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GM and Honda to establish industry-first $85M joint fuel cell system manufacturing operation in Michigan

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The master collaboration agreement announced in July 2013 established the co-development arrangement for a next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies. The companies are making equal investments totaling $85 million in the joint venture. Next-generation fuel cell stack co-developed by Honda and GM. Click to enlarge.

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UW-Madison Hybrid Vehicle Team working with Engine Research Center to apply dual-fuel RCCI engines in series and parallel hybrids

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The first, a Saturn Vue called the eMOOve, will be a series hybrid, to be completed in 2012. By 2013, the team will also convert its Chevy Equinox, called MOOVADA, to be a parallel hybrid, in which the battery and the engine work together. The team is converting two of its former competition vehicles for this purpose.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. John Hoffecker of AlixPartners predicts that in 2013 the US market will return to “normal” and be 15-16 million units/year. GM needs 20% of the market to survive which translates to 3-3.5

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. Lutz said GM is pushing to have Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid on the road by 2009. -- ( Autoweek ). "I Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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