Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

Wabtec Corporation and General Motors will collaborate to develop and commercialize GM’s Ultium battery technology and HYDROTEC hydrogen fuel cell systems for Wabtec locomotives. The rail industry is on the cusp of a sustainable transformation with the introduction of batteries and hydrogen to power locomotive fleets.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2024

General Motors (GM) has detailed its first-quarter financial results for the year, citing its gas vehicles and continued growth of electric vehicle (EV) business and software-based platform development. billion, including investments in the company’s battery cell manufacturing joint ventures. billion to $11.5

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2022

Electric vehicles have the potential to be more than just transportation—by using their battery packs for supplemental home energy and grid stabilization.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and General Motors are collaborating to pilot the use of GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes in PG&E’s service area. G&E and GM will test vehicles with bidirectional charging technology that can help safely power the essential needs of a properly equipped home.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As part of the agreement, Nikola will utilize General Motors’ Ultium battery system and Hydrotec fuel cell technology, representing a key commercialization milestone for General Motors. GM fuel cell system. General Motors will engineer, homologate, validate and manufacture the Nikola Badger battery electric and fuel cell versions.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 21, 2023

General Motors (GM) avoided producing an all-electric Chevrolet Corvette for its most recent model year, instead opting for a hybrid drivetrain due to performance, cost, pedigree, and more concerns. In contrast, the hybridized design could be retrofitted to the gas Corvette, requiring relatively minor alterations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Using current technologies, all evaluated biofuel, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle pathways offer significant C2G GHG emissions reduction compared to the current gasoline internal combustion engine vehicle. When fueled by hydrogen produced from landfill gas, the total dropped to 117 g CO 2 e/mi.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2022

Chevrolet revealed the all-electric 2024 Blazer EV. The Blazer EV offers multiple distinct trims, multiple range options—including an available GM-estimated range of up to 320 miles on a full charge—and available front-, rear- and all-wheel-drive configurations. Additional Blazer EV highlights include: 11.5

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Fossil fuel car emissions contribute to greenhouse gas emissions around the globe. Some legacy automakers have already shown their commitment to transition into electric car manufacturers in the coming years. For instance, Volvo plans to go full electric by 2030. miles per gallon and it is driven ~11,500 miles per year.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Uber steps up its plans to take its ride-hailing all electric. GM cuts some cords with a technology first within the battery pack of its upcoming EVs. And India could add charging to tens of thousands of gas stations. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

With low-cost electric cars, Hyundai Motor , along with Kia, surged past American automakers Ford and GM in the US EV market in the first three months of 2024. Hyundai’s best-selling electric SUV, the IONIQ 5, set a new sales record last month, pushing EV sales up 100% over last year. And that’s including gas-powered cars.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, announced an agreement with Li-Cycle to recycle up to 100% of the material scrap from battery cell manufacturing. Ninety-five percent of these materials can be used in the production of new batteries or for adjacent industries. Ultium cells in module.

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Teslarati

MAY 5, 2021

General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) reported its Q1 2021 Earnings on Wednesday morning, showing a well-performing financial spreadsheet that was supported by the automaker’s ability to beat Wall Street’s expectations. GM reported an adjusted Earnings per Share of $2.25, handily beating the $1.04 GM reported $32.47

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

SAIC-GM has officially launched the newest member of the Cadillac CT6 American luxury sedan family—the CT6 Plug-In ( earlier post )—in China. Its offers 80 km (50 miles) of all-electric range and combined fuel consumption as low as 1.7 kWh lithium-ion battery pack comprising 192 cells. SIDI turbocharged engine.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. Installing the 5.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

General Motors plans to generate or source all electrical power for its 350 operations in 59 countries with 100% renewable energy—such as wind, sun and landfill gas—by 2050. —GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. of GM’s Lordstown assembly plant in Ohio, the home of the Chevrolet Cruze. Tata Motors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Intelligent Backup Power, making its debut on F-150 Lightning, gives customers the ability to use bidirectional power technology from their all-electric truck to provide up to 10 days of power to their homes during an outage, depending on home energy usage. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

A 1966 article in ACS’ Chemical & Engineering News described a General Motors press conference at which the automaker outlined research work being done on non-gasoline-based automotive power sources, with a heavy emphasis on the electrical. Electrovair II—a silver-zinc battery-propelled Corvair. 24, page 55).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Motors (GM) are partnering on a multi-year, multi-million dollar joint effort to accelerate the reduction of automotive fuel cell stack costs through fuel cell material and manufacturing research and development (R&D). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Developed by General Motors and built in partnership with the pioneering electric drag racing team Hancock and Lane Racing, the concept race car—based on the 2019 COPO Camaro —is driven by an electric motor providing the equivalent of more than 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft (813 N·m) of torque. —Russ O’Blenes.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

The discovery, published in Nature , challenges the conventional belief that lithium metal batteries fail because of the growth of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) between the lithium anode and the electrolyte. The findings could pave the way for bringing rechargeable lithium metal batteries from the lab to the market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM plans to become carbon-neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The use of GM’s products accounts for 75% of carbon emissions related to this commitment. The company has also signed the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5?C, Electrification.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Electric cars barely existed in 2010, when the Tesla Model S was still a glint in Elon Musk’s eye. A battery will be the high-voltage heart of each of those 77 million electric vehicles, and by far their most expensive component, setting off a worldwide race to ethically source their materials and crank up production to meet exploding demand.

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Teslarati

APRIL 28, 2024

California has reached a key milestone in the development of its electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, with the Governor’s office over the weekend highlighting that the state now has one charging station for every five gas stations. states on multiple EV goals, especially ahead of its 2035 new gas car sales ban.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Washington State House Transportation Committee voted 17-12 to advance legislation calling for all model year 2030 or later passenger and light-duty vehicles sold in the state to be electric vehicles (EVs). Clean Cars 2030 (HB 1204) sets the first state-legislated 2030 phaseout target for automotive combustion engines in the country.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2021

Tesla surprises with its new battery cell in the Model Y, due soon. And could the GMC Hummer EV lead to some gas- and diesel-burning opportunities for GM? Kia has offered electric vehicles in the U.S. The Kia EV6 will arrive next year throughout the U.S. Canoo prices the first of its EVs. for most of a.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

l/100 km) combined, 47 mpg city and 46 mpg highway; the powertrain shares the transmission architecture with the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle (EREV), but includes changes to optimize the system for engine-driven charge-sustaining operation in the range of conditions represented by the US EPA 5 cycle fuel economy tests.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

General Motors didn't have to construct an all-new assembly plant to build its affordable, mass-market Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car. In fact, it produces the electric car at the existing Orion assembly plant in Michigan, which opened in 1983.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

GM will introduce a strong hybrid version of the next-generation Malibu. 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Lithium-Ion Battery System, 1.8L The engine also features Chevrolet’s first application of Exhaust Gas Heat Recovery, or EGHR, technology, which uses exhaust heat to warm the engine and cabin. engine with start/stop.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. GM, said Akerson, is doing a much better job optimizing mass efficiency. Natural gas as a vehicle fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

Fletcher is responsible for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle propulsion system in the Chevrolet Volt as well as the propulsion systems in GM’s upcoming line-up of Plug-In Hybrid Elecrtic Vehicles. GM estimates it will save a driver of a larger car about $1,850 a year in fuel. But no focus on “conventional” hybrids.).

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A supporter of all things that have four wheels and an engine, electric cars are among Leno’s favorite. “I mean, the electric car is here to stay. Unfortunately, the Bolt EV has been subjected to several recalls from GM over faulty battery cells that have caused fires. The project will cost over $1.8

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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EV Obssesion

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

EV Range The first 100 per cent electric model in the DS Automobiles range is evolving: DS 3 CROSSBACK E-TENSE New EVs and Concept EVs Nissan unveils Ambition 2030 vision to empower mobility and beyond Nissan Ambition 2030: a roadmap of what’s to come EV Investments Ariel Rider Raised 14.8 Round A Investment Electric […].

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

But in the automotive world and especially when related to electric vehicles, deliveries frequently fall well short of what was promised. And it is looking through that lens that I wanted to dive into GM’s most recent electric vehicle “supply” promise. Electric Vehicle PR Is Driving Up the Stock Price.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

Volta, a builder of commerce-centric electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, announced an oversubscribed Series D financing of $125 million. Businesses anticipating this shift can take advantage of a revenue transfer from gas stations to retail locations in the community where consumers go, live, shop and play.

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