakers, the average fuel economy value was 21.0 The MY2009 light truck market share is projected to be 49%, based on pre-model year production projections by automakers. mpg US (11.2 Actual MY2009 values will likely be different than the preliminary MY2009 values reported.

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JULY 13, 2023

Starting in the 1990s, his lithium cobalt oxide cathode was used in many electronic products including camcorders, laptop computers, and mobile phones. It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. Stanley Whittingham.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938. The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point.

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MAY 30, 2009

Canada-based international auto supplier and contract assembler Magna International, now with a Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of Opel from General Motors ( earlier post ), sees vehicle electrification as one of its key strategic initiatives. Siegfried Wolf. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 14, 2009

JCS has partnered with Ford Motor Company on battery cell manufacturing, pack and system development, and integration capability. A123Systems has also entered into a development and manufacturing agreement with Chrysler LLC to provide battery systems for the company’s ENVI product line. KD Advanced Battery Group LLC (KD).

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! This is a major step froward in EV mass production.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

Japan and Europe by 2010 By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press June 11, 2008 TOKYO -- Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the U.S., which makes Panasonic products, will begin producing lithium-ion batteries next year and move into full-scale production in 2010, Toyota said.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Reaction Design’s own ENERGICO, FORTÉ and CHEMKIN-PRO products include the most advanced kinetic solvers in the industry and can therefore maximize the utility of the Model Fuel Library components. The goal of MFC II was to create software models and tools to predict soot particle size and number. Source: Reaction Design. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

James Cortada The interesting thing about DASD [direct-access storage device] was IBM invented the disk drives in the mid-1950s and kept innovating that technology so fast that its product costs and what it could sell for remained very competitive for a very long time. It has to be for General Motors, Ford, and so on.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

More than 35,000 fuel cell systems were shipped in 2013, an increase of more than 26% over 2012 and 400% more than 2008. Hyundai began leasing its first series production fuel cell electric vehicle at select dealerships in Southern California. General Motors received the most fuel cell patents for the third year in a row, with 128.

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MAY 17, 2012

The Coordinating Research Council (CRC) is a non-profit organization that directs, through committee action, engineering and environmental studies on the interaction between automotive/other mobility equipment and petroleum products. Background.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Electric cars everywhere you looked, quiet as a mouse and making a total mockery out of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler who could have been making these cars for the last decade, but instead had to be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and shame-filled failure before they would start even talking about making these cars.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Aiways U6 – ambitious EV start-up has big plans and right-hand drive production is already confirmed, opening the door to a local arrival. Avatar E11 – a new brand with big dreams, Avatar has input from Huawei and CATL and is the product of Chinese car maker Changan. BMW iX1 – EV version of the X1 confirmed by 2023.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and Nemak , a specialist in the production of high complex aluminum components for the automotive industry such as cylinder heads and engine blocks, are partnering to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry meet the mandated target of 54.5

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MAY 30, 2021

The main causes for the fall of Electric vehicles are considered to be, The introduction of Model-T by ford in 1912. Tesla Motors began production in 2008 with the Roadster, which was essentially an AC Propulsion vehicle with kit-car parts replaced by one-grade-above-kit-car Lotus Elise pieces in the first generation.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Those prices are much lower than that of General Motors Corp.s You can search for auto parts by OEM Number or reference number , and get result in both Product and Catalog list. Geelys Panda, which Geely executive Frank Zhao said the company plans to launch in China as early as October, will be similarly priced. in late 2010.

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JUNE 25, 2015

turbocharged direct injection engine (for North America) helps enable a General Motors-estimated 40 mpg (5.88 More information about the next Cruze diesel will be available closer to the start of production. million sold since it went on sale in 2008. A new, standard 1.4L Cruze stats. Lightweight and durable foundation.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Compliance will be determined by comparing a manufacturer’s harmonically averaged fleet fuel economy levels in a model year with a required fuel economy level calculated using the manufacturer’s actual production levels and the targets for each footprint of the vehicles that it produces. mpg US, a 2.0

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AUGUST 13, 2009

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. Ford and whatever it is they call Chrysler this week didn’t even bother to show up. Coulomb offers a family of products and services that provide a plug-in vehicle charging infrastructure.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008. "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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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

November 8, 2008. DETROIT — The rapidly deteriorating finances of General Motors are forcing the federal government to decide whether to bail out the largest American automaker or face the prospect that it might go bankrupt. Ford and Chrysler have been lobbying hard in Washington for more help. But a bankruptcy by G.M.

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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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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As previously reported , the UAW currently has around 13,000 workers striking at three aforementioned plants owned by General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Maybe habitual government intervention ultimately weakened these companies, making it more lucrative to play regulatory games than simply building a sound product.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Despite Stellantis having matched the 20-percent raises offered by GM and Ford over the weekend, UAW President Shawn Fain has said the overall agreements remain unsatisfactory. Some of the benefits, many of which had been rolled back as concessions during the 2008 financial crisis, are also sticking points.

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