Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? For every 100 kilowatts of peak power, an EV motor uses an average of 1.2

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Following news that production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV would be delayed, General Motors has announced that the Chevy Equinox EV would likewise be arriving behind schedule. It’s clear that we’re dealing with a lot of near-term uncertainty,” Barra said in a conference call with investors Tuesday. And then also.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2021

General Motors is betting lithium-metal battery chemistry will increase range and lower costs for future electric cars.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

In an address to the Barclays 2019 Global Automotive Conference Thursday, GM CEO Mary Barra confirmed that the company’s battery-electric truck will arrive in fall 2021. “General Motors understands.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the COP28 climate conference this weekend. billion Tonnes CO2e100.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 9, 2023

Morgan investor conference, General Motors (GM) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Paul Jacobson stated that the veteran automaker is still struggling with its electric vehicle production ramp. Interestingly enough, this challenge was mentioned last week by GM CEO Mary Barra. While speaking at a J.P.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

SAE International announced the launch of the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II through a continued partnership with GM. The competition continues the strong partnership between GM and SAE in STEM education and will build on the success of the original AutoDrive Challenge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Last Friday, Ghana held its 1st E-Mobility Conference and Exhibition. The conference was organised as part of Ghana’s “Drive Electric Initiative” (DEI-Gh). The Drive Electric Initiative was launched in October 2019. Ghana’s Drive Electric Initiative aims: To drive the utilisation of Ghana’s excess electricity supply.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2019

Following news in late November that General Motors would kill off the Chevrolet Volt, one of the pioneers of modern plug-in cars, a senior GM executive has hinted—strongly—that it won't be back.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

General Motors is committing to an all-electric future as the automaker gears up to introduce a handful of new EVs. Mary Barra, GM’s CEO, spoke at Goldman Sach’s tech conference, claiming, “We want to provide EVs for everyone,” explaining their strategy to get there, its Ultium platform, and plans for scaling production.

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2021

General Motors announced earlier today that it will build an all-new EV under its Chevrolet brand by electrifying the Silverado pickup, a highly-dedicated and popular model that has been a top choice of GM truck buyers for years. GM will build the pickup at its Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The team presented a paper on their work at the ASME 2017 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. Grover and the GM team turned to DOE for assistance. ORNL’s goal was to help the GM team improve the accuracy of the combustion model, an exercise that could benefit other combustion research down the road.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 2, 2017

General Motors said on Monday it will unveil two new battery-electric vehicles within the next 18 months, and will offer 20 electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles globally by 2023. The news came in a conference call for reporters with Mark Reuss, GM's executive vice president of global product development.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2014

General Motors is increasing its renewable energy use with 3 acres of new solar arrays at two Michigan facilities. The new installations bring GM closer to reaching its goal to increase renewable energy use globally to 125 MW by 2020. Ever since our first solar array in 2006, GM has realized the benefits of renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co. and General Motors will tie up in environmental technology. Honda Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura and GM Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky will explain the details at a news conference in New York at 9 am Tuesday, local time, according to the Nikkei report.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

General Motors is the first automaker among 40 major US companies to sign a “ Climate Declaration ,” collectively asserting that responding to climate change is good business. GM’s participation was announced today at the Ceres Conference in San Francisco.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2013

General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 and 2013 Buick LaCrosse and Regal, and model year 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco vehicles equipped with the eAssist light electrification system. kW) @ 1,000-2,200 rpm maximum electric motor power (electric assist). The motor generator is liquid-cooled. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The Detroit News reported that GM will announce on Wednesday it will introduce a full battery-electric city car in the US. In 2009, General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. Earlier post.). ( Earlier post.). (In Earlier post.).

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Electrek

AUGUST 10, 2022

At the 2022 JP Morgan Auto Conference yesterday, General Motors (GM) EVP and CFO Paul Jacobson talked about scaling EV production and said the company is hitting an inflection point. The post GM’s CFO says the automaker is hitting an inflection point, scaling EV production appeared first on Electrek.

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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. 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.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

A 1966 article in ACS’ Chemical & Engineering News described a General Motors press conference at which the automaker outlined research work being done on non-gasoline-based automotive power sources, with a heavy emphasis on the electrical. Cole became president of GM in 1967. But the emphasis was clearly electrical.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

General Motors is expanding its portfolio of B20-capable vehicles to include cars and crossovers, and will field the industry’s most expansive lineup of diesel-powered vehicles in 2017, John Schwegman, director of commercial product and medium duty for GM Fleet, announced at the National Biodiesel Conference. It will use the 1.6L

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Friday November 14th, 2008 - GM Training Center - Burbank, CA. City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. It’s a dishonest act on the part of General Motors.” said Holden.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2013

General Motors discussed its future plans in China during a press conference in conjunction with the start of Auto Shanghai 2013. GM is also in the process of bringing Cadillac’s entire global portfolio to China, adding one locally produced model per year through 2016. —Gary Smyth.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. The company shared its plans with investors during a conference at its Milford Proving Ground.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 7, 2013

Now Dan Akerson has confirmed it: GM is working on an electric car with a 200-mile range, according to its CEO. The chief executive officer of General Motors made the comment yesterday at an energy conference, as reported in Reuters. Last summer he dropped a hint that it might be possible.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

General Motors today announced initiatives for customer satisfaction and outlined its steps in battery safety research to ensure ongoing confidence in the safety of Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle. GM has shared the process with NHTSA, and is working to extend the process and technology. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 15, 2024

Honda’s partnership with General Motors yielded the Prologue EV and Acura ZDX, and the Japanese automaker is now looking to team up with Nissan to do more of the same. The pair announced their fresh collaboration at a news conference earlier today. That said, the company’s sales in the U.S. Image: Nissan] Become a& TTAC insider.

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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. Horiba; DENSO; Champlain Cable Corp.;

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Bob Lutz, former Vice Chairman of General Motors, will introduce an extended range electric (eREV) Pickup Truck, SUV and Van from VIA Motors, in a press conference at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit on 10 January. —Bob Lutz.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

during a demonstration at the 2010 Fire-Rescue Conference. Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago. the industry.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

Volkswagen has announced plans to integrate the OpenAI-developed generative language model ChatGPT into its cars, as shared on Monday ahead of a major electronics conference. Reports from last year also suggest that ChatGPT could be added to vehicles from other auto brands , including General Motors (GM). What are your thoughts?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

The decision means that FCA joins General Motors and Ford in covering E15 in its warranty statements; GM started covering E15 with its MY 2012 vehicles, while Ford joined a year later with its MY 2013 vehicles. FCA’s decision to join GM and Ford provides clear evidence that the tide on E15 has turned. —Bob Dineen.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

General Motors CEO Mary Barra gave investors a detailed playbook for the automaker's future electric vehicles plans Wednesday, including a possible glimpse at a crossover based on the Bolt EV. Barra gave the presentation for investors at the Barclays 2017 Global Automotive Conference in New York.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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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. GM will provide each team with a Chevrolet Bolt EV as the vehicle platform.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Earlier this month, Nissan Motor Co., That’s why we’re joining forces with ABB to find ways to enable the Volt batteries to provide environmental benefits that stretch far beyond the highway —Micky Bly, GM Executive Director of Electrical Systems, Hybrids, Electric Vehicles and Batteries. Earlier post.).

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