Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 4, 2022

The intention is to make the company’s two electric car offerings more attractive to consumers, especially those that are looking for an affordable alternative to a gasoline-powered car. Chevrolet announced this week that its 2023 Bolt EV and Bolt EUV are going to get major drops in price. Same car, less cost.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

David Brooks, Director for General Motors Global Propulsion Systems R&D located in Pontiac, gave a more medium-term perspective, emphasizing a pragmatic approach toward reducing CO 2 with an eye to 2025. According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 31, 2022

As noted in a Bloomberg News report, even companies such as Xpeng Motors and Hozon New Energy Automobile Co. — two automakers that are generally unknown outside China — are now outselling veteran automaker Volkswagen’s two joint ventures. They are heavily relying on the path of gasoline cars.

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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. The upcoming Honda hydrogen vehicle is expected to come in 2024 with improved performance, range, and affordability compared to its predecessors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In New York, General Motors and Honda announced a long-term, definitive master agreement to co-develop next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies, aiming for the 2020 time frame. —Takanobu Ito, president & CEO of Honda Motor Co. 2011 Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The awards, funded from the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, help to pay the difference between a conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicle and one powered by a cleaner alternative fuel. The Energy Commission already has awarded nearly $15.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2022

Hyundai For an Ioniq5 on these Frankenstein plugs, a 5-minute charging stop can add 109 kilometers (68 miles)—not on par with a gasoline fill-up, but eye-blink fast compared with EVs of just a few years ago. In even-more-affordable, rear-wheel-drive form, they sneak over the magic 482-km (300-mile) mark in range. The Hyundai Ioniq5.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

These projects enable smaller, safer, lighter weight, and less expensive battery packs that ultimately will make electric vehicles more affordable. General Motors LLC. Research and develop novel adsorber technology to address hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions for Low Temperature Gasoline Applications. Description.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). General Motors. General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

MCE-5 expects that the combination of a highly boosted VCR engine with start-stop functionality, variable valve actuation, cooled external EGR and high-energy ignition will deliver an overall efficiency close to that of current full hybrid systems at more affordable costs. Expected CO 2 emissions for a 90 kW system should be around 91 g/km.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. General Motors.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The world’s first-to-market electric pickup truck, it turns out, isn’t from Ford, General Motors, or a late-to-market Tesla Cybertruck. Starting well-equipped from $68,575, which is in line with prices for loaded, gasoline-powered light-duty pickups, the Rivian is a relative powerhouse of design, innovation and all-around capability.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 31, 2024

Just your daily driver with no tailpipe The bottom line: If you are shopping to replace your current gasoline-powered SUV there is no reason for not visiting your Chevrolet dealer to seriously consider the Equinox EV. The Equinox EV does everything a gasoline-powered car can do, but smoother, quieter and more economically.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 9, 2024

The base model was to wear the EV2 suffix and effectively be a more affordable version of the EV2X by ditching the peppy tri-motor setup and running with the 400-volt electric architecture and a smaller battery pack. & However, it looks like General Motors has abandoned the idea — likely due to it not making much financial sense.&

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Promote electric vehicle adoption by increasing access to charging infrastructure and supporting the development of plug-in electric vehicles that are as accessible, available, and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles. General Motors. Duke Energy. Edison Electric Institute. Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA).

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Their vehicles, such as the Li ONE, feature a range-extender system that includes a small gasoline engine. Cruise (United States): Product: Cruise, backed by General Motors, is developing autonomous electric vehicles. Li Auto (China): Product: Li Auto specializes in electric SUVs with extended-range capabilities.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This has been a big year for new EV announcements with General Motors being among the most active. It’s an affordable game-changer, offering an uncompromising experience, with more features, that won’t change your daily routine—except that you will no longer have to stop at the gas station.”. All-New Compact Electric SUV.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

He yanked big engines out of American cars and replaced them with electric motors that worked in tandem with much smaller gasoline engines. This year, however, as hybrids have gained in popularity amid high gasoline prices, Dr. Frank, now 72 years old, is getting some traction: A U.S. Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

While the battery electric vehicle has made progress in recent years, with improved affordability and energy storage capability, for most consumers, range anxiety and lengthy recharging time remain formidable obstacles, Hyundai said. Hydrogen emissions sourced from biogas are a tiny fraction of equivalent gasoline vehicle emissions.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Affordable 259-Mile All-Electric Driving Range. Refreshed inside and out, the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV continues to be the best-selling electric car for Chevrolet and parent General Motors. It also estimates driving the Bolt over five years will save at least $3,750 on gasoline. Better than ever. Sounds pretty good!

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 10, 2023

While this is presumably good news for people who have absolutely had it with dealerships marking up their products, some are growing concerned by how much electric vehicle inventories are outpacing their gasoline-reliant counterparts. That’s about double the average for gasoline vehicles. Though there are certainly exceptions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones. Making electric vehicles affordable will be critical for them to have an impact on the environment, as vehicle ownership continues to rise quickly.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2022

After moving to a home much further away from their respective workplaces, each would have become part of the gasoline “superusers” club. motorists who, according to a study by the environmental group Coltura , drive 30,000 miles or more a year and use an estimated 32 percent of all gasoline. Club members make up the 10 percent of U.S.

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Baua Electric

MAY 4, 2024

production of more hybrid models , as part of an effort to expand the range of hybrid trims of its gasoline vehicles. The UX 300h AWD now gets 43 mpg combined, and it starts around $40,000. 2025 Lexus UX 300h Hyundai last week confirmed that its Metaplant in Georgia, once due to be a dedicated EV plant, will also get U.S.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

That’s three times the output of the Buick-based Rover V-8 that first powered these trucks in 1979, and nine times that of the anemic 50-hp gasoline engine the Rover boasted at its birth, in 1948. The more subtle one is giving second lives to two cars—the vintage Rover and the wrecked Tesla from which the motor and batteries came.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. Its blocky styling is still sleeker than most gasoline three-row SUVs, and it attracted looks both when parked and on the highway.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

So, Im going to go out on a limb here and say bags of Frito snacks will soon be coming to stores near you with a lot less gasoline, noise and dirty emissions. (2 In the 1990s, Waters led development of the battery pack for General Motors Corp.s Later, he went on to work at auto supplier Delphi Corp. and EnerDel Inc.,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

But the tests are too costly for the typical small startup to afford and the warranties are unattainable because the electric batteries currently used to power plug-ins don’t last ten years. Going faster than that triggers the car’s gasoline-powered engine, transforming the vehicle back into a traditional hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

liter gasoline and diesel engines, together with next generation five- and six-speed gearboxes. They will be joined by the end of this year by a new small-displacement gasoline engine family. SIDI Turbo gasoline engine. CDTI’s engine control unit, developed in-house by General Motors. Block and pistons.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Around the same time, General Motors will introduce the Chevrolet Volt, a vehicle able to go 40 miles on electricity before its small gasoline engine kicks in. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. If electric cars do take off, consumers and society could benefit.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. Its blocky styling is still sleeker than most gasoline three-row SUVs, and it attracted looks both when parked and on the highway.

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EV Match

AUGUST 12, 2021

Members are increasing demand, influencing policy, and driving mass electric vehicle adoption — helping to make electric cars more rapidly affordable for everyone. so many auto manufacturers (including General Motors) have committed to going 100% electric by 2030 or 2035. We are excited to see that in the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

superconducting wind generators more practical for. University, General. Motors Research and. General Motors, Molycorp, NovaTorque). HRL, General Motors. Electric Vehicle: A New Generation of High Density Thermal. affordably and dynamically control power flow will open up. Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. General Motors will develop a shape memory alloy (SMA) energy recovery device that will convert waste heat from car engines to electricity. DOE grant: $4,373,488). DOE grant: $4,462,162). Lightweight Thermal Energy Recovery (LighTER) System. DOE grant: $1,000,000).

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 22, 2007

In January GM announced the Volt, a smart idea that makes use of the two existing primary energy infrastructures - the electric grid and gasoline stations. Although General Motors Corp.'s Instead, GM says the batteries must be Lithium and must take the car 40 miles before the engine comes on.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. 10/31/07 [General Motors Corp. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. No announced plans. Newsweek ).

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