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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

L Detroit Diesel Series 60 and the Caterpillar C15 engine models for the beginning of the second phase of a Puget Sound Clean Air Agency pilot project , which includes the development of diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kits for these engine models and obtaining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The new Cascadia is available with the integrated Detroit Powertrain, which combines the fuel-efficient downsped 400 hp/1,750 lb/ft of torque Detroit DD15 or Detroit DD13 engines with the Detroit DT12 automated manual transmission, Intelligent Powertrain Management (IPM4) and corresponding Detroit steer and rear tandem axles.

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JULY 6, 2023

He and Outlaw bought 23 impaired vans round that while to develop their fleet, Crain’s Detroit Trade , a sibling e-newsletter of Car Information, reported. James joined the corporate in 2007, two years upcoming graduating from Arizona Order College, the place he performed soccer.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2018

In January 2007, Jaguar dropped a bombshell, in the form of the C-XF concept sedan it unveiled at that year's Detroit auto show.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

2010 engines emissions reduction relative to 2010, 2007, and 2004 US emission standards. g/hp-hr between 2007 and 2009 to a level less than or equal to 0.20 Source: CRC. Click to enlarge. For a number of the most important pollutants, levels were substantially lower than required by regulations. Background. g/hp-hr in 2010.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

The pent-up demand from the 2007-2009 Great Recession, and record 2015 and 2016 sales, has been largely satisfied. In 1985, more than two-thirds of Detroit Three unit sales were in North America. Even so, current auto sales and profits remain strong. Innovation and market disruption. The analysis, “ What’s Driving the U.S

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The dual fuel system is available as an aftermarket upgrade for 2007 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. Skygo is nearing completion of its Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine application. Skygo Fuel Systems ’ latest dual fuel (natural gas/diesel) conversion system has been approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The UAW said on Monday that all of Detroit, Michigan’s Big Three automakers had voted to ratify the proposal after a few rejections at key GM plants last week highlighted the possibility of the contract not passing (via Reuters ).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Detroit News. ” Founded in 2007 and led by Dr. Ann Marie Sastry, Sakti3 is a spin-out of the University of Michigan. GM Ventures took a $3.2 million stake in battery startup Sakti3 ( earlier post ); this is the venture company’s second announced investment, following its investment in Bright ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to cut the amount of ethanol required in gasoline from what was originally required under the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, The Detroit News reports. drivers will be putting less ethanol in their tanks.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

DETROIT — About 146,000 U.S. ” These days, UAW employees who had been rented later 2007 don’t obtain defined-benefit pensions. Over the day decade, the Detroit 3 have emerged as tough profit-makers. Their fitness advantages are much less beneficiant, too. get $40 to $45. automobile marketplace.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

Since 2007, we have invested $11 billion to build broad technical capabilities that can deliver productivity gains and foster innovation for our customers. Unconventional resources, and shale gas in particular, may be one of the biggest productivity drivers of our lifetime. At GE, we see a tremendous opportunity in the oil and gas space.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2015

Eight years ago, at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, GM unveiled the first concept for what became the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. It was a ‘moonshot’ for GM at the time. Now, it''s time for a second-generation Chevy Volt. Can it rekindle the excitement of GM''s tech icon? First things first.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

In 2007 a federal level RPS program was proposed to congress requiring 15 percent of energy to be produced from renewable means by 2020, but did not pass. Surely these crossover technologies and the lessons learned in the automotive industry have a role to play in any national renewable energy deployment plan.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

.” The union officially started bargaining with the Detroit 3 utmost age. Fain, at the livestream, introduced charts appearing the automakers’ recently-announced second-quarter income, adopted through a chart that confirmed salary concessions made through the union since its guarantee in 2007, all through the Admirable Recession.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2012

Moving forward on their Heads of Agreement signed earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show ( earlier post ) Korea-based SK Innovation and the international automotive supplier Continental signed an agreement to found a jointly managed company to develop, to produce and to market automotive Li-ion battery systems.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Despite not having the best financial portfolio of the Detroit automakers, the Blue Oval was consistently offering the union the sweetest deals and can now take credit for being the company that finally paid up in hopes of ending the strike. Say whatever you want about Ford.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

The CNWS was officially closed in 2007 and is currently in the process of being transferred to the City of Concord. Honda also plans to participate in a consortium committed to making Contra Costa County home to a premier testing facility for automated drive technologies. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Detroit Diesel will pay $28.5 Under the settlement, Detroit Diesel will spend $14.5 Under the settlement, Detroit Diesel will spend $14.5 Detroit Diesel will also pay a $14 million civil penalty. g/bhp·hr) between 2007 and 2010, with full compliance reuqired in 2010.

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APRIL 22, 2009

2 of 3) Driven by Detroit This strategic decision is part of what makes Bright different from the other startups offering to retrofit hybrid cars or to sell plug-ins. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team. The Irvine, Calif.-based and EnerDel Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Cadillac will begin offering advanced “intelligent and connected” vehicle technologies on certain 2017 model year vehicles, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said Sunday during her keynote address at the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) World Congress in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency and its industry partners will offer a preview of a series hydraulic hybrid yard hostler next week at the SAE World Congress in Detroit, Mich. EPA launched the hydraulic hybrid hostler project in 2007. Earlier post.).

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 12, 2007

The Detroit News Autos Insider column today is reporting on Congressional efforts to promote plug-in hybrids and the backlash from the automakers. The Senate bill is known as the FREEDOM Act ("Fuel Reduction using Electrons to End Dependence On the Mideast Act of 2007"); the House bill the more prosaic "Plug-in Hybrid Opportunity Act of 2007."

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Cars That Think

JULY 29, 2022

Unfortunately, only viewers in a few select markets—Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco—could actually see the show in color. In 2007 Forbes did a ranking of the top 25 fictional companies ; Spacely Space Sprockets, where George Jetson worked, came in dead last, with estimated annual sales of US $1.3 billion.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

A life cycle analysis comparing automotive materials—steel, magnesium and aluminum front end parts—presented at the SAE 2010 World Congress in Detroit by the Magnesium Front End Research Development (MFERD) project found that magnesium delivers a 15% energy savings compared with steel design and aluminum yields a 20% energy savings.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

will show its Solid Selective Catalyst Reduction (SSCR) System—based on the use of solid ammonium carbamate (NH 4 NH 2 CO 2 ) as the reductant—installed in a Dodge Ram pickup truck at the 2009 SAE World Congress, 20-23 April in Detroit. Elsevier, 2007 ISBN 0444530584, 9780444530585. MTZ Worldwide. Pârvulescu.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

DTE Energy of Detroit. Ford formed its first utility partnership with Southern California Edison in 2007. The lithium-ion battery system that Johnson Controls-Saft is designing and manufacturing for Ford include cells, mechanical, electrical, electronic and thermal components. .; and its parent, Atlanta-based Southern Company.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In January at the Detroit Auto Show, Chrysler upped the ante on its electric car bet by pledging to have 500,000 battery-powered vehicles on the road by 2013, including sports cars and trucks. Read the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

In 2007, Ford announced a partnership with Southern California Edison, the electric utility with the nation’s largest and most advanced electric vehicle fleet. DTE Energy of Detroit. Over the past two years, Ford and its energy industry partners have logged more than 75,000 miles on the plug-in hybrid test fleet. Pepco Holdings.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

Honeywell and DuPont introduced HFO-1234yf to the automotive industry in 2007, and since then, it has undergone extensive testing for safety and efficacy by independent testing groups such as the SAE International Cooperative Research Program, in which leading automakers participate. Among the concerns raised were: Cost.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

GM has been working to advance hydrogen fuel cells for a decade, launching its first fuel cell electric vehicle in 2007. The process will be adopted at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant on the Cadillac CT6 in the first half of 2016. Fuel Cell Propulsion. Core business.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But the Hummer, approved in August 2018, will be the first one to start rolling off the lines at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, late in 2021. The best year for a full three-model Hummer lineup was 2007, when it sold 72,000 units. The high-end launch model runs past $110,000. That’s just not a lot.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Host Chris Paine discussed his recent trip to Detroit for the pre-production GM Chevy Volt unveiling and describing how surreal it was to have the Chevy Volt parked in his backyard for this memorable party. Click here to see my Vectrix Electric Maxi-Scooter coverage from March 2007.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 27, 2007

Bush in 2007. The president, escorted by the chief executives from Detroit's Big Three, arrived 20 minutes late for yesterday's South Lawn event. Six altfuel events for the Prez already this year. Unfortunately, the President can't even muster feigned enthusiasm at these events. Eight minutes later, he was on his way back inside.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 23, 2007

E arlier this month, the announcement of the GM Volt eclipsed another important announcement at the Detroit show. Ford to unveil plug-in fuel cell hybrid By Ken Thomas, Associated Press January 22, 2007 WASHINGTON - Ford Motor Co. is joining the list of automakers working on a plug-in hybrid -- with a twist.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

GAC) brought three to the 2013 North American International Auto Show (2013 NAIAS) in Detroit this month: a 4x4 Hybrid Version of the Trumpchi Sedan; a battery-electric version of the Trumpchi GS5 SUV; and the Compact NEV E-JET range-extended electric vehicle. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Qoros Auto Co. E-JET uses a 45 kW (60 hp) 1.0L

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. The Volt is the plug-in hybrid car GM showed at last January’s Detroit Auto Show.

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