article thumbnail

GM to use wind power for more than 50% of annual vehicle output from Arlington Assembly plant

Green Car Congress

General Motors’ Arlington, Texas, Assembly plant will soon be able to build up to 125,000 trucks a year using wind power. Arlington Assembly produces more than 1,200 vehicles daily, including the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe; GMC Yukon and Yukon XL; and Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV. million in energy costs annually.

Arlington 150
article thumbnail

Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

Teslarati

It is also expected to be very similar to the highly-anticipated affordable Tesla that will eventually be built in Giga Mexico. In the job’s description, Tesla notes that Prototype Vehicle Operators will be part of its vehicle data collection team. If you have any tips, contact me at maria@teslarati.com or via X @Writer_01001101.

Tesla 126
article thumbnail

Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

Cars That Think

University of Texas at Arlington for more than 50 years. in 1966 in EE from the University of New Mexico , in Albuquerque. After graduating, he joined UT Arlington as a research professor. Nasir Ahmed , professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of New Mexico, to develop DCT.

article thumbnail

Tesla’s war against direct sales wages on with big win in Virginia

Teslarati

Prominent officials and members of the general public expressed support for Tesla stores in the regions of Charlottesville, Arlington, and Norfolk. Tesla has worked toward legal direct sales in states like New Mexico , Arizona , Louisiana, Connecticut, Wyoming, and Indiana in recent memory.

Virginia 145
article thumbnail

Chevy, GMC struggle for EV/ICE candy spot

Baua Electric

Equinox EV: The electrical model of the Chevy Equinox compact crossover goes into manufacturing on the Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico, with deliveries anticipated to start out prior to the top of the month. Corvette EV: An absolutely electrical Corvette may debut in 2026 or 2027. Actual timing is dense.

GMC 52
article thumbnail

DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

Green Car Congress

University of New Mexico. Proceedings from the Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop Arlington, Virginia May 8-9, 2011. Develop a new class of anion exchange membranes with high oxidative-stability for use in cerium redox-flow batteries and with potential for use in fuel cell applications. Versa Power Systems. 2011.04.043. Slade, R.C.T

Fuel 150
article thumbnail

DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

Green Car Congress

Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology , Soccoro, N.M. The development of refined and coupled geochemical, mechanical, and flow models will yield better predictions of subsurface CO 2 behavior, thereby assisting the design and implementation of CO 2 geologic storage projects.

CO2 225