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JUNE 9, 2023

General Motors’ (GM) support for Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) might be trouble for Electrify America. The theory is gaining some legs now that General Motors has decided to support the NACS. General Motors and Ford hold a significant market share of the United States auto industry.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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. These are the observations in an in-depth study of the industry by management professors at the University of California, Davis, and Dartmouth College.

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JULY 3, 2020

General Motors will work with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to determine fuel property effects on abnormal combustion for biofuel-petroleum fuel blends. Sylvatex will work with ANL to evaluate the injector performance of Sylvatex’s alternative diesel fuel and optimize its formulation.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

General Motors said it will introduce at least 20 new electric vehicles by 2023. General Motors believes in an all-electric future. —Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president of Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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MAY 28, 2010

Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, Calif. The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team chose to design an EREV hybrid with a 21.3 similar to those conducted on production vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Scott Jorgensen, a former General Motors Technical Fellow and principle at Hyrax Intercontinental LLC, recently joined Skeleton Technologies as an advisor to the Board to support the company in gaining market share for curved graphene ultracapacitors in the hybrid and electric vehicle market.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The products will target customers who have a need for travel in unconventional and off-road terrain, including places where vehicles have never roamed before. The new unit furthers Hyundai Motor Group’s vision to shape the future of mobility and onboard forward-thinking, innovative leadership from Silicon Valley and other innovation hubs.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2016

After his apprenticeship as a toolmaker, Peter Mertens studied production technology at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences. Between 1985 and 1990, he was head of the technology transfer department at the University of Kaiserslautern, where he gained a doctorate in engineering.

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MARCH 22, 2011

The conversion of biomass to cellulosic ethanol is the most efficient and productive use of biomass to create a high-octane, environmentally friendly transportation fuel, according to a perspective paper published in the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. Comparison of yields of ethanol vs other reduced products.

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JUNE 13, 2009

University students from The Ohio State University earned top honors at the 2009 finals of the EcoCAR : The NeXt Challenge competition in Toronto, Canada for their design of a Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV). The next-generation design predicts a 300% increase in fuel economy over the production 4-cylinder vehicle.

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MARCH 12, 2021

The four teams selected to receive $18 million in funding through Phase II of NEXTCAR are: The University of California Berkeley team has developed an innovative vehicle dynamics and powertrain (VD&PT) control architecture based on a predictive and data-driven approach. Award amount is $3,474,864. Award amount is $4,498,650.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Prior to Stellantis, Saurabh worked with General Motors (GM) for over two decades including long term assignments in South Korea among several key leadership roles within the company. We are certain, the next phase of growth for Nissan is going to be exciting for all of us as we build on the success of the Nissan Magnite.”

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JANUARY 17, 2024

The service is currently available around the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the city’s arts district renting out cars by the minute. General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has struggled in the face of regulatory scrutiny after an October accident in which a San Francisco woman was dragged by a car.

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JULY 7, 2016

These projects, selected through collaborative research consortia, will leverage industry, university and laboratory expertise to accelerate advanced hydrogen storage technologies and fuel cell performance and durability. University of Missouri, St. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 29, 2014

With previous professional experience as CEO of Asian Operations for Chrysler Group and the CEO of General Motors China Group, Murtaugh provides keen insight into Pinnacle’s planned expansion in 2014, focused heavily on Asian markets. —Ron Hoge, Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Engines.

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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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AUGUST 24, 2021

This is the responsibility shouldered by Ankur Ganguli , executive director of Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls at General Motors Co. "My engines, transmissions, electric batteries and motors, brakes, steering and suspensions) for our full portfolio of cars and trucks—millions of vehicles every year," says Ganguli.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. Being a company that manufactures electric vehicles (EVs) and other renewable energy products, Tesla has been a strong proponent of strict emissions rules.

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MAY 17, 2013

General Motors is joining the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford University (CARS). The Center for Automotive Research at Stanford is a community of faculty and students from a range of disciplines aimed at discovering, building, and deploying critical ideas and innovations for the next generation of cars and drivers.

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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.” “Is he an effective ambassador?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

an Ann Arbor-based developer of next-generation lithium-ion batteries, announced the combined investment of $4.2M by General Motors Ventures ($3.2 Sakti3 has a world-wide exclusive license for patents related to University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) File Nos. Sakti3, Inc., Earlier post.)

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APRIL 22, 2022

To resume vehicle production at Gigafactory Shanghai, Tesla China has adopted a closed-loop system similar to those adopted by other high-profile companies such as GM and CATL. Industry officials, however, noted that Giga Shanghai’s inventory of components could only support about a week’s worth of production.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Nitz received a Bachelor’™s of Electrical Engineering from Kettering University and a Master’s degree from Stanford University. For all-electric vehicles, his team delivered the Chevrolet Spark EV and is now completing the powertrain for the Chevrolet Bolt EV. Established in 1978, Edward N. The award honors the memory of Edward N.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

He had earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1946 and a master’s in electrical engineering in 1949, both from Columbia University. The Henry Ford Shortly after the cocktail party, the two men founded Unimation, the name a portmanteau of “universal” and “automation,” which Devol had coined when filing his patent.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

This is an important finding because it shows that the primary failure product of lithium metal batteries is unreacted metallic lithium instead of the SEI. For example, in an electrolyte specially designed by Meng’s collaborators at General Motors, lithium deposits as dense, column-shaped chunks.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

The service is currently available around the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the city’s arts district renting out cars by the minute. General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has struggled in the face of regulatory scrutiny after an October accident in which a San Francisco woman was dragged by a car.

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JUNE 13, 2011

General Motors Ventures LLC will invest $6 million in Proterra Inc., near Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research. General Motors Ventures, LLC, is a subsidiary designed to help the company identify and develop innovative technologies in the automotive/transportation sector. Source: GM.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

General Motors and its joint ventures sold more than 4 million vehicles in China for the first time in 2017. The improved product mix contributed to robust performance across segments—especially SUVs and luxury vehicles. Retail sales totaled 4,040,789 units, which was up 4.4% from the previous high in 2016. million units.

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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. Fleura Bardhi (Northeastern University) and Giana M. RelayRides reservation app. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Ohio State University. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). General Motors. Work with development partners to design and construct both heavy rare earth and entirely rare earth free motor designs using a multi‐layered motor rotor design.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

NOHMs), a Cornell University spin-out founded in 2010, raised $5 million in Series B venture capital financing to commercialize its non-flammable electric vehicle (EV) battery electrolyte technology. The two electrolyte product lines currently under development for electric vehicle (EV) batteries are: NanoLyte Electrolyte: SF Series.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Overall, DOE’s fuel cell R&D efforts have generated more than 300 patents and assisted approximately 30 products getting to market. Eaton Corporation, Kettering University, Ballard Power Systems, and Electricore, Inc., 3M Company, up to $3.1 Eaton Corporation, up to $2.1

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

President Joe Biden says he’ll head to Michigan next week to support the United Auto Workers (UAW) strikes against Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis. So far, the strikes have resulted in the total production loss of about 16,000 vehicles, as AP News reports. But we have further to go.”

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

General Motors recently renewed its five-year agreement with research partner Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh to continue developing technologies that could allow future production vehicles to drive autonomously.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

Photo credit: Hasmik Simon) Bottom : The other side of the wall showing the hydrogen production and storage equipment. Governor Jerry Brown’s office informed the university this month that the fueling facility had received the certification, known as California Type Approval. Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 19, 2011

General Motors will invest €20 million (US$28 million) in the company’s Powertrain Engineering Center in Torino throughout the next four years. Our close collaboration with both suppliers and local institutions such as the co-located Politecnico University, is a major asset for our center and well recognized within GM.

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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. 2015 Chevrolet CNG-Capable, Bi-Fuel Impala. Click to enlarge. Engines Natural Gas'

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