Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

General Motors has announced that there will be no retail production of the Chevrolet Malibu hybrid for model year (MY) 2010 due to “elevated inventory levels of the 2009 model.” Hitachi Automotive Products produced the integrated starter-generators and the power electronics for GM’s 2007-2009 mild hybrids. Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

From October 2007 to April 2009, the average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles improved from 20.2 L/100km) in October 2007 to 21.3 Tags: Fuel Efficiency Market Background Sales. mpg US (11.6 mpg (11 L/100km) in April 2009.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane. Tags: Brief. 2008 and 2009 3.5L Chevrolet Impala. GMC Yukon and Sierra.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

General Motors further expanded its battery research and development capabilities by opening what it called the largest and most technologically advanced battery lab in the US on its Technical Center campus in Warren, MI. Planning began in December 2007 and construction started in August 2008. Tags: Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

In 2007, automakers began an effort on mid-level ethanol blend testing. Tags: Engines Ethanol Fuels Policy. AAM / AIAM letter. Mid-Level Blend Ethanol: Challenges, Opportunities & Testing Follow Through (Joint IEPR and Transportation Committee Workshop on Transportation Fuel Infrastructure Issues, April 2009).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2009

Canada-based international auto supplier and contract assembler Magna International, now with a Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of Opel from General Motors ( earlier post ), sees vehicle electrification as one of its key strategic initiatives. In 2007, Magna Steyr brought its HySUV hybrid concept to EVS-23 in Anaheim.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

And so it proved as the subsidy programme helped Ford to its first increase in US vehicles sales since 2007 after it sold 158,838 vehicles in July – a two per cent increase compared to the previous year (see article ). With General Motors and Chrysler also showing signs of modest improvement, all looked rosy. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

General Motors and Hawaii’s The Gas Company (TGC), the state’s major gas energy provider, are collaborating on a hydrogen infrastructure project. million miles of real-world driving by thousands of people since 2007. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Infrastructure. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

GM Could Reportedly Produce 60,000 Plug-in Hybrids in 2010 Source: GreenBiz.com by Jeff Green at Bloomberg OAKLAND, Calif., 23, 2007 -- General Motors Corp. Tags: manufacturers. I f there is any doubt that GM is serious about PHEVs, here is one more story that indicates that they are indeed very serious.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The average fuel economy of new light duty vehicles bought in the USA leapt from October 2007 to April 2009 from 20.2mpg to 21.3mpg. In a companion study for the same period, it was also found that the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per driver from these new vehicles were lower in each month compared to October 2007.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Those who thought that US auto manufacturers would turn their back on fuel cell developments after Steven Chu limited their funding earlier this year, should take a look at General Motors, which has just unveiled its second generation hydrogen fuel cell system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

SDG&E tested the performance of two 2007-model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids, using a Hymotion 5 kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Earlier post.) SDG&E is a regulated public utility that services San Diego and southern Orange counties. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2009

Benchmarking work done by the DOE estimates that PEEM represents 54% of the cost distribution of the MY 2007 Camry electric traction drive system, with the battery accounting for 33% and the generator accounting for 13%. Tags: Motors Power Electronics Research. They are also an important cost component.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

The subsidy programme has helped Ford to its first increase in US vehicle sales since 2007 after it sold 158,838 vehicles in July - that’s an increase of two per cent on the same month last year. Meanwhile Ford’s US rivals General Motors and Chrysler also showed signs of modest improvement as their rate of decline slowed.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Given that result, Ricardo said, it can reasonably be concluded that these vehicles do not represent an obstacle to raising the blend limit to E15 from the E10 that currently forms the basis of much of the commercially available US gasoline motor fuel. Tags: Ethanol Fuels Policy. Vehicle Fleet, 1994 to 2000 Model Years (report).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

GM’s second-generation fuel-cell system (engineer included for scale.) What constitutes the propulsion system architecture is not just the fuel cell stack and the balance of plant, it’s also the traction motor—which is mounted to the base [of the stack]—and the power electronics unit. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

However the finding also suggest that the economic downturn may have played its part in poor performance in the US, as car giant, General Motors’ poor financial performance is accompanied by the worst sustainability performance recorded. billion from 1999 to 2007. The survey attempts to close this gap.”.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! is a Green Options Media Production. About Gas 2.0

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Suzuki is set to exhibit two new exciting green car concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, a Swift with Plug-in Hybrid system and an SX4 Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV). The Tokyo motor show begins on 21st October and will run to 4th November. Tags: Electric cars Fuel Cells Suzuki fuell cell hybrid japan new.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

General Motors Corp. This rate is substantially below the 15 to 17 million annual vehicle sales rates recorded from 1995 through 2007. Tags: Market Background Policy Vehicle Manufacturers. Pending approvals, the New GM is expected to launch in about 60 to 90 days as a separate and independent company from the current GM.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. The America’s Energy Future project is sponsored by the US Department of Energy, BP America, Dow Chemical Company Foundation, Fred Kavli and the Kavli Foundation, GE Energy, General Motors Corp., Intel Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

General Motors last week again highlighted the progress it is making with advanced HCCI (homogeneous charge compression ignition) gasoline engines by showcasing a demonstrator unit. Tags: Engines. GM approaches to extending the operating range of classic HCCI. Adapted from Yun et al. SAE 2009-01-0499) Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

a national standard was cut from the 2007 energy bill — lack teeth, for the most part (&# California’s is pretty strong&# ) and Pre… Cali Regulators Hail End of Startup Phase for Clean Energy Projects Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.] Tags: evdriven.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

General Motors has become the first global automaker to sell 2 million vehicles in China in a single year. In 2007, GM and its joint ventures sold 1,031,974 vehicles in China. Tags: Brief. FAW-GM, GM’s light commercial vehicle joint venture, sold 6,505 vehicles in October. on an annual basis to 1,976,913 units.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

Copyright 2007 Jay Friedland. Both the SAE and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are sponsors of the program, along with Plug In America and major automakers including Toyota and General Motors. Tags: Brief. It is organized by the Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineering. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

This collaboration created “The Boss” Chevrolet Tahoe, which brought autonomous vehicle operation to life in 2007. Tags: City car Electric (Battery) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Personal Transit. EN-V takes the lessons learned in “The Boss” and offers mobility to people who could not otherwise operate a vehicle.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. 10/31/07 [General Motors Corp.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. market for sustainable “green” energy purchases. market b y the end of 2009.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. General Motors has sought $10.3 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 "The Volt is a case study. And that means it doesnt necessarily pay the rent. It actually consumes rent when its launched."

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