Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) concludes that the automotive industry is not only “high-tech,” it is frequently a leader in technological developments and applications. Additionally, the auto industry provides 16% of total worldwide R&D funding for all industries. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

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. GM was the first company in the Brazilian auto industry to provide 100% of its spark-ignited vehicles as flex-fuel. The 2010 Agile. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

General Motors China is fabricating and testing prototype battery cells and complete systems at its Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai to support GM researchers and engineers in the development of next-generation vehicle battery systems. Click to enlarge. —John Du, Director of GM China’s China Science Lab.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

General Motors, which has a long history of crash test dummy design, is leading current research on the potential for global auto industry use of a test dummy that would help automakers and safety experts better understand how crash victims are hurt in rear impacts. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here’s Brennan Boblett, Director of UX Design, sharing just a few of the features we have in store. General Motors (GM) temporarily discontinued its advanced driver-assist system, called Super Cruise, due to the chip shortage. pic.twitter.com/MtLElNeQVv — Rivian (@Rivian) September 27, 2021.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 13, 2023

In 2021, the San Francisco Police Department reportedly asked Waymo and General Motors' Cruise to hand over footage obtained by autonomous test vehicles in the hope that they’d help solve crimes. The advent of AV STEP could be a big help to General Motors, in particular.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

Specifically, Leyden Energy will design and develop 12-volt start-stop cells using Leyden’s Li-imide chemistry. Building on the proprietary Li-imide platform, Leyden Energy has developed an innovative LTO/LMO battery specifically designed for start/stop applications. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

General Motors and Pacific Century Motors (PCM), an entity formed by The Tempo Group and E-Town, an affiliate of the Beijing Municipal Government, have reached an agreement for GM to sell GM Global Steering Holdings, LLC, commonly known as Nexteer, to PCM. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saginaw, Mich.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

Cobasys has been contracted for the design, development, delivery and validation of conforming design-intent cells, and through the design, development, delivery and verification of a 40 kWh technology demonstration battery pack. SB LiMotive bundles the know-how of both its parent companies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The 10 companies—Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo—will work with IIHS and NHTSA in the coming months on the details of implementing their historic commitment, including the timeline for making AEB a standard feature. —US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

Tsien and General Motors President Dan Ammann also discussed some of the trends shaping China’s auto industry in the next few years, including: Luxury vehicles are expected to make up at least 10 percent of auto sales by 2020, and GM will add one new Cadillac per year through 2016. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In September, it held a press drive in Colorado to show off the pickup to automotive and lifestyle reporters, who largely gave the truck favorable reviews for its performance, off-road capability, and clever design features. Opening at $80 billion-plus, Rivian blew past all that—making it worth more than General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2015

After running computer simulations, it was apparent that a new engine design was needed to work with the Elio vehicle to achieve this goal and still maintain a top speed of more than 100 MPH with goal of 0-to-60 MPH in less than 10 seconds. Previous crash simulations for the Elio were done with only the vehicle structure.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2023

Looking ahead, Stuttgart will likely continue to be the heart of the German auto industry, but how long will the IC engine remain the heart of the automobile? The German automotive sector, along with its global counterparts, is doing so by developing elektrische autos. The Emerging Era of the Electric Automobile.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

The US auto industry, via the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, is lining up to support a new national, harmonized program to reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption that President Obama will announce on Tuesday, 19 May. Autos represent 17% of all anthropogenic CO 2 in the US, according to EPA.

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Qnovo

MARCH 2, 2021

Investors continue to applaud Tesla’s expansion strategy and pace, yet Wall Street remains shy about extending similar enthusiasm to incumbent car makers, for example General Motors and Volkswagen who have announced ambitious plans in electric vehicles. We are in the midst of deep disruption to the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

Editorial Trying to Find the Road Ahead Published: January 24, 2006 W ith its bonds downgraded to junk and its market share on the ropes, Detroit's auto industry almost looks to be in a free fall. At Detroit's auto show, it unveiled a Chinese car that Geely plans to upgrade and sell in the United States in 2008.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2007

M eanwhile in the United States, General Motors has launched what it calls the auto industry's first design studio focused exclusively on electric plug-in vehicles. The E-Flex Design Studio will employ 45 designers, engineers and scientists to develop vehicles featuring plug-in hybrid technology.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

Like Paul MacCready’s original design for the Impact that established the world’s lowest drag coefficient of.195, “The slimming of the battery essentially comes because of a focus on weight, aerodynamics, rolling resistance, new construction materials and other design factors, he said in an interview.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

So will his billions rejuvenate the American auto industry and put it back on top of the motoring world as it enters a new era? The economic stimulus funds have been doled out to programmes in 20 US states, but Michigan, the traditional home of motoring, is the key beneficiary. Who will benefit? Our verdict.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Order a reprint of this article now APRIL 7, 2009 GM, Segway to Make Vehicle Article Video Comments more in Auto Industry News » Email Printer Friendly Share: Yahoo Buzz facebook MySpace LinkedIn Digg del.icio.us NewsVine StumbleUpon Mixx Text Size By SHARON TERLEP General Motors Corp. is teaming with Segway Inc.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. Design by RareEdge Design Group. Marketing consulting by ACS. Email This Post send to: from name: from email: or cancel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and Nemak , a specialist in the production of high complex aluminum components for the automotive industry such as cylinder heads and engine blocks, are partnering to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry meet the mandated target of 54.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2015

In all, dozens of unique tool designs with varying shapes, lengths and diameters of the pin were created. Going forward, we see this process, and future versions of it, enabling completely novel combinations of materials that will revolutionize material use in the auto industry. Hovanski et al. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

Within the auto industry, it’s said that Toyota is not afraid of competition from most other makers. The most profitable large car company is said to be unimpressed by EV plans from Volkswagen Group, General Motors, and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. A carmaker to watch.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. 10/31/07 [General Motors Corp.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

Air resources board employees say the new regulations are not designed to squelch technological breakthroughs or bankrupt new businesses. General Motors plans to unveil the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid, sometime in 2010, and Toyota may begin selling a plug-in Prius in late 2010 or early 2011.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. .&# Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Kia Reveals Images of New EV6 300-mile Range Crossover – Kia released photos of its first dedicated electric car, the 2022 Kia EV6 that debuts a new platform and design language, and is expected to arrive in the United States later this year. Mullen Technologies MX-05 | Image Source: Mullen Technologies. Kia EV6 | Source: Kia.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The program backs automotive companies that offer both green energy initiatives, such as increased fuel efficiency, and new auto industry jobs in the United States. Delays in production and last-minute design changes drove the price to build a Karma much higher than the company could sell them for. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The revised Think from Think Global has emerged as popular in Europe with a more stylish design than the earlier iteration. It features ABS brakes, dual airbags, and is designed to meet all European and U.S. The Think City was short-lived in the States with production halting in 2002 after just 1005 cars had been assembled.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. General Motors has sought $10.3 A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 30 mpg is NOT efficient.

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