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GM Canada Investing $245M in St. Catharines Powertrain Facility for Production of 6-Speed Transmissions

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General Motors of Canada will invest $245 million in the St. Catharines facility also recently announced a $235 million investment to support next generation engine production beginning in 2013. Tags: Brief. The six-speed transmission to be built in St.

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GM Plans To Build Future Small Car In US

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General Motors plans to build a future small car in the United States utilizing an idled UAW-GM facility. This vehicle will adds to GM’s growing portfolio of US-built, highly fuel efficient cars including the Chevrolet Cruze and Volt. Fritz Henderson, General Motors President and CEO. Tags: Brief.

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GM Picks Michigan Plants for Future Small Car

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General Motors selected its assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. to build its future small car, which will add to the automaker’s growing portfolio of US-built, fuel-efficient cars, including the Chevrolet Cruze and Volt. Troy Clarke, president of General Motors North America. Tags: Brief.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point.

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Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

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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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Top 10 green cars at Frankfurt

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BMW 320d EfficientDynamics – A remarkably clean vehicle from a luxury car maker with a price tag on a par with its conventional alternative – the 109g/km BMW 320d EfficientDynamics is sure to attract the eye at the show with start/stop technology, regenerative braking and electric steering (see article ). It is set to debut in 2013.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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A GM analysis of vehicle data collected from first generation found that Volt vehicles were driven more than half a billion miles in North America from October 2013 through September 2014, and that 74% of the miles were all-electric. (A For the second-generation, GM wanted to enhance the electric performance of the Volt.

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