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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The Green Piece: September 8, 2009. The beleaguered automotive industry in the United States has taken its fair share of knocks over the last 12 months but none were more shocking than when one of the oldest and most well-respected brands in motoring – General Motors (GM) – slipped into bankruptcy earlier this year.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

General Motors inaugurated its new flexi-engine facility in Talegaon, GM’s first powertrain plant that enables gasoline and diesel engines to be manufactured simultaneously. It has an initial annual production capacity of 160,000 engines and is designed to accommodate future expansion. Tags: Brief.

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APRIL 27, 2009

As it bids to break even at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles, General Motors has updated its Viability Plan which will deepen the cuts in its operations. The total number of plants in the US will be cut from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010 and to 31 by 2012.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

General Motors provided an image of the new Chevrolet Agile, a small car designed in Brazil and due to launch in that market in October. The 2010 Agile. The company announced a new investment of $2 billion in July 2009 to launch a new family of vehicles, due in 2012, and expand its production capacity. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) and General Motors (GM) have signed a preliminary share transfer agreement for FPT to acquire GM’s 50% share in FIAT-GM Powertrain Polska, an engine manufacturing joint venture in the special economic zone of Bielsko- Biala, Poland. Tags: Brief. The plant will continue to produce the 1.3-liter

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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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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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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

SAIC Motor Corp., SAIC) and General Motors Co. (GM) In the first ten months of 2010, SAIC and GM’s Shanghai GM (SGM) joint venture sold about 843,000 vehicles in China. Last year, SGMW became China’s first vehicle manufacturer to top 1 million units of sales and production. It has already reached this mark in 2010.

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JUNE 18, 2009

The future may be green for General Motors, but it’s also green for an old General Motors plant. Information on the new car is not currently available, but production is scheduled to begin in 2010 with the company expected to hire as many as 1,400 workers across the state to assemble the vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

General Motors will invest more than $494 million in three US plants to produce the next generation of its gasoline direct-injection Ecotec engines. million site investment will bring new product to the plant (Ecotec connecting rod). Tags: Brief. Bay City: $10.5-million The current Ecotec 2.4L displacements.

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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. —Jon Lauckner, GM vice president of global product planning. Tags: Brief.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

They are growing their presence outside mainland China with the launch of an investment joint venture in Hong Kong and a new joint venture for the production and sale of Chevrolet brand vehicles in India. These products will join GM’s global vehicles, allowing GM India to quickly add entries in growing market segments. Source: GM.

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JUNE 21, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures posted record sales in China in May. On May 28, GM celebrated the sale of its 1 millionth vehicle in 2010. With sales of its Chevrolet lineup jumping 103.6%, sales of its Cadillac products growing 98.1% Tags: Brief. increase from the first five months of 2009. China results.

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

the Tupy foundry of Brazil, the world’s leading CGI producer, a series production contract for the cylinder block and bedplate of its new A 630 DOHC 3.0-liter The CGI cylinder blocks and bedplates began series production at the Tupy Joinville foundry during mid-2010 using the SinterCast process control technology.

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MAY 28, 2010

Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, Calif. Mississippi State University competed against 15 other universities to win first place in Year Two Finals of the three-year competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy and General Motors (GM).

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MAY 11, 2009

Ann Marie Sastry of the University of Michigan said the funding would allow Sakti3 to establish a pilot battery production plant by 2010. Sastry also said that the company has struck a partnership with General Motors to develop lithium-ion battery manufacturing technology. Tags: Brief.

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MARCH 25, 2010

The two parties have been negotiating terms and conditions for the loans and finalizing a conditional commitment letter since January 2010. The first production prototype of the V Car is in testing and the projected national on-sale date was planned for the fourth quarter 2011. Tags: Brief.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011.

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JUNE 27, 2009

General Motors selected its assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. Troy Clarke, president of General Motors North America. 2010, or sooner depending on market demand. Tags: Brief. and stamping facility in Pontiac, Mich., Pontiac Metal Center’s Building #14 will be placed into standby capacity status in Dec.

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APRIL 23, 2010

million loan with Fisker Automotive for the development and production of two lines of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Fisker, a startup based in southern California, expects to manufacture the Karma and Project NINA lines at a recently shuttered General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware. Tags: Brief.

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JULY 3, 2010

General Motors and its joint ventures set new marks for unit sales in China in the month of June and for the first half of the year. year-on-year, and 1,080,521 units for the first six months of 2010, up 13.2% year-on-year, and 1,080,521 units for the first six months of 2010, up 13.2% Tags: Brief. from June 2009.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

General Motors is leading the program with a grant of more than $30 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds from the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the US Department of Energy. Volt production is scheduled to begin in late 2010. Tags: Brief. Pricing has not been announced.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The US Modec / Navistar application will be for a new generation of class 2c-3 vehicles optimized for suburban / urban pick and drop applications. The grant will help fund the development, validation and deployment of an initial batch of 400 vehicles during 2010. Tags: Electric (Battery) Motors. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Production forecasts from IHS. Global Insight for powertrains/fuels for each country formed the basis for a moderately aggressive model for penetration of alternative powertrains/fuels into each country’s new vehicle fleet from 2010 to 2020. Establish the percentage of vehicles-in-use using alternative powertrains/fuels for 2010.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

An electric traction motor (right) and stator (left) at the GM Powertrain Engineering Development Center Friday, 15 January 2010 in Pontiac, Michigan. Martin for General Motors) Click to enlarge. Just as automakers now have a set of core engines, they will likely have a set of core powertrain motors.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

a joint venture between General Motors Company, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), will activate OnStar services and be fully operational in China in December 2009. Part of that vision includes the next generation of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Subsequently, they engaged the Coordinating Research Council ( CRC ), a non-profit organization that directs, through committee action, engineering and environmental studies on the interaction between automotive/other mobility equipment and petroleum products. Tags: Engines Ethanol Fuels Policy.

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JUNE 30, 2009

The Green Piece - Tuesday 30th June 2009. It was a clear winner in our poll to determine the ‘Green Car Manufacturer of the Year’ in 2008 – but 2009 has been much more difficult for Toyota. After establishing itself as a leader in the green car race, Toyota has been pegged back in recent times. How green is this green car?

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JUNE 2, 2009

After months of speculation about its future, General Motors Corporation has reached agreements with the US Treasury and the governments of Canada and Ontario for the creation of a new smaller and self-sustaining GM. The New GM is expected to launch in 60-90 days as a separate and independent company from the existing General Motors.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle and its battery pack are both converging on the beginning of the product and process validation stage of General Motors’ development process, which is scheduled to start in February, 2010.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The closing of the transaction is subject to approval of the relevant authorities and is expected in January 2010. The two companies said that they complement each other in terms of product portfolio, global distribution and manufacturing capacities. Tags: Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers. million vehicles and 3.1

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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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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Saab’s product portfolio will be renewed completely, beginning with the launch of the new 9-5 early this summer, the new 9-4X in early 2011 and the new “all Saab” 9-3 in 2012. The current dealer network will be re-energized with a new sales and distribution approach in certain markets, which will be implemented during 2010.

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JUNE 1, 2009

General Motors Corp. Close: Jun 2010. Standby: Dec 2010. Close: Jun 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Parma Components, Ohio Close: Dec 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Tags: Market Background Policy Vehicle Manufacturers. Close: Dec 2011. Mansfield, Ohio. Pontiac, Mich. Powertrain.

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APRIL 18, 2009

Around $750million is needed for near-term Volt development according to General Motors with the vehicle expected to hold a price tag of $40,000 when it is launched in 2010. Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt.

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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. could reportedly produce up to 60,000 Volt electric cars in 2010 , its first anticipated year on the market. Tags: manufacturers.

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MAY 17, 2010

billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the. undoubtedly going to be a backlog, where demand exceeds production for the. Despite a surge in interest, electric cars may remain niche products in the world’s two largest auto markets.

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