Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that can achieve an EPA-estimated 40 mpg US (5.9 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Using aluminum will extend the efficiencies of other technologies, while enabling secondary cost-savings from downsized powertrains without sacrificing performance. A material mix shift is necessary to achieve a 10% weight reduction for light vehicles and 51 mpg US. Honda leads aluminum content as a percent of curb weight at 10.7%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

high-feature V6 in the Cadillac CTS with a modified 2.0L To achieve the target fuel economy improvement over the baseline V6 configuration, the team used GTDI technology for downsizing in combination with part-load lean homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) operation for further fuel economy gains. FTP75 (mpg).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions. However," he continued, "If carmakers decide not to take advantage of this offer, AFS Trinity intends to raise the funds to begin modifying existing hybrids or manufacture its own 150 mpg SUVs and, eventually, 250 mpg sedans. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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