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SAE International selects GM’s Larry Nitz for Edward N. Cole Award for Automotive Engineering Innovation

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He will receive the award during the SAE 2016 World Congress in April. His career has spanned nearly 40 years with GM, allowing him to work on gasoline engines, manual and automatic transmissions, propulsion and vehicle controls, and hybrid and electric systems. Cole Award for Automotive Engineering Innovation.

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

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Honda began delivery of its all-new Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle—its third-generation fuel cell vehicle—to US customers in December 2016 following a spring 2016 launch in Japan.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. 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. mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies.

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