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MAY 8, 2009

Sakti3, the Michigan Li-ion manufacturing battery startup headed by Dr. Ann Marie Sastry ( earlier post ) will pursue loans to accelerate its commercialization plans from the US Department of Energy’s $2 billion Electric Drive Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative, funded through the Recovery Act. Michigan Business Review.

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MAY 8, 2019

Teijin Limited announced that its Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) has been selected by General Motors (GM) for use in select pickup box applications. Sereebo will be used to manufacture the optional CarbonPro pickup box jointly developed by Teijin and GM for the GMC Sierra Denali 1500 and GMC Sierra AT4 1500.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 31, 2024

Mercedes and RedBull represent the vast majority of manufacturer wins, with the latter typically having to receive engine help from Renault or Honda. While Ferrari remains competitive, it hasn’t actually won the World Constructors' Championship since 2008. “We When General Motors opted to get involved via Cadillac.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 1, 2008

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. The announcement, which follows Google's request for proposals from companies with electric car technologies, came Tuesday during the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose, Calif. Tags: manufacturers batteries utilities.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2023

With the automotive industry now keen on propulsion systems that don’t emit a lot of carbon, we’ve seen decades of manufacturers toying with alternative fuels. MAN Energy Solutions has been working on a two-stroke motor it expects to be commercially available for maritime applications by 2024. after overtaking General Motors Co.’s

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unionized Ford workers in Louisville, Kentucky, and General Motors employees from Spring Hill, Tennessee, have voted no on the contract agreement reached by the United Auto Workers. & Things appear to be much tighter over at General Motors. That could just as easily be flipped into a win for the union, however.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 12, 2023

The United Auto Workers (UAW) is commencing contract negotiations with General Motors, Stellantis, and the Ford Motor Company this week. The plan is to see each manufacturer as a preamble to the formal negotiations, which technically begin on Friday. Offshoring jobs has proven lucrative for domestic manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

Bright Automotive, the developer of the purpose-built, plug-in hybrid IDEA ( earlier post ), and General Motors Co. GM has provided funding to the Indiana automaker, the first funding action by the newly formed General Motors Ventures LLC ( earlier post ). have agreed to pursue a strategic relationship.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

General Motors and its local joint venture partner UzAvtosanoat opened a new engine plant in Tashkent, 400 kilometers from the automakers’ vehicle manufacturing facility in Asaka. The engine facility is the second manufacturing joint venture between GM and UzAvtosanoat. It will produce more than 225,000 new Ecotec 1.2L

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Representatives of General Motors Company in Korea and UzAvtoSanoat of Uzbekistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Seoul, Korea, for their GM Uzbekistan joint venture to launch the production of a new small vehicle mainly destined for emerging markets. The joint venture has an annual production capacity of 250,000 units.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) announced today that the assembly of its Chevrolet Move—sold as the Wuling Rong Guang in China—will be assembled at General Motors Egypt starting in the third quarter of 2012. The N300 was introduced by SGMW in 2008 to address demand in China for a spacious vehicle for family and business use.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Purcell, best known for his leadership at the General Motors Corporation with the GM EV-1, moves into this role after serving as a board director and strategic advisor to the company. Protean Electric designs, develops and manufactures the Protean Drive, a fully integrated, in-wheel motor, direct-drive solution.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In addition to developing its fuel cell technology, since 2013, Honda has been collaborating with General Motors to develop fuel cell systems and hydrogen storage technology. We introduced the FCX Clarity sedan in 2008. We want to introduce a brand-new FCEV based on the CR-V 5-seater SUV the following year, in 2024.”

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Plug In Partners

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

H ere's the Mazda story thanks to Autocar: Mazda plans Volt rival Autocar August 28, 2008 Autocar has learned that Mazda engineers are hard at work trying to develop a rival to the Chevrolet Volt – a car which uses a petrol engine to charge a battery pack which powers the wheels via an electric motor. Tags: manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

On 10 November, General Motors and its joint ventures in China surpassed 1.5 from the first 10 months of 2008 and a new record for the period. This was more than double the number sold in October 2008. Shanghai GM finished the month number one in sales among domestic passenger car manufacturers. from October 2008.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

General Motors Company and its joint ventures sold 181,148 vehicles in China in September, an all-time monthly record. from the first nine months of 2008 and a new record for the period. For the first nine months as a whole, GM’s sales in China totaled 1,292,549 units, which represented an increase of 55.6%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

NHTSA issued the advisory in conjunction with the agency’s closing of an investigation into brake-line failures in General Motors trucks and SUVs built in model years 1999 to 2003. The coated steel brake pipes in GM’s vehicles under investigation were similar to materials used by other manufacturers at the time.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

was improperly secured by Remy and referenced in Remy’s application for $60 million in taxpayer grants from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) in October 2008. is a leading supplier of product industrialization and process development systems used in the design and manufacturing of special machine and automatic assembly lines.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Volkswagen AG and Suzuki Motor Corporation have signed a framework agreement to establish a close long-term strategic partnership. The two companies said that they complement each other in terms of product portfolio, global distribution and manufacturing capacities. million motorcycles in the 2008/2009 financial year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. engine-generator from Flint. engine-generator from Flint. “We

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Friday November 14th, 2008 - GM Training Center - Burbank, CA. City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. It’s a dishonest act on the part of General Motors.” said Holden.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Average on-road fuel economy in the US for all vehicles in 2008 was 17.4 That drop by itself, note Sivak and Schoettle, increased the energy intensity of driving per occupant by about 30%. mpg US (13.5 L/100km); in 1923, the average was 14.0

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JANUARY 4, 2012

In its “2012 Outlook: US Auto Manufacturers and Suppliers”, Fitch assigns the industry a Positive Rating, expecting the credit profiles of the US OEMs and auto suppliers to generally strengthen in 2012, assuming that global economic conditions do not weaken materially from current trends. than was seen in 2010 and 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

SB LiMotive was established in September 2008 as a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI. Samsung SDI brings its extensive large-scale production experience into the partnership as well as manufacturing competence in the area of lithium-ion cell production. Cobasys, with two sites in Orion, Mich.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

Ricardo and JSC AvtoVAZ—Russia’s largest car and SUV manufacturer—will collaborate on the design and development of the new VAZ-21176 VVT gasoline engine. AvtoVAZ is one of the biggest carmakers in Europe and the leading auto manufacturer in Russia, controlling around 70% of domestic car production. Dave Shemmans, Ricardo CEO.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

General Motors China and China FAW Group Corp. which is located in Ha’erbin, Heilongjiang, and FAW’s share in Hongta Yunnan Automobile Manufacturing Co., In December 2008, the two parties signed a joint venture contract. have formed a light commercial vehicle joint venture: FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2010

General Motors said that 52% of its worldwide facilities are now landfill-free; i.e., all waste generated from normal operations is reused, recycled or converted to energy. GM employees focus first on decreasing the amount of waste generated, and then work to recycle the unavoidable waste.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

The new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy Friday morning. 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. 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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MARCH 4, 2014

Honda has also made significant technological advancements in fuel cell operation in both hot and sub-freezing temperatures and safety regulations, since the introduction of its first generation fuel cell vehicle, the FCX, in 2002. The next-generation Honda FCEV is anticipated to have a driving range of more than 300 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

General Motors Brazil will invest R$2 billion (US$1.033 billion) to launch a new Chevrolet line of vehicles and to expand its plant in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul. In 2008, GM Brazil recorded record annual sales of 548,941 vehicles, with Chevrolet leading in four segments.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009.&#. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. Electric-car maker Tesla preparing IPO. by Reuters.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. Today it is being employed by Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD , as well as by Ford , General Motors , and Tesla. Within the battery community, Goodenough is known for more than just lithium cobalt oxide, though.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

Topics include improved anode materials, improved mechanisms for safety and management, electrode manufacturing, and lithium-sulfur chemistry. These projects were selected under the battery materials and manufacturing topic area from the Vehicle Technologies Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement released early in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof. Until mid-2005, Runkle was Vice Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Delphi Corporation, where he was the senior executive responsible for deploying lean principles and integrating engineering, manufacturing and purchasing, and for leading major international customer accounts.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

General Motors. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% over July 2008. over July 2008. American Honda Motor Co., compared to July 2008 results. On 27 July, Chrysler restarted production at 9 of its 11 manufacturing facilities. Monthly sales of hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

a leading manufacturer of engine components that converts vehicles to operate on cleaner gaseous fuels, such as propane. 2008 and 2009 3.5L CleanFUEL North America, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with IMPCO Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., Chevrolet Impala. liter Chevrolet G Van and GMC Savana.

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