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General Motors and Koenigsegg Group AB Reach Tentative Agreement on Saab

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General Motors Corp. and Koenigsegg Group AB, a consortium led by Koenigsegg Automotive AB, confirmed the details of a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of Saab Automobile AB. Saab had filed for reorganization under Swedish Law on 20 Feb 2009. Earlier post.)

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Green Technology Patents Represent More Than Half of GM 2009 Filings

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One of GM’s innovations involves the creation of a shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. More than half of the 1,300 patents filed by General Motors Co. in 2009 are green innovations, evidence of the rapid development by GM researchers and engineers. Source: GM.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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Daihatsu, on the other hand, generally fell just within the negative zone. The study also highlights the potential improvement that a car giant like General Motors has in how it could improve its long-term sustainability performance. The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. Click to enlarge.

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Chevy Traverse will get first off-road short, extra tech on 2024 style

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The area is “very important to General Motors, and it’s very important to Chevrolet,” Rory Harvey, GM’s unutilized president of North The united states, stated Monday at an tournament to show the Traverse. million Traverses because the automobile debuted in 2009. Harvey stated the Lansing plant has constructed 1.65

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Thomson Reuters analysis finds automotive new propulsion technology patent activities surge 6-fold in 5 years

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An analysis of the global automobile industry’s recent patent activity by the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has found a massive commitment from carmakers and their suppliers to new propulsion technology. Top automotive patent assignees from publication year 2009 to 2013 based on number of individual inventions.

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Chevy Traverse will get first off-road short, extra tech on 2024 style

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The section is “very important to General Motors, and it’s very important to Chevrolet,” Rory Harvey, GM’s pristine president of North The us, stated Monday at an tournament to show the Traverse. million Traverses because the automobile debuted in 2009. Harvey stated the Lansing plant has constructed 1.65

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CRC study finds some adverse results from use of mid-level ethanol blends in MY 2001-2009 engines; DOE and ethanol industry say study significantly flawed

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The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). The CRC Engine Durability study took duplicates of eight different vehicle model engines spanning 2001-2009 model years.

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