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The team presented a paper on their work at the ASME 2017 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. The combustion process is central to engine design, but studying the intricacies of combustion in a laboratory is difficult and significant computational resources are required to simulate it in a virtual environment.

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General Motors will build its new generation midsize diesel engine family at the GM Manufacturing Poland plant in Tychy. liter four-cylinder diesel engine is scheduled for 2017. Engines will be installed in a wide range of Opel/Vauxhall models. The GM Manufacturing Poland plants in Gliwice and Tychy employ 3,500 people.

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It supports stop/start technology, which further helps save fuel by allowing the engine to shut down in certain stop-and-go driving conditions. It optimizes acceleration and fuel consumption, and reduces engine noise during cruising for an overall balance of performance and refinement that the driver and passengers will feel at all speeds.

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JUNE 14, 2018

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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MARCH 30, 2022

General Motors (GM) is expediting Hummer EV production after receiving more than 65,000 reservations. He also stated that GM Hummer EV reservations had exceeded expectations. Aldred believes that about 95% of people are converting their Hummer EV reservations into orders, a much higher number than GM expected.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

CleanFUEL USA , a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems has introduced its latest Liquid Propane Injection (LPI) system for the General Motors (GM) 6.0-liter liter engine. When the 6.0L Systems are available through CleanFUEL USA Master Dealers and Preferred Installers.

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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 14, 2016

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

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The plant and its nearly 1,100 employees now reuse, recycle or convert to energy all waste from daily operations. With their achievement, GM’s landfill-free facility count is at 109, more than any automaker. —John Bradburn, GM manager of waste reduction efforts. GM supplier Mobile Fluid Recovery helped the 1.8-million-square-foot

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The running total is 122 manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations spanning Asia, Europe, and South and North America that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all waste from daily operations. GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada). Joinville Engine (Brazil). GM Heritage Center (Michigan).

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liter engines. The EPA certifications allow Icom to convert these popular fleet vehicles in the US market for propane/autogas bi-fuel use. Icom’s EPA certifications now cover approximately three million vehicles, primarily Ford and GM fleet vehicles. It is designed specifically for use with OEM gasoline engines.

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MARCH 6, 2017

General Motors and PSA Group announced an agreement under which PSA Group will acquire GM’s Opel/Vauxhall subsidiary and GM Financial’s European operations in a transaction valuing these activities at €1.3 GM will also own warrants to purchase shares of PSA. Barra, GM chairman and CEO. billion (US$1.38 billion) and €0.9

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MAY 12, 2016

With faster upshifts than a dual-clutch transmission (DCT) and a wider overall gear ratio spread to optimize performance and efficiency, the all-new available GM Hydra-Matic 10-speed automatic transmission sets a new performance standard in the 2017 Camaro ZL1. GM-developed controller. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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JULY 8, 2011

General Motors’ efforts to eliminate the shipment of plant waste to landfills is spreading to its non-manufacturing sites, 10 of which now reuse, recycle or convert to energy all waste from normal operations. Converting non-manufacturing facilities meant rethinking packaging such as cardboard—a significant waste stream due to volume.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Engineers at GM’s R&D Center are developing a new low-cost concept for NO x control from lean-burn spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engines: passive ammonia SCR. gasoline) engines, with a higher charge mass and higher temperature spread, can deliver improved thermal efficiency and better fuel economy.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

GM’s second-generation fuel-cell system (engineer included for scale.) The system looks about like a small inline gasoline engine, you could even put it into a sedan. In 2007, GM took fuel cell development activity out of R&D and moved it over to GM Powertrain, along with 500 scientists and engineers.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

General Motors said that 52% of its worldwide facilities are now landfill-free; i.e., all waste generated from normal operations is reused, recycled or converted to energy. GM employees focus first on decreasing the amount of waste generated, and then work to recycle the unavoidable waste. This year alone, GM has recycled or reused 2.5

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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 In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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. For good measure, GM also described work on gas turbines and the Stirling thermal engine.

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JUNE 4, 2024

Though it’s not the bargain it once was, the Chevy Corvette remains one of the best values in performance cars, especially with its move to a mid-engine layout. While we don’t know for sure, Chevy’s new teaser video for the car includes acceleration sounds that hint at a turbocharged flat-plane-crank engine.

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l/100 km) combined, 47 mpg city and 46 mpg highway; the powertrain shares the transmission architecture with the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle (EREV), but includes changes to optimize the system for engine-driven charge-sustaining operation in the range of conditions represented by the US EPA 5 cycle fuel economy tests.

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APRIL 14, 2011

GM is exploring the use of an ultracapacitor-based Active Energy Recovery Buffer (AERB) scheme as a low-cost means to improve fuel economy in conventional vehicles; results of a simulation study presented at SAE 2011 World Congress showed improvement of up to 1.3% liter engine and a six-speed transmission.

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Change was in the air at GM, and it was overdue. The 1957 sales slump was credited to refreshed styling at GM (Cadillac and Buick in particular) that looked dated next to Exner’s 1957 Forward Look on Chrysler and Imperial models. In response, GM performed additional fiddling and more chrome appeared in 1958.

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On the similar era, the corporate plans so as to add electrical car capability by way of repurposing present vegetation, together with turning some into EV-only factories and including EVs along gasoline-vehicle meeting traces at others, stated Gerald Johnson, GM’s govt vice chairman of world production and sustainability. Completely.

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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. Source: GM. in 2009 are green innovations, evidence of the rapid development by GM researchers and engineers. Click to enlarge. Malackowski, CEO of Ocean Tomo LLC. “

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Concept diagram of an SMA heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. Source: GM. million (subject to final negotiation with DOE) to support building a prototype thermomechanical waste heat recovery system using a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) heat engine to generate electricity from the heat in automotive exhaust.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

SDCmaterials, a developer of advanced catalyst products based on a novel materials fabrication and integration platform, announced a partnership and formalized a supply agreement with Car Sound, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and catalytic converters for the automotive aftermarket. Further advancements in automotive fuel economy.

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MAY 14, 2012

Opel’s first new engine for a revamped portfolio is a turbocharged 1598 cc, four-cylinder gasoline unit with direct injection and Start/Stop. Opel is fundamentally renewing its engine range over the next 12 months with the launch of three completely new gasoline and diesel families intended to replace the core of the current portfolio.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

To enable the transmission’s stop/start functionality, BorgWarner’s Eco-Launch hydraulic accumulator and solenoid valve provide rapid, quiet and smooth engagements during engine restarts. Stop/start systems increase fuel economy by turning the engine off when the vehicle stops.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

GM unveils the US production version of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan at the LA Auto Show on 2 December. The Cruze is a GM global car; the North American version features a new Ecotec 1.4L The Cruze is a GM global car; the North American version features a new Ecotec 1.4L Engines for the 2011 Cruze. turbo and 1.8L

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GM began producing cars on its J Platform beginning in 1981 , and the J-Body proved to be a tremendous global sales success for The General. market Js were available as two- and four-door sedans , coupes , three-door hatchbacks , convertibles and station wagons. Over the years, U.S.-market The replacement was the Sunfire. liter Ecotec.

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General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. —Mike Robinson, GM vice president of Environment, Energy and Safety policy. Click to enlarge.

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This dedicated EV propulsion architecture combines a 111-kWh battery pack and a two-motor, all-wheel-drive propulsion system to offer a GM-estimated 600 horsepower and 640 lb-ft (868 N·m) of torque, along with a GM-estimated driving range of 300 miles (483 km) on a full charge. Unique among Ultium-based EVs are CELESTIQ’s 11.59:1

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APRIL 8, 2014

The MY 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will offer a new 8-speed automatic transmission designed and built by GM. GM expects the new 8L90 eight-speed to contribute up to 5% greater efficiency, when compared to the previous six-speed automatic. naturally aspirated engine. New 8L90 8-speed. Click to enlarge.

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Conceived as a new high-end convertible in the years leading up to the personal luxury car, the Series 62 Eldorado “sports convertible” wore unique sheet metal to all other Cadillac models in 1953. Unlike later examples of two-door vehicles from the three most expensive GM brands, these three were not the same underneath.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) is gearing up for a major shift in 2022 thanks to its evolving electric vehicle program, planning for record profit levels that could surge the company into a more well-rounded placement in an increasingly competitive sector. For Q4, GM had a weaker quarter than it did in the same period in 2020.

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Authors of the paper are Rathin Datta, cellulosic ethanol company Coskata’s chief scientific officer; Mark Maher, executive director, powertrain/vehicle integration, GM Powertrain; Coleman Jones, GM biofuels implementation manager; and Richard Brinker, Dean and Professor of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University.

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