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OCTOBER 12, 2022

General Motors has secured a new source of cost-competitive nickel and cobalt for Ultium battery cells after making a strategic investment in Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) of Australia ( earlier post ). Queensland Pacific Metals’ proposed TECH Project is poised to become a leading supplier of high-grade, advanced battery materials.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The Virginia Tech institute has been building connected-vehicle technology since 2001. Funding for the institute’s Fairfax test-bed project came from the US Department of Transportation, the Virginia Department of Transportation, and Virginia Tech, among other resources.

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APRIL 23, 2022

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA). University of California, Davis (Davis, CA). University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX). University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) .

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AUGUST 25, 2010

General Motors Co. is investing $5 million to help create the National Tire Research Center at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI). Other funding for the $14 million center is coming from Virginia Tech and the national tobacco settlement. The facility is the result of a long partnership between VTTI and GM.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

General Motors (GM) and GlobalFoundries (GF) have entered a strategic, long-term agreement establishing a dedicated capacity corridor exclusively for GM’s chip supply. This agreement supports GM’s strategy to reduce the number of unique chips needed to power increasingly complex and tech-laden vehicles.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) concludes that the automotive industry is not only “high-tech,” it is frequently a leader in technological developments and applications. The report authors acknowledge the difficulty of defining “high-tech” in an ever-changing economic environment. Click to enlarge.

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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. Michigan Tech. Virginia Tech. The participating universities are: Kettering University. Michigan State University.

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MAY 24, 2019

Rounding out the top three are Virginia Tech in second place and the University of Alabama in third place. The Ohio State University has been named The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year One champion, taking the lead in the premier four-year collegiate engineering competition.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Chevrolet Spark EV Tech Performance concept. Chevrolet previewed the Spark EV Tech Performance concept, as well as other performance-oriented concepts of the Sonic, Malibu, new Impala, and Cruze Diesel. General Motors’ engineers developed most of the accessories shown on the concept vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Ultium Cells LLC, the battery cell manufacturing joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors is investing an additional $275 million in the Ultium Cells Spring Hill plant to expand the facility’s battery cell output by more than 40 percent, from 35 gigawatt-hours to 50 GWh, when the plant is fully operational. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 27, 2022

—Prasad Kakade, Senior Disruptive Tech Analyst at GlobalData. In April 2021, the company raised $139 million in a Series D funding round with participation led by the VC arm of General Motors and other investors including Shanghai Auto, Temasek, Applied Ventures, and Vertex.

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JULY 21, 2014

The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute has been awarded two federal contracts worth a combined potential $55 million to further study safety efforts for commercial truck drivers and break new ground in the burgeoning field of automated vehicles.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

General Motors outlined its technology rollout plan for electrification, intelligent driving and connectivity in China. At Tech Day, China’s version of GM’s EV Day held in March in Warren, the company provided a fast-forward look at its technologies developed globally that combine a local perspective.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Owners are having issues with high-tech approaches to this basic function; seven of the 10 most problematic models in this area are battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The parent corporation receiving the most model-level awards is General Motors Company (seven awards), followed by Hyundai Motor Group (five) and Toyota Motor Corporation (four).

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JUNE 4, 2010

General Motors has established General Motors Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary designed to help the company identify and develop innovative technologies in the automotive/transportation sector. Lauckner, who is named GM Vice President and President General Motors Ventures, LLC, reporting to Stephen J.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

The FOVIO based driver monitoring system (DMS) forms an integral part of General Motors’ Super Cruise hands-free driving system for the highway, ensuring safe and confident vehicle operation.

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MARCH 5, 2020

At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors). GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

General Motors hosted the 2013 GM China Tech Day at the GM China Advanced Technical Center (ATC) in Shanghai from 9-12 December. GM created this annual event in 2011 to introduce its latest technology achievements to Chinese media.

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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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APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate.

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MAY 14, 2015

General Motors will invest $1 billion in its Warren Technical Center campus. Extensive office upgrades including new carpet, paint, furniture, reconfiguration of miscellaneous work areas in most Tech Center buildings, improving the work environment for all campus functions, including the Vehicle Engineering Center or VEC.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

million force and moment tire test machine known as a “Flat-Trac LTRe” that measures tire performance has been custom-built for the tire research center by MTS Systems Corporation of Minnesota.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Hamid Servati, president, Servo Tech Engineering. Gary Smyth, executive director of global research and development, General Motors. Funding is available to applicants from the College of Engineering and UMTRI who have reported an applicable invention to U-M Tech Transfer.

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JUNE 11, 2016

General Motors, joined by Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne, announced a major expansion of its engineering and software work in Canada with focus on supporting the development of innovative new automotive systems and technologies for the future.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

Delta’s partners for this 3-year, US$7-million project include General Motors LLC, DTE Energy, CPES Virginia Tech, NextEnergy, the Michigan Agency for Energy’s Energy Office and the City of Detroit’s Office of Sustainability. The novel SST power cell topology directly utilizes medium-voltage alternating current (MVAC) at 4.8-kV

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APRIL 21, 2013

General Motors discussed its future plans in China during a press conference in conjunction with the start of Auto Shanghai 2013.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors 2MT70 FWD two-mode hybrid transaxle, as seen from. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for GM) Click to enlarge. V-6 flex-fuel engine. engine side. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Baidu and BAIC Group have a tie-up to bring the Chinese tech giant’s software to market with the aid of Bosch on the hardware side. In this latest report, General Motors (GM) and Waymo are effectively in a dead heat on the technology front; both companies are on the verge of having production ready AVs suitable for mobility services.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

General Motors will build its new generation midsize diesel engine family at the GM Manufacturing Poland plant in Tychy. The building’s surface area will increase by 30% with the addition of the storage area as well as high tech production and testing lines. Start of production of the all-aluminum 1.6-liter

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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. Virginia Tech. and will donate a Chevrolet Camaro to each one of the 16 universities that were recently selected for the exclusive competition.

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JULY 30, 2013

General Motors’ Rayong engine plant in Thailand and Cheongna proving ground in Korea are now landfill-free , bringing the company’s total to 33 sites throughout Asia that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all of their daily waste. GM’s landfill-free facility count in Asia compares to 45 in North America and 22 in Europe.

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APRIL 28, 2016

and participated in the founding of Shanghai General Motors in 1995, serving as the Chief General Manager from 2005 through 2010. Ding served as the Chairman of Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd overseeing over twenty companies under the Zhangjiang Group.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

General Motors will rename GM Powertrain to GM Global Propulsion Systems. GM’s Global Propulsion Systems is collectively the group of more than 8,600 people that design, develop and engineer all propulsion related products and controls for GM worldwide. —Mark Reuss, executive vice president, Global Product Development.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Just as a meteorologist uses high-tech sensors to detect barometric pressure, humidity, air flow and temperature, our system can detect these conditions and modify engine performance and efficiency accordingly. —Richard Bartlett, assistant chief engineer of General Motors’ twin-turbo engine.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

During the program, General Motors will provide production vehicles, vehicle components, seed money, technical mentoring and operational support. The 17 designs range from systems using on-board hydrogen fuel cells to full battery-electric vehicles. Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). Full Function Electric Vehicle (FFEV).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Founded in 1992, USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors. The Grid Interaction Tech Team helped to identify and address roadblocks that would prevent successful commercialization of all types of plug-in electric vehicles.

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APRIL 14, 2016

General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. Clean Tech Inc. Given its drive to zero waste, all of GM’s global facilities recycle their water bottles. washes the bottles and converts them to flake. Unifi, Inc.

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