Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Metal matrix composites, comprising a metal and a reinforcement material to confer improved performance, have been under investigation and development for decades. James Robertson, Stuart Godfrey, and Malcolm Ward-Close (2001) Titanium metal matrix composites. XG Sciences, Inc., and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Earlier post.).

Li-ion 210

Li-ion 2008 2001 Georgia 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

GM 262

GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. As we’ve noted before , a lower-power version of it was published back in 2001, specifying charging hardware interface and coupler system.

Plug-in 39

Plug-in Standards GM Plug 39