Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2013

megawatt rooftop solar array at its Toledo Transmission plant in Ohio would be completed next month. Separately, GM was also recognized today by the Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA, as a “Solar Champion” at its annual awards luncheon at Solar Power International 2013 in Chicago.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

An ambitious renewable energy goal years in the making was reached ahead of schedule, according to General Motors Wednesday. GM has announced that it […].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

General Motors is introducing a solar charging canopy that moves with the sun. The Tracking Solar Tree is located at GM Company Vehicle Operations in Warren, Michigan. Chevy Volts beneath the Solar Tree. We are constantly looking for places where we can add a renewable focus. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2014

In 2013, GM reduced the energy-intensity per vehicle manufactured 3.5% GM has set a target of 1.97 These data include data from some GM JVs.). GM also increased renewable energy use in 2013 from 62.3 One of the challenges we face is that our 2020 renewable energy goal was based on doubling solar capacity by 2015.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

General Motors’ Changwon (Korea) Assembly plant, home of the brand new Chevrolet Spark and Spark EV, has reached an agreement with renewable energy company KC Cottrell to build a three-megawatt solar installation on the plant’s rooftop. —Rob Threlkeld, GM’s manager of renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2011

million in Sunlogics PLC , a Michigan-based, vertically-integrated global solar energy systems provider specializing in solar project development and installation. Global solar energy use is predicted to more than double by 2016, so we believe that investing in renewable energy is a smart and strategic business decision.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): General Motors, GE Renewable Energy will develop a rare earth materials supply chain for EVs, renewables. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Honda and GM are jointly developing two large-sized EV models using GM’s Ultium batteries. In the area of mobility services (MaaS), Honda aims to introduce the Cruise Origin, an electric self-driving vehicle Honda is currently developing jointly with GM and Cruise, in the Japanese MaaS market in the mid-2020s.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

GM’s OnStar announced a project with TimberRock Energy Solutions , Inc. that uses aggregation software and solar charging canopies with integrated storage to manage the flow of solar power to benefit the electric grid. —Rob Threlkeld, General Motors’ manager of renewable energy. Earlier post.). —Paul Pebbles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

With the next-generation fuel cell system being co-developed with General Motors (GM), Honda will aim to more than double the durability and reduce the cost to one-third, in comparison to the fuel cell system installed in the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. As the core of its hydrogen business, Honda will further advance its fuel cell system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM plans to become carbon-neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The use of GM’s products accounts for 75% of carbon emissions related to this commitment. Renewable Energy. Electrification. Carbon Offsets and Credits.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

In March, GM CEO Dan Akerson called on President Obama to appoint a Blue Ribbon Commission to develop a 30-year policy framework for energy security. GM has worked with Ceres for more than two decades to refine its sustainability strategies and performance. GM’s goal is to promote the use of 125 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2015

The electric motor and drive unit for the Chevrolet Spark EV are being manufactured in Maryland under a rooftop solar array in a newly LEED-certified building. The greening of the General Motors Baltimore Operations complex included the addition of 580 kilowatts of solar to the roof of its e-Motor building. Together with a 1.23-megawatt

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2011

Chevrolet, in what it is calling its Green Zone initiative, will install solar-powered electric charging stations for its Volts at dealerships in North America. are the first US dealerships to complete their solar charging capability by installing Green Zones on their property. of its US energy consumption from renewable resources.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the joint development of renewable energy and electric vehicles. A 100 kW Rase Symetron generator, driven by a GM Ecotec 2.0L Solar project. Raser Technologies, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index tracks the granting of US patents in solar, wind, hybrid/electric vehicles, fuel cells, hydroelectric, tidal/wave, geothermal, biomass/biofuels and clean, renewable energy. GM’s 135 patents represent nearly 14% of the total 1,881 received by 700 entities.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2013

If there''s one thing that most people agree on when it comes to electric cars, it''s that powering them with electricity generated by renewable energy is generally the greenest thing to do.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

OnStar and GM are now signing on as an official partner of Pecan Street Inc., GM and OnStar’s official partnership allows researchers from Pecan Street and GM to study how these families’ Volts interact with the smart grid on a daily basis and how they interact with other sustainable technologies. Supported by a $10.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

That’s why we’re joining forces with ABB to find ways to enable the Volt batteries to provide environmental benefits that stretch far beyond the highway —Micky Bly, GM Executive Director of Electrical Systems, Hybrids, Electric Vehicles and Batteries. —Bazmi Husain, head of ABB’s smart grids initiative.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

GM estimates its new carbon-reduction goal equates to the emissions in 2011 from driving the 1.9 The initiative is based on projects that promote energy savings, renewable energy, responsible use of natural resources and conservation in communities across the United States. —Dan Akerson, GM CEO.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

GM is using five used battery packs from Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric cars to help power the new General Motors Enterprise Data Center at the Milford Proving Ground. Together, these renewable sources generate approximately 100 MWh of energy annually, roughly equivalent to the energy used by 12 average households.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Pretty much everyone loves renewable energy. The problem is that wind usually blows at night--often sporadically, at that--and solar power is unpredictable. GM said today that it would work with ABB Group to develop and implement pilot projects that would test. Suppose the secret to harnessing their potential was.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

No other power technology can offer the high reliability, unlimited scalability, and renewable energy benefits without costly utility dependency like the fuel cell can. —Bill Mannel, VP & GM HPC and AI, HPE. The partners thereby mitigate the intermittency and variability of renewable sources.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

We Must Destroy GM In Order To Save GM. I’m afraid the time has come to pull the plug on GM’s life support so we can plug into a whole new kind of Motors much better than General. And I’m talking about killing GM the way GM killed the electric car. The brain of GM will never feel it.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The GMC HUMMER EV pickup and the Cruise Origin, a purpose-built electric, self-driving, shared vehicle, and other GM EVs will be built at Factory ZERO. It represents the single largest investment in a plant in GM history. Both the upcoming GMC HUMMER EV and the Cruise Origin will be built on GM’s Ultium battery platform.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The plan builds on a May 2010 memorandum of understanding between TGC, one of Hawaii’s major utilities, and GM. —Charles Freese, executive director of GM Fuel Cell Activities. TGC today produces enough hydrogen to power up to 10,000 fuel cell vehicles and has the capacity to produce much more hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Participants included Hyundai, GM, Honda, Toyota, Linde and Air Liquide. In the past few years 8 automakers made announcements about fuel cell electric vehicle development, many of them in conjunction with partnerships: BMW-Toyota, GM-Honda, Hyundai and Daimler-Ford-Nissan. This is planned to increase in the future. Earlier post.)

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. We take that black mass as the input to our process, which is then powered by 100% renewable, carbon-free energy. We use renewable electricity to plate high-purity metals, which is much more efficient.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Linde’s refueling station at AC Transit’s Emeryville site will use liquid hydrogen produced off-site and gaseous hydrogen produced from water by a state-of-the-art electrolyzer, which will be powered by renewable energy credits generated by AC Transit’s new 575- Kilowatt solar installation at its central maintenance facility.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

AeroVironment had encouraged its engineers to take creative initiative in developing the Impact, but GM tightly managed efforts to translate the idiosyncratic car into a production prototype, which rankled Cocconi and Rippel. Before cofounding AC Propulsion, Alan Cocconi worked on Sunraycer, a solar-powered car for GM.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

GM has been working with companies such as TimberRock Energy Solutions, Inc. Phase II of the project expanded the use of this network to schedule charge times based on the needs of the driver and preferred rate structures, including the use of renewable energy sources for charging. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. We take that black mass as the input to our process, which is then powered by 100% renewable, carbon-free energy. We use renewable electricity to plate high-purity metals, which is much more efficient.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Here we are four months later: GM is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy , and its turnaround plan — which gave the Chevy Volt a central role – has gotten a less-than-rave review from the Obama administration. Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.] phones and mobile devices.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The stations will be compatible with both the CCS plug used by electric vehicles manufactured by BMW, GM, and Volkswagen, and the CHAdeMO plug used by Kia, Nissan, and Mitsubishi. Recargo will be placing DC fast-charging stations at key sites in Buellton, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, King City, Greenfield, Gonzales, and Gilroy.

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