Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2009
In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. For comparable efforts by General Motors, see earlier post.).
Green Cars News
JULY 11, 2009
Some good news at last for the battered and bruised automotive industry in North America where the new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy yesterday. The new General Motors’ common stock is split as follows: US Department of the Treasury: 60.8%.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
GM’s second-generation fuel-cell system (engineer included for scale.) The first generation fuel cell system (with fourth-generation stack technology) used in the Equinox. The new second-generation system is to the left. GM, says Freese, is developing the second generation system on a 2015 timeframe.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
These projects will receive more than $115 million in funding to develop and demonstrate systems-level fuel efficiency technologies by 2015, including improved aerodynamics, reducing engine idling technologies, waste heat recovery to increase engine efficiency, advanced combustion techniques, and powertrain hybridization. General Motors Co.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
The beleaguered automotive industry in the United States has taken its fair share of knocks over the last 12 months but none were more shocking than when one of the oldest and most well-respected brands in motoring – General Motors (GM) – slipped into bankruptcy earlier this year. diesel engine for light trucks.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Using aluminum will extend the efficiencies of other technologies, while enabling secondary cost-savings from downsized powertrains without sacrificing performance. The survey also looked at average aluminum content by North American automakers, declaring General Motors the content leader at 366 pounds (166 kg) per vehicle.
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2009
The new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy Friday morning. The new General Motors Company is primarily owned by the governments of the United States, Canada and Ontario, and by a trust fund providing medical benefits to UAW retirees. UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust: 17.5%. Whitacre, Jr.,
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