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GM JV battery company rejects together with Ohio employees beneath nationwide guarantee

Baua Electric

If battery employees have been coated beneath the nationwide guarantee, they’d most probably be eligible for higher pay and advantages. Senators and the union have closely criticized Ultium for paying low wages on the Ohio plant and famous some assemble simply part up to employees did at a close-by shuttered GM meeting plant.

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GM and LG jointly to develop EVs; expanding corporate partnership in multiple areas

Green Car Congress

The definitive agreement signed Wednesday will help GM expand the number and types of electric vehicles it makes and sells by using LG’s proven expertise in batteries and other systems. “This is a strategic development for LG and we fully support GM’s goal to lead the industry in the electrification of the automobile.

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Are Rising EV Inventories Proof Nobody Wants Them?

The Truth About Cars

Despite elevated fuel prices, aggressive marketing, and most companies vowing to transition toward building electrified automobiles exclusively, America has an EV supply of more than 100 days on dealer lots. That’s been enough to make it one of the top ten best-selling automobiles in North America.

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Acura ZDX Sort S can be first of many efficiency EVs

Baua Electric

Despite the fact that Acura’s pivot to EVs lags competitors akin to Kia and Ford, Korkor stated consumers looking for efficiency automobiles such because the Integra Sort S are not likely to be bearing in mind EVs simply but. For 2023, Acura estimates it’ll reach gross sales of 160,000.

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GM Electrochemists Suggest Ongoing Investment in Both Battery and Fuel Cell Research; Connecting the Science with Vehicle Engineering

Green Car Congress

Solely on the basis of the mass considerations above, we can conclude that battery-powered options are favored for small vehicles when short-range and long refueling times are acceptable. Mathias (2010) Electrochemistry and the Future of the Automobile. Tags: Batteries Fuel Cells. Wagner et al. Wagner et al. Fuel cells.

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R?sselsheim Engineering Center developing next four-cylinder gasoline engine generation for Groupe PSA; optimized for hybrids

Green Car Congress

The Rüsselsheim Engineering Center will take on the global responsibility for the development of the next-generation of high-efficiency gasoline engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall). Rüsselsheim already had global responsibility for engine development when we were still part of GM.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Alec Brooks The AC Propulsion experiment thus became an obscure footnote in the tortuous saga of the green automobile. Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries.

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