Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2018
The report also identified a number of contributory trends, including: Fuel economy continues to increase while weight and power have leveled off. Vehicle weight and power are two important design parameters that help determine a vehicle’s CO 2 emissions and fuel economy. mpg, or 28%, with an average annual improvement of about 0.5
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
Those dimensions create unique proportions that depart from conventional minivan, SUV or crossover designs, GM says. Power for the Granite concept comes from a 1.4L turbocharged engine that is part of GM’s new family of small-displacement four-cylinder engines. inch (1,786 mm) overall width and a tall, 60.5-inch
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
This morning, the company's Opel unit announced that it would test a fleet of Opel Meriva small minivans converted to electric power in Germany. Last summer, Karl Stracke, the vice president of global vehicle engineering of General Motors, said the company planned to test three battery-electric vehicles in different global regions.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2018
While the Chrysler 300 improves to “Average,” the Pacifica minivan falls to “Below-Average.” Other GM brands saw their place in the rankings fall from last year. Cadillac is again the worst-performing of the GM brands, dropping one spot to 28. Ram was the worst-charting FCA brand at 26.
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 13, 2021
But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. This behemoth will be super powerful and long range–and will be expensive too. I’m hoping for the latter.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, GM shifted its primary focus to supporting control and prevention of the coronavirus while also ensuring the safety of its employees as well as company and dealer operations. The minivan has a range of 300 kilometers on a single charge and supports DC fast charging. Wuling Rong Guang EV.
Plug In Partners
MAY 20, 2008
Ghosn said Nissan decided to accelerate development of battery-powered vehicles because of high gasoline prices and environmental concerns, not just because of the need to meet stricter fuel-economy standards. What we are seeing is that the shifts coming from the markets are more powerful than what regulators are doing,” he said.
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