Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

General Motors on Monday outlined a series of major restructuring steps that it said would accelerate its transformation for the future, building on the strategy it laid out in 2015 to strengthen its core business, to capitalize on the future of personal mobility and to drive significant cost efficiencies.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

General Motors and Powermat, a provider of wireless charging technology for mobile personal devices, announced a commercial agreement that will eliminate the need for charging cords for personal electronic devices in many future Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products beginning mid-2012. Chevy Volt Powermat.

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APRIL 20, 2020

The first VOCSN V+Pro critical care ventilators produced by General Motors and Ventec Life Systems in Kokomo, Indiana ( earlier post ) are being delivered by UPS to Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago at the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The UAW’s strike is still ongoing, and analysts such as Barclays’ Dan Levy estimate that the profit impact of lost production for the Detroit Big Three is about $40-$60 million per week per automaker. Barra Chair & CEO General Motors Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The new REVA NXG introduced at IAA, due for production in 2011, features a Li-ion phosphate pack. General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. Click to enlarge. Karl Slym, President and Managing Director, GM India.

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MARCH 23, 2024

Stellantis signs share buyback agreement with investment firm The company also said the cuts were intended to “better align resources while preserving the critical skills needed to protect our competitive advantage as we remain laser focused on implementing our EV product offensive and our Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan.”

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

General Motors (GM) plans to launch a wholly-owned direct sales platform, Durant Guild, in China. The head of GM China, Julian Blissett, noted that the OEM’s goal with Durant Guild isn’t to sell volume but instead change the perception Chinese consumers have about General Motors. What is Durant Guild?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

General Motors announced Ultifi, an end-to-end software platform that it says will unlock new vehicle experiences and connect customers’ digital lives. Ultifi will be enabled by hardware built into select next-generation products starting in 2023, encompassing internal combustion and electric vehicles.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

But while companies like Tesla and General Motors are definitely celebrating, electric truck maker Rivian is not. Carmakers like Tesla, General Motors, and more recently, Toyota, have passed this milestone. . Rivals like Tesla have had time to ramp their production so they could offer lower-priced cars.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The executive again hinted that it’s interested in addressing quality control while reminding everyone that new products are forthcoming. Thankfully, we are on track to reach full production schedules in the coming days at our assembly plants in Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois that were affected during the strike. This is critical!!

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, is expanding to the western United States, adding the Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco markets.

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MARCH 4, 2017

Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, has expanded its offerings to include a new monthly service, Maven Reserve. The curated Maven Reserve experience includes a dedicated parking space for the duration of the reservation and a personalized walk-through of the vehicle. and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

General Motors said earlier this month that is finally ramping up production of its Cadillac all-electric Lyriq SUV this year. Photo credit: General Motors/Cadillac If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. Cruise is facing a potential $1.5 Get started here.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

General Motors is acquiring three-year-old start-up Cruise Automation to add Cruise’s deep software talent and rapid development capability to further accelerate GM’s development of autonomous vehicle technology. The acquisition of Cruise is GM’s latest step toward its goal of redefining the future of personal mobility.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 9, 2023

On Tuesday, General Motors confirmed Apple’s Mike Abbott as the executive vice president of its Software division — an important role considering that the automaker is betting large on shifting revenue toward connectivity. General Motors wants to start leveraging subscription services until it becomes a meaningful source of revenue.

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MAY 17, 2023

For years, Musk has been staunchly anti-advertisement, arguing that Tesla would rather spend the money it would allocate for ads on improving its products. However, he noted that the company’s ads have to be “informative about a product” and “aesthetically pleasing.” billion on US ads.

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JUNE 4, 2022

As Chevrolet—and the other General Motors divisions Cadillac, GMC and Buick—launch additional electric models , it becomes an overall marketing and sales positioning strategy so these electric vehicles don’t get in each other’s way. In August 2021 Chevrolet stopped production of both models as there was a battery recall.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 11, 2011

We've learned from an inside source at General Motors, a person close to the project, that the electric Cadillac Converj luxury coupe is now back in the GM product plan. The Converj was recently approved for production by GM product executives. Sometimes, like Lazarus, dead cars rise again.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

General Motors and its joint ventures delivered a record 3,870,587 vehicles in China in 2016, which was an increase of 7.1% About 40% of GM’s product launches in China through 2020 will be SUVs and MPVs. Buick posted record sales, supported by popular products like the Excelle GT sedan and Envision SUV.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

A person remotely drives these vehicles to ferry passengers. “If every vehicle drives off the production line equipped with teledriving… you can have an on-demand tele-valet that parks your car for you,” said von der Ohe, “and then teledrives you home in your own car if you have a few glasses to drink.”

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Posawatz has consistently been recognized as an industry leader in product innovation and electrified vehicles and served as Chairman of the Board for the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). Part of my assignment at Fisker was to recruit a long-term CEO and I cannot think of a better person than Tony to take us forward.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

General Motors and IBM are partnering to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go, the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform. —Phil Abram, Executive Director, GM Connected Products and Strategy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

General Motors Co. billion to the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and create or retain more than 28,000 jobs. CAR has carried out the great majority of studies investigating the impact of the US motor vehicle industry on the US economy since 1992. million along with $66 billion in annual US personal income.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 18, 2023

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. new trend in design for American motor cars. Worth an aside, Motorama was a huge event for General Motors.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

A Personalization Sonic concept puts a larger emphasis on personalization. All the SEMA concepts feature accessories designed to allow personalization while maintaining refinement and ride characteristics. General Motors’ engineers developed most of the accessories shown on the concept vehicles.

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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. In June, GM began using mass-production methods for autonomous vehicles. China is playing a key role in the company’s strategy.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The plaintiffs represent a series of class actions suits asserting that vehicles sold by Ford, Honda, General Motors, Toyota, and Volkswagen have “recorded and intercepted [owners’] private text messages and call logs.” Image: General Motors] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In our last Eldorado entry , we discussed the exterior differences between Cadillac’s standard Series 62 convertible and the limited production Eldorado. It& remained in production through 1990. With its “unique bodywork” convertibles in 1953, it seemed General Motors overreached with regard to pricing on two out of three.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2014

And so the outlook is for ever-better engines or electric motors in heavy vehicles used in a way that results in the worst weight-to-payload ratios for any mechanized means of personal transportation in history. metric tons, General Motors’ Volt is more than 1.7 —Vaclav Smil. metric tons. —Vaclav Smil.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

General Motors was the first company to bite. On a fateful day in 1961, the Unimate pictured at top took its place on the assembly line of General Motors’ Ternstedt plant, in Trenton, N.J. The new line of robots was just part of a bigger plan to ratchet up productivity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

It offers 22 services along with built-in 4G LTE to owners of Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet products from SAIC-GM. Customers will have a dedicated personal account, enabling customization of in-car entertainment, comfort and app services. SAIC General Motors Co., In 2016, GM delivered more than 3.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

General Motors plans to build a future small car in the United States utilizing an idled UAW-GM facility. I would like to personally thank the UAW for agreeing to work with us to ensure our overall manufacturing competitiveness in the United States. Fritz Henderson, General Motors President and CEO.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

General Motors (GM) has unveiled the Cadillac Celestiq, a flagship, all-electric “halo car” designed to take on the likes of the world’s premier ultra-luxury car makers. I never knew it could be this personal.” – @LennyKravitz. Production of the Cadillac Celestiq is expected to start December next year.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2024 Cadillac Lyriq Sport trim (Source: Cadillac) General Motors is banking that Europeans will want an American-made $93,000 SUV that has zero emissions – but the US brand has had plenty of trouble getting production off the ground on its home turf. Get started here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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JULY 17, 2012

General Motors’ OnStar subscribers can now rent out their idle vehicles through the RelayRides marketplace, leveraging OnStar connectivity already active in their vehicles ( Earlier post ), and with no need to hand over their keys. RelayRides reservation app. Click to enlarge. Challenges with access-based consumption.

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JUNE 10, 2014

The study surveyed all major automakers and forecasts that Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler will become the biggest users of aluminum sheet in the next decade. It also forecasts that the number of vehicles with complete aluminum body structures will reach 18% of North American production, from less than 1% today.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

EPA released the latest edition of its annual report on trends in CO 2 emissions, fuel economy and powertrain technology for new personal vehicles in the US. The report also noted that: Since alternative fuel vehicle production [CNG, PHEVs and EVs] has generally been less than 0.1% l/100 km)—a 0.5 Source: EPA.

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