Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At the opening of Auto Guangzhou 2012, Shanghai General Motors launched its first localized new energy vehicle, the Sail SPRINGO EV. The vehicle was developed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), making it the first production electric vehicle created by a Chinese joint venture. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hertz and General Motors announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. The agreement will encompass electric vehicle deliveries through 2027 as Hertz increases the EV component of its fleet and GM accelerates production of EVs broadly.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

I’m talking about electric motors. And I’m talking about killing GM the way GM killed the electric car. Here’s what I’m proposing: Seize and Nationalize the bankrupt General Motors Corporation. Retool all the GM factories to make plug-in hybrids and plug-in electric cars and trucks.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Electric vehicles are no exception. according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. Cars catch fire. In the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ecotec small gasoline engine. General Motors will develop an all-new global family of small-displacement Ecotec gasoline engines over the next several years that will deliver improved fuel economy, higher quality, better performance and reduced CO 2 emissions. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Developed by General Motors and built in partnership with the pioneering electric drag racing team Hancock and Lane Racing, the concept race car—based on the 2019 COPO Camaro —is driven by an electric motor providing the equivalent of more than 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft (813 N·m) of torque.

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

Executive comments suggest that Cadillac could continue to sell gasoline vehicles beyond its 2030 target date for going all-electric, reports Automotive News. Cadillac was the first of GM’s brands to be on board with its strong EV-focused vision, and announced plans to go all-EV by 2030 in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Current EV business models are doomed unless manufacturers that have bet their futures on them, such as General Motors and VW, invest in or coordinate on a robust supercharger network.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2022

Reflecting increased research interest in synthetic liquid fuels produced using renewable low-carbon electricity and CO 2 sources, e-fuels were added to the potential future fuel technologies that are evaluated. the cost is less than that of the gasoline ICEV. High production volume is assumed unless explicitly specified.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Stellantis will produce a hydrogen fuel-cell Ram commercial truck, the head of the automaker’s fuel-cell program said in a recent interview with German publication Welt am Sonntag (via Electrive ). Once a leader in fuel cells, GM has backed away from their application in light-duty vehicles and instead is focusing on semi trucks.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2017

XL Hybrids has received a California Air Resources Board Executive Order (CARB EO) allowing aftermarket conversions of gasoline-powered Ford Transit cargo vans and passenger wagons to be upgraded with the XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System. XL Hybrids had earlier received CARB Executive Orders on General Motor cargo vans and wagons.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

has received California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Order (EO) #D-731-1 allowing aftermarket conversions of gasoline-powered 2012-2014 model year General Motors 2500 and 3500 vans, Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans into hybrid electric vehicles. XL Hybrids, Inc.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2012

We all know electric and plug-in hybrid cars can help cut down consumption of gasoline, but just how do you measure how much gasoline savings can be made? Using data.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

The annual list is based on the estimated health and environmental impacts associated with a vehicle’s “tailpipe” emissions, as well as emissions from production and distribution of the fuel or electricity used to power it, as well as emissions related to manufacturing and disposal.

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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. But the emphasis was clearly electrical. 24, page 55).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

General Motors will rename GM Powertrain to GM Global Propulsion Systems. Gone are the days when a gasoline engine and a transmission designed independently meet a customer’s expectations. Nearly 50% of the Global Propulsion Systems engineering workforce is involved with alternative or electrified propulsion systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

General Motors Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant worker Tina Oaks attaches wiring harnesses on a Spark EV battery pack. Changes in battery design will not affect the Spark’s MPGe, or gasoline equivalent, performance compared to the 2014 model. Batteries Electric (Battery) Manufacturing' Click to enlarge.

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 3, 2021

GM plans to invest $1 billion to manufacture electric vehicles in Mexico. General Motors has announced its plans to invest $1 billion to manufacture electric vehicles in Mexico adding the 5th plant in North America with EV production capacity. General Motors reveals the SUV version of the electric Hummer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

Co-authors are from Argonne National Laboratory; the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies, Fuel Cell Technologies, and Bioenergy Technologies Offices; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; the Electric Power Research Institute; Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; General Motors; Chevron; and Ford. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2016

has received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the first California Heavy Duty Voucher Incentive Project ( HVIP ) vehicle eligibility allowing significant discounts for aftermarket conversions of gasoline-powered General Motors 2500 and 3500 passenger and cargo vans into hybrid electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Structurally and Electrochemically Stabilized Silicon-rich Anodes for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. General Motors LLC. Ford Motor Company.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 18, 2023

Fortunately, the company had something in its back pocket with the “Performance Electric Vision Design” concept it teased in tandem with the all-electric ZDX.& But that’s not going to stop people from wondering if it’s going to be the next NSX as manufacturers continue to hype all-electric performance.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2012

When General Motors launched the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid back in 2010, it chose to emphasize how it differed from electric cars by highlighting how its gasoline engine meant folks didn’t suffer from range anxiety.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 20, 2017

Unlike conventional hybrids and many plug-in hybrids, the first-generation Chevrolet Volt makes extensive use of both electric and gasoline power. With a fully-charged battery pack, it will drive on electric power alone until the charge is depleted, at which point the onboard gasoline engine activates.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed. The final MY 2013 adjusted, real world CO 2 emissions rate for all light-duty gasoline and diesel-fueled vehicles is 369 g/m—a 7 g/mi decrease relative to MY 2012. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 20, 2016

Today, the BMW i3 REx extended-range electric car is the subject of a lawsuit, General Motors is expected to compensate owners who bough large crossover SUVs with inaccurate window-sticker fuel-economy ratings, and Gasoline demand is on the rise in the U.S., China, and India. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Discussions of Tesla Motors sometimes seem couched in the terms of a religious tale: Tesla as David vs General Motors in the Goliath role. One company is the plucky Silicon Valley electric-car startup that''s never built a vehicle with a gasoline engine. The other is the largest U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 23, 2023

Staff from multiple business units, including its combustion-focused Ford Blue division and the Model e electric vehicle unit, are supposed to be getting bad news in the coming weeks. CEO Jim Farley has also suggested trimming unnecessary portions of Blue Oval’s gasoline engine operations. & [Image: Ford Motor Co.]

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A supporter of all things that have four wheels and an engine, electric cars are among Leno’s favorite. “I mean, the electric car is here to stay. You’re in it, you smell something, there’s smoke, and then it doesn’t go up in a ball the way a gasoline car would. However, they still make up around 3% of the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

This distinction can have important policy implications for regions that rely on non-petroleum sources of electricity, which is increasingly natural gas in much of the US. Credit: ACS, Luk et al. Click to enlarge. CNG HEV energy use and CO 2 emissions are both 30% lower than those of the CNG CV, because of fuel economy differences.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

General Motors has all but ceased production of its Chevy Bolt electric car after 16 of them were destroyed by battery fires. Right now, production is not scheduled to resume until the end of February — at the earliest — and some people wonder whether GM will quietly step away from the Bolt until such […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

His career has spanned nearly 40 years with GM, allowing him to work on gasoline engines, manual and automatic transmissions, propulsion and vehicle controls, and hybrid and electric systems. He led the development of the Chevrolet Volt propulsion system through two generations. The award honors the memory of Edward N.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

David Brooks, Director for General Motors Global Propulsion Systems R&D located in Pontiac, gave a more medium-term perspective, emphasizing a pragmatic approach toward reducing CO 2 with an eye to 2025. According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 30, 2012

When General Motors began producing the Chevrolet Volt in 2010, many staunch electric car fans dismissed it, saying its on-board gasoline engine meant it was only a hybrid, not a true electric car.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 4, 2022

The intention is to make the company’s two electric car offerings more attractive to consumers, especially those that are looking for an affordable alternative to a gasoline-powered car. In 2023 Chevrolet is launching the all-new, all-electric Equinox and Blazer models, which need to have a price differential from the Bolt models.

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