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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Buick’s vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology made its debut at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. dual-jet turbocharged engine along with a standard 48V mild hybrid propulsion system featuring an independent 48V battery, electric motor and hybrid control unit. Past work on V2X in China.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

have entered into a merger agreement to create a premier alternative fuel vehicle and engine company. Westport has key relationships with complementary global OEMs, including but not limited to Volvo Car Group, Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Tata Motors, GAZ Group, PACCAR Inc., Westport Innovations Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

On 17 August 1915, Charles Kettering, the co-founder of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) in Dayton, Ohio, was issued US Patent Nº 1,150,523 for an “engine-starting device”—the first electric starter for automobiles. As cars grew larger and purposeful, so did the engines and effort required to start them.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 8, 2024

General Motors purchased Lotus in 1986 and the company continued building lightweight sports cars. But the company eventually got stuck building countless variants of the Elise and Exige — which were already extremely similar automobiles. It was to become an all-electric brand shooting for higher volumes.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2017

The sale of Opel Automobile GmbH with its brands Opel and Vauxhall by General Motors to Groupe PSA has now been finalized. They are the perfect fit to our existing portfolio of French brands Peugeot, Citroën and DS Automobiles. Bertagni as Vice President Engineering. —PSA Chairman of the board Carlos Tavares.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

HRL Laboratories researchers have developed a technique for successfully 3D printing high-strength aluminum alloys—including types Al7075 and Al6061—that opens the door to additive manufacturing of engineering-relevant alloys. Other authors on the paper were Jacob Hundley, Justin Mayer, and Tobias A. Schaedler all of HRL.

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Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2023

“Our new Traverse is designed and engineered to act and look more like an SUV,” Scott Bell, vp of world Chevrolet, stated in a observation. litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which GM estimates will build 315 hp and 317 pound-feet of torque, mated to an eight-speed computerized transmission. .”

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2021

This is the responsibility shouldered by Ankur Ganguli , executive director of Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls at General Motors Co. "My engines, transmissions, electric batteries and motors, brakes, steering and suspensions) for our full portfolio of cars and trucks—millions of vehicles every year," says Ganguli.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

General Motors and Honda announced the executive structure for their recently established joint venture company, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC (FCSM). responsible for manufacturing operations of three auto plants and an engine plant in Ohio. Robert Portugaise, Executive Director, Manufacturing Engineering.

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APRIL 23, 2011

General Motors signed a letter of intent to participate in the Shanghai EV International Pilot City Partnership during the 2011 International Forum on Electric Vehicle Pilot City and Industrial Development.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

General Motors and Environmental Defense Fund announced a set of recommendations that seek to accelerate a zero-emissions, all-electric future for passenger vehicles in model year 2027 and beyond. The recommendations were jointly developed by GM and EDF to support the next tier of EPA clean car standards.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

May Mobility says it has technology that’s the equivalent of Level 4 automated driving, which means that the vehicles won’t be required to have a driver at certain points and in regions where it’s designated as legal, according to Society Automotive Engineers (SAE) autonomy designations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2015

An analysis of the global automobile industry’s recent patent activity by the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has found a massive commitment from carmakers and their suppliers to new propulsion technology. Companies as diverse as General Motors, LG and United Parcel Service are actively patenting in the field.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 13, 2024

However, engineers know that programming judgment into a machine is a difficult task when the number of variables involved are difficult to quantify. But most estimates place the average amount of data accumulation from a connected automobile is somewhere between 25 and 350 gigabytes an hour.

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APRIL 25, 2023

With the popularity of electric vehicles continuously rising, legacy automakers like Honda are reevaluating their place in the general auto industry. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are particularly making strides in the global automobile business. The company’s plans for each region are laid out below.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 23, 2023

Numerous Stellantis brands accrued far fewer complaints than other marquees, including Alfa Romeo, and was followed by a slew of nameplates owned by General Motors. But the general trend was still that the automotive industry seems to be having serious trouble building automobiles without issues. Power's 2023 U.S.

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Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2023

“Our new Traverse is designed and engineered to act and look more like an SUV,” Scott Bell, vp of world Chevrolet, stated in a observation. liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which GM estimates will build 315 hp and 317 pound-feet of torque, mated to an eight-speed computerized transmission. .”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

Bob Lutz, newly retired as vice chairman of General Motors, has joined the board of directors of Transonic Combustion, Inc., For the foreseeable future, the internal combustion engine will remain the dominant propulsion system for automobiles and there is still a lot of room to improve its efficiency. from 1998 to 2001.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

The report, supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, measures the technological nature of today’s auto industry and compares it to other sectors of the economy often viewed as technologically advanced. In raw numbers of electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineers, Michigan ranks second only to California.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The system, which is part of the company’s Virtual Engineering Workbench, is designed to replicate automotive controls using Amazon Web Services’ data cloud and is supposed to reduce development turnaround cycles by “up to 100 times.” The response to this has been varied.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2012

The study claims mechanical damage and suggests degraded engine performance, emissions and durability on conventional vehicles from the use of E15 or E20 fuel. Three main engine wear mechanisms are impacted by ethanol fuels: abrasive wear, adhesive wear and corrosion. We believe the study is significantly flawed. The CRC test.

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MAY 13, 2010

One of GM’s innovations involves the creation of a shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. More than half of the 1,300 patents filed by General Motors Co. in 2009 are green innovations, evidence of the rapid development by GM researchers and engineers. Source: GM.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 30, 2022

He had earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1946 and a master’s in electrical engineering in 1949, both from Columbia University. When he met Devol, he was working as an engineer for Manning, Maxwell, and Moore, a company that specialized in safety valves, pressure gauges, and other industrial control equipment.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The next-generation fuel cell system which is being developed jointly with General Motors will move on to the next stage that includes production and purchasing, aiming at a product launch around 2020. After that, Honda will make a plug-in hybrid type available for the major models and increase the number of models sequentially.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Burns has been a major advocate within the industry for the reinvention of the automobile and the diversification of transportation energy. in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Burns holds a Ph.D. Retiring GM R&D Chief Larry Burns Webchat.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

There seem to be significant advancements in technology and performance for new electric automobiles every week.  Consumer Reports pointed out that General Motors lost these EV tax benefits. These automobiles are about to hit the used market because these businesses typically sell them after two to three years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

This will also require that the mass of the pack components be reduced by a factor of approximately 2 relative to state-of-the-art, an engineering and materials challenge that we consider achievable but outside of the scope of this paper. Mathias (2010) Electrochemistry and the Future of the Automobile. Credit: ACS, Wagner et al.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 19, 2023

The brand had been synonymous with high-ranking communist officials since the 1950s and transitioned into becoming an aspirational brand for the Chinese market after General Motors partnered with local manufacturers in the 1990s to build vehicles within the country. But it would never work.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The Volkswagen Group is continuing its restructuring in the aftermath of the diesel engine emissions scandal. Our goal is to play a decisive role in shaping the transformation of the automobile. Eichhorn holds a PhD in mechanical engineering. Willner is a trained toolmaker and holds a degree in automotive engineering.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The sale of Opel Automobile GmbH with its brands Opel and Vauxhall by General Motors to Groupe PSA was finalized at the beginning of August. By 2020, Opel/Vauxhall will have four electrified carlines on the market, including the Grandland X PHEV and the next-generation Corsa as a fully electric vehicle. strategic plan.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

SAIC Motor Corp., SAIC) and General Motors Co. (GM) The signing of the MoU builds on the automakers’ efforts to explore cooperation in Asia’s emerging markets, led by India ( earlier post ), and to co-develop two efficient next-generation powertrain families. It has already reached this mark in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) sent a letter to US House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriators in support of additional funding to complete research into the impacts of mid-level blends of ethanol. Tags: Engines Ethanol Fuels Policy.

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APRIL 23, 2010

Fisker automobiles are range-extended electric vehicles, driven by electric motors that get their power from a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, or, when that is depleted, by a generator driven by an efficient gas-powered engine. The DOE had awarded a conditional $528.7-million million loan to Fisker in September 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Factors related to vehicle maintenance that impact fuel economy include engine tuning, tire selection and maintenance, and weight of engine oil. Out-of-tune engine. Improper engine oil. In this report, eco-driving is used in its broadest sense: Eco-driving includes those strategic decisions (e.g., Level Factor Effect.

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JULY 8, 2010

General Motors and Pacific Century Motors (PCM), an entity formed by The Tempo Group and E-Town, an affiliate of the Beijing Municipal Government, have reached an agreement for GM to sell GM Global Steering Holdings, LLC, commonly known as Nexteer, to PCM. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saginaw, Mich.,

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