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JULY 27, 2021

Since the introduction of General Motors’ fleet telematics solution, OnStar Vehicle Insights, fleet managers have received nearly 3.5 Vehicle Health: Provides vehicle mileage, oil life and fuel efficiency, as well as preventative service prompts and maintenance notifications.

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APRIL 25, 2016

Tula Technology used a production General Motors L94 6.2L The base engine is used by General Motors in many applications, among them, the 2010 GMC Yukon Denali. Modification to the engine block to allow oil routing to each of the lost-motion lifters. Eisazadeh-Far and Younkins (2016). Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 16, 2013

General Motors has begun manufacturing the electric motor for the Spark EV at its Baltimore Operations plant in White Marsh, Md. The heart of the Spark EV’s propulsion system is the GM-designed, oil-cooled, permanent magnet motor. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

After four years of effort, including seven attempts to recycle an oily filter sludge generated from a machining operation, a 75-year-old General Motors manufacturing facility in Rochester, N.Y. The machine uses oil for lubrication from a central pit. The velocity makes excess oil pass through a filter into a hose.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 29, 2015

When oil prices drop, the knee-jerk response of many analysts is to forecast doom for sales of electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and other green cars. That''s not something General Motors recognizes as an issue, though. General Motors Batteries Plug-In Hybrids GM Future Cars Chevy Volt plug-in cars Chevrolet Bolt'

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JANUARY 12, 2024

2021 to add 100,000 Tesla Model 3s , then added EVs from General Motors and Polestar, including plans to buy up to 175,000 GM EVs through 2027. It also rolled out EV rentals and charging in some unlikely places—such as Houston, America’s Big Oil nerve center. It originally announced plans in Oct.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Every cloud has a silver lining – and General Motors is determined to get something good out of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill disaster. It has developed a method to convert around 100miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill into parts for the Chevrolet Volt. [.].

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JANUARY 26, 2017

General Motors has introduced a next generation infotainment software development kit ( NGI SDK ) that allows software developers around the world to develop and test in-vehicle applications for GM’s infotainment systems. Performance and maintenance, such as oil life and tire pressure.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Quantum holds multiple patents related to hydrogen fueling systems, and has designed and built 13 systems for General Motors, Shell Oil, the US Army, AeroVironment/NASA and others in support of hydrogen fuel cell programs.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. Akerson said the bi-fuel Impala is an example of using affordable technology to reduce oil consumption and save consumers money at the pump.

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AUGUST 20, 2011

The major investors from previous rounds participated, including The Blackstone Group, Khosla Ventures, Total Energy Ventures International (part of Total, one of the world’s major Oil and Gas groups), ATV, Globespan Capital Partners, General Motors, Arancia, and Sumitomo.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Features include: Low-mass hollow-frame cast iron block; Dual overhead camshafts with continuously variable valve timing; Chain-driven cams; Roller-finger camshaft followers; Piston-cooling oil jets and integrated oil cooler; Variable-flow oil pump; and. Electronically controlled thermostat. The Sonic’s 1.8L

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JULY 28, 2015

With 369 lb-ft of torque (500 N·m) generated by the all-new 2.8L It is also the cleanest diesel truck engine ever produced by General Motors. Oiling circuit that includes a dedicated feed for the turbocharger to provide increased pressure at the turbo and faster oil delivery. Piston-cooling oil jets.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2012

Normally, we measure gasoline savings in gallons, or barrels of oil, but General Motors has decided to measure the gasoline saved by its Chevrolet Volt Plug-in Hybrid in supertankers. Using data.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Volkswagen, the first overseas automaker to enter the Chinese market three decades ago, joins Nissan Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Daimler AG in planning electric vehicles in the country.

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APRIL 10, 2013

US DRIVE partners are the US Department of Energy (DOE); the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR)—a consortium composed of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors; Tesla Motors, Inc.;

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

General Motors Company is investing more than $230 million in four GM plants in the greater Flint, Michigan area to support the production of the fuel-efficient 2011 Chevrolet Cruze and Volt extended range electric vehicle. four-cylinder engine generator for the Volt and the 1.4L four-cylinder turbo engine for the Cruze.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“For all de facto purposes, Waymo is becoming the Standard Oil of autonomous driving,” said Grayson Brulte, head of insights firm Road to Autonomy. Others have argued that the bill could slow down innovation, as it would require Waymo and other companies to gain approval from over a dozen municipalities before expanding.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

Eleven more General Motors facilities have achieved landfill-free status. Reuse: Grand Rapids Operations’ in-house oil recycling saves GM $1.2 It recycles and reuses every gallon of oil it buys from a refinery several times. GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada). Colmotores Assembly (Colombia).

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AUGUST 15, 2017

is a clean-sheet redesign developed entirely within General Motors, including the engine control system. Built with an aluminum block and head, the engine features a new combustion system (with variable swirl) and is also equipped with a variable displacement oil pump and ECU-controlled piston cooling jets.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

developer of a family of low cost, renewable furoate esters (xF) for use as oxygenating blend components (5%-20%) in both gasoline and diesel fuels, as well as heating oil and other specialty applications, has appointed former GM Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Tom Stephens as an independent director of the Company, effective immediately.

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MAY 24, 2013

The mechanism is actuated by an oil control valve through a dual-feed stationary hydraulic lash adjuster. The mechanism is actuated by an oil control valve through a dual-feed stationary hydraulic lash adjuster. —Mike Anderson, General Motors’ global chief engineer for Ecotec engines. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 6, 2010

In addition to government funds, the auto and oil industries have spent more than $6 million over the last two years testing engine performance and durability of higher ethanol fuels, as well as testing storage and dispensing of fuels with 15% ethanol (E15). —Coleman Jones, biofuel implementation manager for General Motors.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Task force member, advisor to Google and former Corporate Vice President for Research and Development at General Motors Larry Burns hailed the creation of a new “Automotive DNA,” through which cars are connected and driverless, offering consumers and businesses an entirely new and improved value proposition.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ever since the 1970’s, when he and his brother would take turns sitting in gas lines on Saturday mornings during a severe gas shortage, Earl Cox had been interested in the development of a vehicle that could run on something other than oil-based fuel. His interest grew deeper when he was an officer in the U.S.

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MAY 19, 2011

The full list of US DRIVE partners includes: Auto industry: United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (the collaborative research company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors) and Tesla Motors.

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JUNE 24, 2013

The members are European, North American and Asian OEMs: Chrysler/Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, PSA, Renault and Toyota. Click to enlarge. All OEMs in the new CRP have indicated agreement with these conclusions. Background.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

Asia now consumes more than 30 million barrels of oil per day—roughly the same as all of the Americas—but its oil production stands at roughly 9 million barrels per day, the report notes, leaving the region dependent on external sources for more than 70% of its petroleum—triple the import level of the Americas.

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

The vacuum pump is incorporated into one of the camshafts for greater efficiency and the oil pump is a rotary vane type. Each cylinder has a central direct injector with cooled EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) as an integral part of the cylinder heads.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Factors related to vehicle maintenance that impact fuel economy include engine tuning, tire selection and maintenance, and weight of engine oil. Improper engine oil. In this report, eco-driving is used in its broadest sense: Eco-driving includes those strategic decisions (e.g., route selection), and operational decisions (e.g.,

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JUNE 13, 2012

Saab Automobile Parts AB, as well as intellectual property rights for the Saab 9-5, owned by General Motors, are not included in the purchase agreement. The Chinese can increasingly afford cars; however, the global oil supply would not suffice if they all buy petroleum-fueled vehicles.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk had an idea during an interview last evening with the Wall Street Journal: Get rid of government incentives for everyone, including electric vehicles, gas, and oil subsidies. However, other companies, like Ford, General Motors, and others, who are working to transition to EVs, are getting the attention.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

This station is part of a cluster of hydrogen refueling stations opened by Shell in New York, in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the US Department of Energy and General Motors.

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MARCH 26, 2009

Under this proposal, CSMCRI will conduct a research, produce and supply jatropha oil for two years, which in the form of biodiesel will be tested on GM vehicles, General Motor India Vice-President (corporate affairs) P Balendran told PTI.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

General Motors Ventures LLC has invested in NanoSteel Company, a developer of proprietary nano-structured steel material. Over its ten-year history, NanoSteel has created progressive generations of iron-based alloys from surface coatings to monolithic steel. Terms of the GM Ventures investment were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Novelty vehicles are not really the ones that will help the US address the growing concern over US oil consumption,” said General Motors Co. spokesman Greg Martin. GM, majority-owned by the government, is awaiting a decision from the DOE on three loan applications totaling more than $10 billion. A hat-tip to Joe!).

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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.

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