Revenge of the Electric Car

AUGUST 28, 2010

Chris Paine and the Revenge crew (Sean, Craig, Jessie, and Jessica) are proud to say that they are among the first film crews ever to professionally film mass production of an EV. (Of How great to see a new Volt coming off the line after 6 Cadillac SRXs. 1 Cadillac SRX to every 6 Volts. The baby is 177 inches, 3500 pounds.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2010

Shanghai GM has outlined the next phase of its “Drive to Green” product strategy—launched in 2008 ( earlier post )—for 2011-2015. Shanghai GM will introduce 12 new engines through 2015, including several with small displacements, such as a 1.5-liter liter VVT engine and 1.4-liter liter turbocharged engine. liters and 2.5

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Of the three high-dollar, limited-production two-door convertibles GM debuted in 1953, Cadillac’s Series 62 Eldorado was far and away the most expensive. With its drop-door styling , a loaded interior covered in additional leather, and a sky-high $7,750 price tag, Eldorado was out of the reach of the majority of consumers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The complex control system is currently in production in the GMC Sierra Hybrid, GMC Yukon Hybrid, Chevy Tahoe Hybrid, Chevy Silverado Hybrid, and Cadillac Escalade Hybrid vehicles. By adopting Model-Based Design, where the development process centers around a system model, GM engineers increased time savings. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

end production of Mercury vehicles in the fourth quarter of this year to fully devote its financial, product development, production and marketing, sales and service resources toward further growing its core Ford brand while enhancing the Lincoln brand. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

Lear is a fully integrated manufacturer of seats, from the metal structure and mechanisms to the foam and seat trim, notes Ryan Burns, vice president of Product Engineering for Lear’s Global Seating Operations. It is currently on the Cadillac CTS and Honda Accord. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Sustainability Vehicle Systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

SGM will eventually make this telematics service available on its full portfolio of products, beginning with Cadillac, then Buick and finally Chevrolet. OnStar has been providing data to GM engineers for about five years to help in the development of vehicles. This marks OnStar’s first venture outside of North America.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 8, 2008

GM Finally Unveils Production Chevy Volt Popular Mechanics By Larry Webster September 16, 2008 After 100 years of making cars, it's party time at the General's house. After generating mountains of buzz since the Volt's debut as a concept 21 months ago, Chevy finally took the wraps off the production version of the car this morning.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

Wait Don’t Tell Me” this past Saturday.The GM product boss said the vehicle he is most excited about, and the one he thinks will be the most significant for GM, is the Chevy Volt. At that point, the internal combustion engine kicks in and recharges the battery while you are driving. Tags: manufacturers. It runs down.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Livonia Engine, Mich. previously announced The New GM will: Focus on four core brands in the US—Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC—with fewer nameplates and a more competitive level of marketing support per brand. The luxury midsize Cadillac SRX crossover and CTS Sport Wagon. Close: Jul 2009. Grand Rapids, Mich. Close: Dec 2011.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

As part of its re-emergence, GM has established just four core brands – its global leader Chevrolet; Buick, which focuses on North America and China; GMC, one of its most profitable brands which will focus on North America and the Middle East; and Cadillac. diesel engine for light trucks. Starting from 2010 its 2.4l Faye Sunderland.

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EV Central

MAY 17, 2024

If you go for the rather stable development over the last 40 years of combustion engines – especially the bigger brands – they had a very rigid system,” he explains when talking about what to expect in future with new models and variants. “That’s the job of Volvo.” Polestar publsihes its own sustainabality reports.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Aiways U6 – ambitious EV start-up has big plans and right-hand drive production is already confirmed, opening the door to a local arrival. Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. V12 engine meets electric power for F1 pace. Soon, apparently.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

The 2010 Terrain will feature a choice of two new direct injection engines. The newly introduced GMC Terrain ( earlier post ) became the latest GM North American model that will feature a fuel-efficient gasoline direct injection (DI) engine in 2010. The MY 2009 engines include three 2.0-liter V-6 (LF1) direct injection engines.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

It’s like looking at the components from the latest mobile device from an Apple iPad or Samsung Galaxy product. An example of how Tesla performs its own custom engineering can be found in the Model S’s touch-screen controller. The Cadillac system has the same display size and resolution display, but from another vendor.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Lotus Engineering and Harmon International, two heavyweights in their respective industries, have teamed up to create a new technology known as Electronic Sound Synthesis (ESS). More data needs to be gathered before we truly understand whether the lack of a running engine makes a difference in pedestrian safety.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2010

In 2009, as part of GM’s aggressive product launch strategy, GM and its joint ventures in China introduced several new and upgraded models, including the new Buick LaCROSSE and New Regal turbo series; the Chevrolet Cruze; and the new Cadillac SLS and SRX. liter engine in the Chevrolet Spark and ECOTEC 1.6-liter

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Charged EVs

MAY 19, 2021

But the EUV first went into production last year in China—as a Buick. That’s substantially lower than the price tag of last year’s Bolt EV, and the updated smaller Bolt itself is going to drop more than $5,000, to come in at a starting price of $32,000. The Hummer got a Super Bowl ad; the Bolt EUV got a Disney video.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The competition, conducted by the automotive division of the Society of Plastics Engineers International, honors the most innovative use of plastics in automotive applications. Those gears in the transmission may be made out of highly durable, high temperature products, but that cost about 10x over polypropylene.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. Merc wants the electric smart to perform badly, to have a short range and little power, so that it dosent eat up other products in the lineup.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Still, the instant torque of the electric motor is a rush you get to experience all the time in city driving; each time you pull away from a red light and stop sign youre wondering why gasoline engines ever became popular. An (expected) high price tag. Or maybe just snap up the engineers. Small size. New technology.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

"With more than a 40 percent market share, our Chrysler and Dodge minivans continue to lead the segment we created more than 25 years ago," said Frank Klegon, Executive Vice President-Product Development, Chrysler LLC. Based in Watertown, Massachusetts, A123Systems has announced plans for a Michigan-based production facility.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps. Follow us on Twitter!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 It is simply the cost of doing business. Thats right.

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