Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Globally, there are now more than 1 billion smartphone users, a population that is expected to double by 2015.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

GM says that it has tested the compressed natural gas (CNG) tank in the 2015 Bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala ( earlier post ) under normal and extreme conditions, exceeding both federal requirements and CNG industry guidelines. For example: The Bi-fuel Impala is subjected to six crash tests at GM’s Milford Proving Ground.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

Other participants include previous strategic investors BMW iVentures, General Motors Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures and the venture unit of global financial services and insurance provider Allianz Group, and Series A investors Playground Global and Draper Nexus. Francis (Ford, GM) and Bruce Leak of Playground Global.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. They also outlined alternative transportation initiatives GM is exploring.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 22, 2015

General Motors said today that it will begin selling its 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV in the state of Maryland this spring, the first East Coast state in which the electric minicar will be available.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2017

This executive order is the first awarded by CARB for electrifying Ford Transit vans and wagons and covers model years 2017, 2016 and 2015. XL Hybrids had earlier received CARB Executive Orders on General Motor cargo vans and wagons. XL Hybrids conversions for CARB-compliant GM vans and wagons also qualify for HVIP.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Chevrolet announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette, Impala, Malibu, and Volt would be the first General Motors’ vehicles to come optionally equipped with OnStar 4G LTE, running on AT&T’s network. This new, purposeful technology solution will make our consumers lives easier to connect.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Larry Burns, the head of R&D at GM for the last 11 years—the longest tenure since Charles Kettering—is retiring after 40 years of service on 1 October. At GM, he has personally championed the electrification of the vehicle, connected vehicle technology, fuel cells, and a series of innovative advanced technology concept vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2015

We''ve got lots of electric-car news today, including a Chevrolet Bolt concept video from the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, a possible connection between the 2016 Chevy Volt and General Motors'' future hybrid system, and Nissan''s claim that it is close to extending electric-car ranges. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Among owners who experienced a Bluetooth pairing/connectivity problem, 53% said the vehicle didn’t find/recognize their mobile phone/device. The number of engine/transmission problems decreased to 24 PP100 in 2016 from 26 PP100 in 2015. The study was fielded from October through December 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2015

Colorado is the 2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year and Cars.com’s Best Pickup Truck of 2015.) With 369 lb-ft of torque (500 N·m) generated by the all-new 2.8L With 369 lb-ft of torque (500 N·m) generated by the all-new 2.8L It is also the cleanest diesel truck engine ever produced by General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The launch of a new model family in Europe will target younger consumers in both its design approach and the implementation of advanced new energy and connectivity technologies. SAIC Motor sold 6.49 In 2015, the company ranked 46 th on the annual Fortune Global 500 list, with $106.68 billion in revenues.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

In addition to the United States, the 2015 Trax will also go on sale in China, adding the small SUV to Chevy’s two largest markets. GM expects the emerging small SUV market to grow more than 80% by 2016, said Alan Batey, General Motors senior vice president, Global Chevrolet. Trax is named after a 2007 concept vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

The new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy Friday morning. Created from the old GM’s strongest operations in an asset sale approved by the Federal bankruptcy court on 5 July ( earlier post ), the new GM is built on four core brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. The old GM: 10%.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Lyft Lyft offers rides on two wheels or four and tells you transit options as well If there was any question about the changing landscape, General Motors’ $500 million investment in the ride sharing company Lyft. RelayRides enables personal car sharing with web listings, $1 million liability insurance, and GM OnStar support.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

General Motors announced a new car-sharing service it calls Maven , which combines and expands the company’s multiple programs under a single brand. The global Maven team includes more than 40 dedicated employees from the connected car technology industry as well as ride- and car-sharing professionals from Google, Zipcar and Sidecar.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

After proving a initial look at the design and capability of the different components ( earlier post ) late last year, GM is now providing deeper technical insight into the second-generation platform. In designing the second-generation system, GM engineers built on the knowledge and data gained from the first-generation Volt.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

Enter newly retired GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. Lutz brought with him other investors, as well as executives and engineers from GM. In short order, VIA Motors was established as a separate entity from Raser Technologies in 2010. Lutz joined in 2011, promptly after he retired from GM. liter V8 and the Suburban 2500 body.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

However, Chevrolet is trying to challenge that passenger car diesel hegemony with the compact Cruze Diesel, introduced for MY 2014, and now with a facelift for MY 2015. diesel from GM’s European lineup (the engine is manufactured in Kaiserslautern, Germany) to challenge Jetta on the basis of highway fuel economy and power, as well as content.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

GM and its strategic partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. prototype that was developed by GM and Segway and which made its debut in April 2009. The concepts will be showcased from 1 May through 31 October at the SAIC-GM Pavilion at World Expo 2010 Shanghai. The Jiao EN-V model. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

GM is introducing a new generation of Ecotec small-displacement engines (1.0 The new engine family, including naturally aspirated and turbocharged variants, will make its way into five GM brands and 27 models by the 2017 model year, said Steve Kiefer, GM vice president, Global Powertrain Engineering. New Ecotec 1.0L

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

With a sportier design and an entirely new drive system ( earlier post ), the 2016 Volt electric car features a higher capacity battery pack and 50 miles of all-electric range (MY 2015 = 38 miles); greater efficiency; and stronger acceleration. The 2016 Volt goes on sale in the second half of 2015. kWh battery system (MY 2015 = 17.1

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

roads by 2015? The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. Paulson, Coda’s founder Miles Rubin has attracted investments from other well-connected individuals, including Thomas “Mack&# McLarty, former chief of staff for President Clinton. General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Opel—in which GM has said it will invest €4 billion (US$5.3 liter gasoline and diesel engines, together with next generation five- and six-speed gearboxes. The introduction of Opel’s BlueInjection selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system assures compliance with Euro 6 emissions standards (effective September 2015).

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