Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

General Motors has completed production of 130 Chevrolet Bolt EV test vehicles equipped with its next generation of self-driving technology at its Orion Assembly Plant located in Orion Township, Michigan. To achieve what we want from self-driving cars, we must deploy them at scale. —Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. This is OSU’s fourth consecutive win. The team earned 895 out of 1000 overall points.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

General Motors ‘ autonomous driving startup, Cruise , said on Tuesday it would reintroduce a small fleet of human-driven vehicles in some cities, starting with Phoenix in Arizona, about six months after it suspended operations following an incident in San Francisco. The company had suspended its U.S.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 21, 2024

The post included a short teaser video of Waymo’s ride-hailing services, showing a handful of passengers in their robotaxis that have been undergoing testing in San Francisco, and around Phoenix, Arizona.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

General Motors will add more than 1,100 new jobs and invest $14 million in a new research and development facility for Cruise Automation in San Francisco. Earlier post.) These investments will allow Cruise Automation to expand development of self-driving technologies that will transform personal mobility.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Waymo announced its plan to expand driverless testing to Los Angeles just a few weeks ago, beyond the company’s current operations in San Francisco and Phoenix, Arizona.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 2, 2024

The approval comes amid growing public hostility towards robotaxis following accidents involving Waymo and rival General Motors’ Cruise. .” The regulator said it had received through the approval process five letters in protest and 81 letters in support of Waymo’s expansion plans.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

Waymo said this month it would begin testing its fully autonomous passenger cars without a human driver on freeways in Phoenix, Arizona, where it now offers rides in the metropolitan area. General Motors’ Cruise driverless car unit paused all supervised and manual car trips in the U.S.

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Teslarati

JULY 27, 2022

Apart from supplying industry leader Tesla, LG also supplies electric vehicle batteries to companies such as Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors. In this light, previous reports have indicated that LG would be pursuing a battery plant project in Arizona. The investment in the 1.7 trillion won ($1.29

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

On the heels of the signing of the SAVE Act legislation to support autonomous vehicle testing and deployment in Michigan ( earlier post ), General Motors will immediately begin testing autonomous vehicles on public roads. Since the beginning of 2016, GM has taken significant steps in its development of autonomous vehicle technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

General Motors is continuing its partnership with the US Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory for the EcoCAR 3 collegiate advanced vehicle technology competition. Schools selected for EcoCAR 3 are: Arizona State University. California State University, Los Angeles. Colorado State University.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Thus far, only General Motors’ Cruise subsidiary has successfully acquired the permit, and Cruise’s process took months to complete after application. Uber and Lyft have instead chosen to work in cities in Texas, Nevada, and Arizona. But sadly, the process of actually receiving the permit is far from quick.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2017

At WCX 17: SAE World Congress Experience, SAE International and General Motors announced the eight North American universities which will compete in the upcoming AutoDrive Challenge. The Year 1 final competition will be hosted at GM’s Desert Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 8, 2023

General Motors’ Cruise vehicles have also seen a dramatic uptick in negative encounters. Similar to what we’ve seen in Phoenix, Arizona , test vehicles sometimes make sudden stops when uncertain about how to navigate traffic.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 17, 2023

General Motors’ Cruise may be one of the first companies in the world to field driverless vehicles as part of a commercial endeavor. Interestingly, Waymo doesn’t seem to be getting the same negative attention in San Francisco that Cruise has despite the former having been chided for similar antics in and around Phoenix, Arizona.&

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Some of those issues overlap with the hurdles Waymo had to overcome while testing in Arizona. California’s decision does not affect Cruise’s operations in Arizona or Texas. In fact, having gone through those technological growing pains may be the reason the DMV is only targeting Cruise.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

At a press conference in Shanghai, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said that the company will introduce at least 10 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China. In the meantime, GM is developing advanced driver assist systems that will form the foundation for self-driving vehicles. and China.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

The 15 universities competing in EcoCAR 2 gathered in Yuma, Arizona last week for six days of vehicle testing and evaluation on drive quality and environmental impact at General Motors (GM) Desert Proving Ground. From there, the competition moved to San Diego for a second round of judging by automotive industry experts.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

Both General Motors’ Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo are struggling to remain popular in San Francisco after being allowed to operate within the city to better test their vehicles — even getting permission from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to expand their operations earlier in the month.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2010

It was surely no mistake that on the same day that General Motors unveiled pricing for its 2011 Chevrolet Volt, Nissan tried to grab at least some of the plug-in limelight and revealed new details about exactly where it will first roll out the 2011 Leaf.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors named The Ohio State University this year’s winner of the EcoCAR 3 – Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition during an awards ceremony at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. This is the second stage of an ongoing 4-year competition that culminates in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2009

In eTec’s proposed project to the US Department of Energy, eTec is partnering with Nissan North America to deploy up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF EVs and approximately 12,750 charging stations throughout five states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington.

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Teslarati

MARCH 26, 2023

Tesla supplier LG Energy Solution plans to increase its investment in an Arizona battery plant from $1.4 The LGES battery plant is located in Queen Creek, Arizona. The South Korean battery manufacturer plans to build two manufacturing facilities in Arizona. billion battery production facility in Arizona. billion to $5.5

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Such a valuation is ambitious , as it would make Rivian’s market cap just a bit lower than veterans such as General Motors ($84.82 billion) and Ford Motor Company ($79.65 Rivian currently employs over 8,000 people across multiple facilities in Arizona, California, Michigan, Illinois, Vancouver, Canada, and the UK.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2022

General Motors’ and LG Chem’s double-stacked Ultium battery is 50 percent larger than the 135-kWh pack in the Rivian R1T pickup and double the size of any Tesla battery. The Arizona-built Lucid Air sedan can also charge at just under 300 kW. That Hummer can range for 530 km (329 miles), not bad for a 4.5-tonne

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Blink Charging

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In a wave of announcements, legacy automakers including Ford, General Motors, BMW, and Nissan announced their intention to use the NACS connector in future EVs. In February, Blink teamed up with Hertz to provide free EV charging to Hertz customers in Phoenix, Arizona during the big game weekend.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The agreement, which was signed in Phoenix, Arizona, is valued at $607million and is seen as a strong sign of GM’s commitment to its venture in China. Shanghai GM is a 50-50 joint venture agreement between both General Motors and the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp Group.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

of Cedarville, Ohio; K2 Energy Solutions of Henderson, Nevada; General Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan; and HST Auto of Escondido, California; has been selected for negotiation of a three-year award of up to $3.2 Angstron Materials LLC of Dayton, Ohio, teamed with Applied Sciences Inc. million with a DOE share of up to $1.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Arizona State University. Ford Motor Company. ?This General Motors. This project will examine the micro-structural evolution of automotive cast magnesium alloys during solidification and heat-treatment. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This project will examine corrosion of magnesium alloys at the microstructure level.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! by RSS or sign up by email. About Gas 2.0 on It’s On!

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Arizona-built Lucid Air sedan, the work of Musk's former Model S chief engineer, has demonstrated it can travel up to 517 miles , a lofty record for any EV. Tesla continues to dominate EV sales in America, but its seemingly insurmountable lead in driving range is under assault. It's basically a giant box without dividers," Munro says.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

First sales this fall will be limited to 10 ZEV states, plus Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas. First sales this fall will be limited to 10 ZEV states, plus Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas. Hyundai’s newest EV will be launched gradually in the US.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. Around the same time, General Motors will introduce the Chevrolet Volt, a vehicle able to go 40 miles on electricity before its small gasoline engine kicks in.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Arizona State University scientists will develop engineered-cyanobacteria as biocatalysts to use solar energy and carbon dioxide to produce and secret fatty acids for biofuel feedstock. DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE grant: $566,641). DIRECT SOLAR FUELS.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

superconducting wind generators more practical for. University, General. Motors Research and. General Motors, Molycorp, NovaTorque). HRL, General Motors. Electric Vehicle: A New Generation of High Density Thermal. Berkeley, Arizona State. widespread deployment. Northeastern University.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 11, 2021

The $7,500 check sent to buyers by the Federal Government incentivizes the purchase of sustainable passenger vehicles, so long as the company you are buying from has not sold 200,000 electrified units, which disqualifies Tesla and General Motors from the program.

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