CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors (GM) has told some of its Chevy Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other cars so they won’t be at risk if a spontaneous fire breaks out, Bloomberg has reported. The automaker has recalled around 142,000 Bolts sold since 2016 because the batteries could catch on fire. This has cost GM […].

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JANUARY 26, 2017

The NGI SDK mimics real vehicle data, allowing developers outside GM to build apps without making frequent trips to Detroit to conduct testing on infotainment modules. GM has nearly 12 million connected vehicles on the road today, the largest fleet of any automaker. We want to let developers know that we are open for business.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

To support GM’s growing NEV fleet planned for China, its SAIC-GM joint venture is opening a new battery assembly plant in Shanghai this year. Barra said that GM believes the future of personal mobility will be driven by the convergence of electrification, autonomous vehicles, and connectivity and shared mobility services.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Fans of the Chevy Bolt EV need not fear, however, as GM would be transitioning the slightly larger and arguably better-looking Chevy Bolt EUV to the Ultium platform. Interestingly enough, GM noted in April that it was phasing out the Bolt’s two offerings. This makes the Chevy Bolt GM’s most popular electric vehicle today.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

The yearlong initiative aims to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions at 16 China-based parts and components suppliers that provide parts to GM’s operations around the world. Building on the success of the 2016 program, GM China will offer the new group of suppliers training, energy audits and other support.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 2, 2023

million for GM overlaying 2016 and 2017, in line with NHTSA , which administers the Company Reasonable Gas Economic system program. million in consequences for the 2016 and 2017 type years. million in consequences for the 2016 and 2017 type years. The post Stellantis, GM pay $363 million in U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Grover and the GM team turned to DOE for assistance. Through DOE’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research Leadership Computing Challenge, a competitive peer-reviewed program, they successfully applied for and were awarded time on Titan during 2015 and 2016. Grover and the GM team successfully competed for a new ALCC award.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

That was how the media reported it on 8 November, after GM Ventures, Stellantis Ventures, and several other investors disclosed a US $33 million infusion into Niron’s iron-nitride magnet. GM isn’t the only automaker on a hunt for rare-earth-free permanent magnets. However, many experts in magnetics are doubtful.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid LT ( earlier post ) will be available this spring with a starting price of $28,645. With an all-new, hybrid powertrain that uses a slightly modified drive unit and electric motors used in the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the Malibu Hybrid offers a GM-estimated 48 mpg city, 45 mpg highway, and 47 mpg combined (4.9,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

GM has now revealed that the teams will be receiving the new next-gen 2016 Camaro, to be unveiled next month, as the base vehicle for the competition. The 2016 Camaro is based on the Alpha architecture, which offers strong driving dynamics and refinement, as well as a balance of mass and stiffness. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2014

The Chevy Volt has been on sale for three and a half years now, and it''s never quite lived up to the big expectations that GM and the world had for it. But this week, the company confirmed that a new 2016 Volt will debut in January, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

GM’s commitment to reducing energy intensity saved $73 million in energy costs last year and avoided 388,000 metric tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to the electricity use of 57,000 US homes. In the US, GM reduced energy use at its manufacturing facilities by 10% on a per-vehicle basis in 2016 compared to the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is approving the use of E15 (15% ethanol and 85% gasoline) in its model year (MY) 2016 Chrysler/Fiat, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles. FCA’s decision to join GM and Ford provides clear evidence that the tide on E15 has turned.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

billion announced in 2016 and more than $21 billion GM has invested in its US operations since 2009. At the same time, GM reduced more than 15,000 positions outside the US, bringing most of those jobs to America. At the same time, GM reduced more than 15,000 positions outside the US, bringing most of those jobs to America.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

GM has been supporting the development of connected vehicle technologies for more than a decade in the US. GM looks forward to contributing. —GM Executive Vice President and GM China President Matt Tsien. This will be achieved through two major elements—a government-initiated strategy and global collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2014

GM is almost two-thirds of the way through a $16.6-million In his presentation on the project at the DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, Sean Gleason from GM noted that General Motors has not made prototype power electronics in an internal production facility since 1999.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2018

General Motors has filed a Safety Petition with the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) for GM’s fourth-generation self-driving Cruise AV—the first production-ready vehicle built from the start to operate safely on its own, with no driver, steering wheel, pedals or manual controls. GM 2018 Self-Driving Safety Report.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

The winner of the OEM-focused Full-Vehicle category was GM for the 2016 Cadillac CT6, a vehicle 157 lbs (71 kg) lighter than the BFI (body frame integral) construction. The awards were presented during the 2016 CAR Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) in Traverse City, Mich.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

Pete Savagian, who served in critical electric drive engineering roles at GM since the EV1, has left General Motors to become the VP Engineering at Faraday Future. In a posting on Linked In, Savagian said that he will lead Faraday Future’s engineering operations for powertrain, battery and related high voltage systems. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

Chevrolet introduced the all-new 2016 Malibu—the ninth generation of the midsize sedan which made its debut in 1964. The 2016 Malibu is also longer and lighter, with more interior space and improved fuel efficiency. turbo is the standard engine in the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. models are GM-estimated at 22 mpg (10.7

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

GM said in November it would cut costs at Cruise, which lost more than USD 700 million in the third quarter and more than USD 8 billion since 2016. ” GM said in November it would cut costs at Cruise, which lost more than USD 700 million in the third quarter and more than USD 8 billion since 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

The products are expected to build on GM’s 2016 sales record of 3.87 The company announced earlier that it will roll out more than 60 new and refreshed vehicles in China from 2016 through 2020, including 13 models launched last year. This year, GM will bring to the market more new energy vehicles. million vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

GM also announced it will produce the next generation of its autonomous test vehicles at its Orion Township assembly plant beginning in early 2017. Testing is already underway on GM’s Technical Center campus in Warren, Michigan, and with the passage of the SAVE Act legislation will now expand to public roads on the facility’s outskirts.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Further, GM is selling its entire 7% stake in PSA through a private placement to institutional investors. GM acquired the stake in PSA when it entered into the strategic alliance in March 2012. —GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky. The first vehicles from the Alliance are expected to launch starting in 2016.

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MAY 5, 2017

Learnings obtained through data analysis carried out jointly by GM engineers and SJTU researchers and students will be shared with the team responsible for GM’s global personal mobility brand, Maven. Since its launch in January 2016, Maven has been providing multifaceted vehicle sharing services, primarily in North America.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Later today, details about the powertrain of the new 2016 Chevrolet Volt will be released when GM CEO Mary Barra speaks to the Detroit Economic Club. But a GM press release this morning announcing further investments in Michigan manufacturing by the company included one nugget: The 2016 Volt will use a new 1.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2015

Chevrolet’s new 2016 Malibu, engineered to offer more efficiency, connectivity and advanced safety features, and featuring the option of a new full-hybrid powertrain ( earlier post ), is also nearly 300 pounds (136 kg) lighter than the current model. 2016 Chevrolet Malibu 1LT (1.5L 37 mpg (GM est.). 2016 Chevrolet Malibu 1LT (1.5L

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

GM and Cruise Automation engineers have been testing Chevrolet Bolt EVs equipped with self-driving technology on public roads in San Francisco and Scottsdale, Arizona, since June 2016 and on public roads in Warren, Michigan, since January 2017. —Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In August at Tech Day in Shanghai, GM announced that in 2022, 5G will be available on all new Cadillac models and most Chevrolet and Buick vehicles going forward. It is also an initial demonstration following China’s first V2X application layer industry standard that was co-authored by GM and published in 2017.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Last year, GM sold its 2 millionth vehicle on September 21. In the first seven months of 2013, GM and its joint ventures sold a record 1,788,972 vehicles in China. Earlier this year, GM announced that its joint ventures would invest about $11 billion in China through 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

During the Advanced Powertrain forum at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Steve Kiefer, GM’s vice president of global powertrain, said that GM will introduce more diesel-engined passenger vehicles in the US. For the US market, GM currently offers only a 2.0L turbo diesel for the Cruze and the 6.6L

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APRIL 14, 2017

—GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. Cruise Automation and GM engineers are currently testing more than 50 Chevrolet Bolt EVs with self-driving technology on public roads in San Francisco; Scottsdale, Arizona; and metro Detroit. The incentive was approved by the California Competes Tax Credit Committee at a meeting in Sacramento.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2016

GM has made a strategic investment in Yi Wei Xing (Beijing) Technology Co., The equity investment follows GM’s global strategy of redefining the future of personal mobility. GM launched its car-sharing service brand Maven in January 2016. —Julia Steyn, GM vice president of Urban Mobility Programs.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2014

The Detroit News said Saturday that GM is expected to announce it will update its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, spending $450 million and adding 1,400 new jobs. New jobs and plant updates by carmakers often get little attention outside the towns involved, but sometimes they telegraph information about future models.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2014

SAIC-GM-Wuling broke ground for its new R&D center and proving ground in Liuzhou, Guangxi, on 12 July. It is expected to be completed by December 2016. Since its establishment in 2002, SAIC-GM-Wuling has been leveraging resources from China and abroad. SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. stake, GM China a 44.0%

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the first eight months of 2016, GM and its joint ventures’ deliveries in China increased 8.1% As a point of comparison, GM sold 1,962,602 units in the US over the same time period. Deliveries rose 8% year over year to 99,589 units, mainly driven by the strong performance of the Hong Guang MPV family.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

Li-ion battery maker LG Chem was named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during the automaker’s 24 th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony at Cobo Center in Detroit, Mich. This partnership has been solidified with GM again selecting LG Chem as Supplier of the Year for the sixth consecutive year.

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