Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2018

Toyota's hybrid-electric system, launched in Japan in 1997, likely didn't break even until sometime after the 2004 launch of the second-generation Prius. Radically new powertrains are widely assumed to lose money for the companies that launch them.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2023

You could get a new Alero with a Getrag five-on-the-floor all the way through the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004. I'd been looking for a discarded 1999-2004 Alero or 1999-2005 Grand Am with a manual transmission for years, with no success until I spotted this car. The GL1, GL2 and GLS trim levels could be purchased with a 3.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

Since MY 2004, fuel economy and CO 2 emissions have improved in eleven out of thirteen years. Since 2004, CO 2 emissions have decreased 23%, or 104 g/mi, and fuel economy has increased 29%, or 5.6 FCA had the highest new vehicle average CO 2 emissions and lowest fuel economy of the large manufacturers, followed by GM and Ford.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2009

The Detroit Free Press reports that the Obama Administration has asked GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, which Wagoner agreed to do today. President Obama will unveil his new rescue plan for GM and Chrysler in a White House ceremony on Monday. GM is not commenting on the reports. No successor has been named yet. billion more.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

2024 Volvo C40 The governor has also proposed eliminating a sales tax exemption for EVs that’s been in place since 2004—potentially adding more revenue for infrastructure maintenance to the state’s coffers, but making EVs more expensive to own than gasoline cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

As Vehicle Line Director for the Chevrolet Volt and GM’s E-Flex Systems (now called Voltec), Posawatz led the development of the Volt, and continues to help lead the development of the 2011 production model. He has served as a GM Vehicle Line Director for the past eleven years. Posawatz replaces Edward B.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2016

Electric-car advocates are often passionate, with memories long enough to remember GM's 2004 destruction of its pioneering fleet of EV1 electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions and fuel economy have improved in ten out of twelve years, and decreased only twice. Mercedes and BMW are the leading manufacturers for non-hybrid stop/start, and GM and Honda are utilizing cylinder deactivation the most. The report found that fuel economy for the US fleet continues to improve.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

"GM tries to unplug Volt hype" is not the headline I've been hoping to see out of Motor City this spring. GM continues to spread the gospel of the Volt. DaimlerChrysler AG promised a production fuel-cell vehicle by 2004, but couldn't deliver despite spending $1 billion on the technology. And little came of a $1.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. Based on longer term trends since MY 2004, truck SUVs have the largest cumulative percentage fuel economy improvement of 27%, followed by both cars and car SUVs at 23%. Chrysler-Fiat had the highest CO2 emissions and lowest fuel economy, followed by GM.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Peugeot Citroën (PSA); General Motors (GM); Mazda; Mercedes; Mitsubishi; Ford; Honda; the. Diesel’s share in new passenger car sales in Western Europe has been increasing since 1997, Pike notes, surpassing 50% of sales in 2004. ones that seem best poised to do so as of today are Mazda and GM. The company has long.

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Baua Electric

JULY 6, 2023

.” These days, the crowd’s purchasers come with Ford, GM, Stellantis and Toyota. From 2004 till 2007, he labored as a population affairs coordinator for Primary League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks earlier than going back on Detroit to paintings for his father. ” James’ brother, U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2014

Top spot went to Volkswagen Group, followed by Daimler, BMW, GM and Toyota. Daimler followed in second place, then BMW Group, GM and Toyota. Dr. Stefan Bratzel, who founded the institute in April 2004. Source: CAM. Click to enlarge. The director of the CAM is Prof.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2009

As part of a reorganization effort designed to optimize its lithium-ion battery businesses, Hitachi will consolidate all its automotive battery work to Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd, its joint venture formed in 2004 with Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co. and Hitachi Maxwell Ltd. Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd. Li-ion cell and module.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

DaimlerChrysler, for example, predicted the industry would be selling 100,000 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by 2004. In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. I don't think so.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

Its REVA electric vehicle was first commercially available in Bangalore in 2001 and in London in 2004, under the G-Wiz brand. In January 2010, the Chevrolet e-Spark premiered at the Delhi Auto Show, with GM India’s platform powered by REVA. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Wu co-founded GSR Ventures in 2004, following a series of senior-level positions with Nortel Networks, Shanghai ASMC, Shanghai Nortel Semiconductors Corporation and Guangdong Nortel Telecom Corporation. CEO, Protean Electric and a 32-year auto industry veteran responsible for the development and production of the GM EV-1. Purcell, Jr.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

GM has consistently produced only a negative Sustainable Value, and reveals a downside trend over the entire review period. Ford has also languished in negative territory from 2001 onwards, and only temporarily showed signs of recovery in 2004 and 2005 (although still not managing to create positive Sustainable Value).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

Rob Kleinbaum, a former GM employee and consultant and report co-author, said the industry attitude about fuel economy is symptomatic of its current culture. If GM had followed its own market research results over the last three decades, they would not be in Chapter 11 today. points of market share since 2004 (GM down 8.8

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

But GM would attempt something similar every so often. The public was made aware of the program on International Women’s Day in 2003 and the plan was to unveil the “ Volvo Your Concept Car ” (YCC)& at the 2004 Geneva Auto Show. It was an abject failure for the company.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

But GM would attempt something similar every so often. The public was made aware of the program on International Women’s Day in 2003 and the plan was to unveil the “ Volvo Your Concept Car ” (YCC)& at the 2004 Geneva Auto Show. It was an abject failure for the company.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 11, 2007

Toyota, Honda and GM were dismantling their electric efforts, but Ford seemed to be making a last stab at a viable electric program called Think Mobility. Ford ultimately followed the lead of the other automakers, and began to destroy the cars in 2004. The little car demonstrated to me that electric vehicles were ready for prime time.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

As we all know, the 2000s didn't work out so well for Saturn , with the aging S Series replaced by the Opel Vectra -derived L Series and then by a bunch of machinery few were able to distinguish from other GM products. And, hey, Opel and Vauxhall remained in the GM Empire until fairly recently. But we're not here to mourn Saturn.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2012

—Allen Taub, former GM VP, Global R&D. Prior to working for Google, many of the engineers were veterans of the 2004 and 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge that featured vehicles executing a route across an off road area. We want to set expectations low but we want to encourage dialogue on how we want to move the technology forward.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2023

GM had a good run with various Geo-badged Suzukis, Isuzus and Toyotas , too. Things were unsettled around the far-flung GM Empire during the second half of the 2000s, to put it mildly, and North American Suzuki dealers were moving a significant amount of Daewoo-built iron in the immediate aftermath of Daewoo Motor America's demise.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2021

In its piece, Consumer Reports argued that this was proof that Tesla’s driver monitoring is inadequate since it does not use eye-tracking technology like those employed in GM’s Super Cruise (or Ford’s BlueCruise). While a valid argument, this does not excuse the magazine’s demonstration. A Cautionary Tale.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2012

L/2004 calibration engines. For the study, they used a GM 2002 1.7 L engine was operated under both 2004 and 2007 calibrations. For the 2004 calibration, the engine was operated under idle and two load conditions (600 kPa BMEP at 1500 rpm and 900 kPa BMEP at 2500 rpm), without the DOC and catalyzed DPF, each with the two fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Created from the old GM’s strongest operations in an asset sale approved by the Federal bankruptcy court on 5 July ( earlier post ), the new GM is built on four core brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. The four brands will offer a total of 34 nameplates by 2010, compared to old GM’s total of 48 in 2008 and 63 in 2004.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

The Learning Demonstration project began in 2004 when DOE competitively selected four automaker and energy partner teams. Daimler and BP; GM and Shell; Chevron, UTC Power and Hyundai-Kia; and Ford and BP.) —Final Report. Therefore, DOE’s 2,000-hour target for durability has been validated.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He has been driving electric for more than 10 years and has been active in the Golden Gate chapter since shortly after the chapter was formed in 2004. About Dale: Dale drives a Tesla Model S and a Tesla Model 3.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He has been driving electric for more than 10 years and has been active in the Golden Gate chapter since shortly after the chapter was formed in 2004. About Dale: Dale drives a Tesla Model S and a Tesla Model 3.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

GM said in late 2004 it would partner with Daimler and Chrysler (then a single company) to develop a. The Two-Mode Hybrid project was hailed as a model of technical cooperation when it was announced five years ago.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Dan Hancock, president, DMH Strategic Consulting, retired vice president, GM Powertrain Global Engineering, past president of SAE International, and a member of Achates’ Industry Advisory Board. Argonne National Laboratory has been developing gasoline compression in a series of conventional development engines for nearly 10 years.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

General Motors: Having been universally panned for its disregard of the EV1 and failing to get off the ground with a group of comparatively unsuccessful hybrids, the new GM is aiming to hit back with the Chevrolet Volt (see article ) – arguably the most eagerly anticipated green car in North America.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

Both cars will be subject to the new CARB rules, but GM and Toyota should have no problem affording the rigorous tests or financing the warranty requirements. To meet the regulations, GM, Toyota, and other automakers began manufacturing electric cars and they quickly gained an underground cult status.

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