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

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

USAMP, a collaborative organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, will work in cooperation with the A/SP on the project to demonstrate the applicability of ICME for the development and deployment of 3GAHSS for passenger vehicle weight reduction. and General Motors Co. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2015

Elio Motors, the start-up developing a $6,800, 84-mpg- (2.8l/100 100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, We are literally trying to reinvent the auto industry, so why go the conventional route and rework someone else’s engine? 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 Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Today, Toyota kills off its Scion "youth brand," a look at how General Motors and LG collaborated on 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV development, and everything we know so far about the Tesla Model 3 electric car. The Volkswagen diesel scandal is eroding trust in German engineering and the auto industry in general, a.

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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. The BioRID ATD. Click to enlarge.

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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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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. 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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2011

The full list of US DRIVE partners includes: Auto industry: United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (the collaborative research company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors) and Tesla Motors.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. At Lincoln Lab, in order to solve problems, we had to bring physics and chemistry together with engineering,” he said during an interview in 2016. Nobel Laureate John B.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In a newly published SAE paper, a team from Ford, General Motors and AVL argues that the exclusive use of a match blending approach to prepare ethanol-gasoline blends for regulatory emissions testing “has fundamental flaws”. 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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The evolution of mobility has long been a hot button for Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford, who urges that Ford think of itself as a mobility company rather than just an auto company. Powering performance vehicles such as Fiesta ST and Focus ST is Ford’s EcoBoost engine range. Power and General Motors. Earlier post.).

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Qnovo

MARCH 2, 2021

At a market capitalization exceeding $700 billion, Tesla enjoys a unique financial position among all auto manufacturers to expand its investments in electric vehicles and infrastructure. We are in the midst of deep disruption to the auto industry. There is a split opinion among auto manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

These technologies may prove to be the next game-changer as we look at the future of auto safety. Eight major automotive manufacturers are working closely with the Department on this research through partnering agreements: Ford Motor Company, General Motors LLC., Earlier post.). Honda R&D Americas, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), the collaborative automotive technology organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company, whose mission is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. BrightDrop offers a fascinating window into the breadth of GM’s EV plans, though even many people in the auto industry know little about it. The BrightDrop Zevo 600. Photo courtesy of BrightDrop. The BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 28, 2023

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will soon release its proposal to increase Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) requirements and General Motors has signaled its concerns regarding how much more money it will cost the automotive industry. Image: General Motors] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2023

Their gleaming galleries feature many historic and influential cars, almost all of them powered by petroleum-fueled internal combustion (IC) engines. 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?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

General Motors is working with communities such as San Francisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

For comparison, General Motors, one of the three largest car companies in the world, reported $10 billion of profit for last year. The timing of this move by Tesla is opportune since the global auto market for EVs is catching up. Tesla has a strong lead and a loyal fan base, but in the auto industry nothing’s forever.

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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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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

By reducing wind resistance and weight, the company’s engineers effectively are reducing the amount of work an electric engine will have to perform to get the car up to driving speeds, which in turn conserves battery power.&#. Many of the other executives have years of experience in the auto business.

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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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EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Known as ‘Option B’, it is significantly tougher than the auto industry itself proposed via its representative body, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), has higher fines for breaching emissions limits and rejects aids known as ‘Super Credits’. The Impact Analysis estimates Option B would produce $96.46

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Elon Musk’s second consecutive Person of the Year Award was granted by the FT in no small part due to Tesla’s accomplishments in the auto sector. Lutz then added a rather interesting detail related to Tesla’s competition from Das Auto.

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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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. Electric Transportation Engineering Corp.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

Side by side with the squarer, blockier Ioniq 5, you’d never guess the two share the same “skateboard” running platform—which is, of course, exactly the point of sharing costly new technology without resorting to badge engineering. Within the auto industry, it’s said that Toyota is not afraid of competition from most other makers.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

As I get ready this morning to head over to the Lutheran Church in Gardena to participate in this national day of service by helping to prepare meals for my less fortunate neighbors, I want to thank the auto industry for giving me a great laugh at their expense. spokesman Greg Martin said. Way to kill the audience, Greg.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 28, 2022

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. We were using the same 4 stroke engines to drive our modern cars for a century and the period 2025-2035 is going to change that.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

Indeed, the story of the board’s attempt to regulate plug-in hybrids has turned out to be a battle between an agency whose primary mission is to protect Californians from breathing unhealthy air and a group of environmentalists and engineers who are fighting to slow global warming. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 3, 2009

In the race to turn the auto industry green, many concepts have been floated around - from hybrids, to electrics, to biofuels and even fuel cell cars. He believes that all of the technologies have their value and that combustion engines will share the road with plug-in cars and those running on hydrogen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric Cars and The Volt Can Transform America and the Auto Industry TODAY!!! By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition.

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