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GMC showcases off-road testing and calibration of HUMMER EV Pickup

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GMC is showcasing some of the HUMMER EV Pickup’s off-road testing on challenging trails near Moab, Utah in the lead-up to its production debut this fall. As pioneered by General Motors for other electric vehicles, One-Pedal Driving enables the driver to accelerate and decelerate using only the accelerator pedal.

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GMC Hummer EV shows off in off-road test on Moab Trails [Video]

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General Motors (GM) put its GMC Hummer EV through the wringer recently during an off-road test up the Moab Trails in Utah. The Hummer EV, which GM calls a supertruck, is set to make its production debut this fall.

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Quantum awarded contract for high-capacity NGV storage systems; 500-mile range for heavy-duty trucks

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has secured a new purchase contract from a leading Utah-based natural gas vehicle integrator to supply a series of large capacity natural gas vehicle tanks for medium- and heavy-duty trucks that operate long distances. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.

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GM leaps ahead in lithium mining race, secures next-gen extraction deal

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General Motors (GM) has secured a next-generation lithium extraction deal with Puerto Rico-based startup, EnergyX. These facilities will be built in Argentina, Chile, California, Arkansas, and Utah, respectively.

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The Real Story of Pixar

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Pixar's story doesn't even start with the creation of Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Group, which developed the Pixar Image Computer, the company's first product. Catmull and Blanchard had been involved with software designed to build 3D geometric objects at the University of Utah. Of the 10 we talked to seriously, 8 turned us down.

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6 DOE-funded applied battery research projects targeting Li-ion cells with >200 Wh/kg for PHEVs and EVs

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A team led by Argonne National Laboratory and including Brookhaven and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories and the University of Utah, is developing a new high energy redox couple (250 Wh/kg) based on a high-capacity full gradient concentration cathode (FCG) (230 mAh/g) ( earlier post ) and a Si-Sn composite anode (900 mAh/g).

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Hummer achieves 100mpg

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Raser Vice President David West is expected to speak at the convention on “Scaling Up from an Idea to Production.”. The Hummer H3E was developed in cooperation with General Motors and integration partner FEV. “We Capitol, California State Capital and Western Governors’ Association Annual Meeting in Utah.

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