Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

Internal GM testing of the new 2010 Equinox indicates that the front-wheel drive models with the direct-injected 2.4-liter GM expects final official EPA estimates shortly. At 32 mpg, the 2010 Equinox will offer best-in-segment highway fuel economy and have a highway driving range of up to 600 miles. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

GM will offer Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) powered versions of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans to fleet and commercial customers beginning later this year. Tags: Brief. Leveraging the same Vortec 6.0L Leveraging the same Vortec 6.0L

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

Chevrolet and OnStar used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the venue to unveil a smartphone application—which GM categorizes as the auto industry’s first such—that will allow Chevrolet Volt owners 24/7 connection and control of vehicle functions and OnStar features remotely. Click to enlarge.

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Recent calibration drives of pre-production Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles have achieved up to 39.9 miles (64.2 Farah, chief engineer for the Volt and the Opel Ampera, said more than 500,000 test miles (805,000 km) have already been put on the pre-production Volt vehicles. Farah said engineers at GM’s Warren, Mich.,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 28, 2009

GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. “GM is spending $336m to upgrade the Hamtramck plant; $202m for a new plant in Flint, north of Detroit, that will build 1.4 GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. Tags: Production News Detroit GM Chevy Volt. Related Stories.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

GM is introducing a new Duramax 6.6-liter liter turbodiesel V8 on the Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD and 3500HD launching this summer. The original Duramax turbodiesel featured first-in-class common rail fuel injection and aluminum heads with a six-bolt-per-cylinder design. Tags: Diesel Engines. 2011 Duramax 6.6L

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

To compete with established models such as the Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, a vehicle better have a lot to offer – and that’s a billing that General Motors is hoping the Chevrolet Cruze can live up to. Both engines are part of GM’s family of global small displacement engines that have been designed with fuel efficiency in mind.

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EV Life

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Chevrolet has taken the electric vehicle market by storm with a number of different EV offerings. Enter the Chevrolet Equinox EV, a crossover unlike any other. Chevrolet Blazer Performance Chevy has yet to disclose specific performance details for all trim levels of the new Blazer EV, so some results may vary.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The beleaguered automotive industry in the United States has taken its fair share of knocks over the last 12 months but none were more shocking than when one of the oldest and most well-respected brands in motoring – General Motors (GM) – slipped into bankruptcy earlier this year. How GM hopes to recover.

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Charged EVs

MAY 19, 2021

If it were a person, you might almost feel sorry for the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV, which was launched in February. 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. New role: value pricing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

GM and its strategic partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. EN-V is a two-seat electric vehicle designed to alleviate concerns surrounding traffic congestion, parking availability, air quality and affordability for tomorrow’s cities. prototype that was developed by GM and Segway and which made its debut in April 2009.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

After proving a initial look at the design and capability of the different components ( earlier post ) late last year, GM is now providing deeper technical insight into the second-generation platform. In designing the second-generation system, GM engineers built on the knowledge and data gained from the first-generation Volt.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

I-4 VVT Turbo (LUJ) for Chevrolet Cruze. Internationally, customers have purchased 140,000 Chevrolet Cruze in the first six months of 2010 and a total of 270,000 since Cruze launched in the spring of 2009 in Europe, followed by other major markets, such as China in summer of 2009. 2011 Ecotec 1.4L Click to enlarge. The Ecotec 1.4L

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

to manufacture lithium-ion battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt and other extended-range electric vehicles. The plant will be part of a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors called GM Subsystem Manufacturing LLC. With the exception of specialized battery machinery and equipment, GM is reusing equipment from other GM facilities.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Add to Mixx Add to Newsvine Add to Connotea Add to CiteUlike Add to Furl Googlize this Add to Rojo Add to MyWeb Favorite Print E-mail The price of green: The Fisker Karma, on display at the New York Auto Show, is a plug-in hybrid that can run on batteries alone for 50 miles. Powered by Share » Digg this Add to del.icio.us

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2010

During the serial media launch events for the Chevrolet Volt, GM provided more detail (subsequent to the completion of related patent work) on the novel drive architecture applied in their first extended range electric vehicle to enhance the efficiency of both the battery electric and extended-range driving modes. HVAC), and weather.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

By the 1950s, however, small manufacturers were being crushed by GM, Ford and Chrysler. The firewall tag says it's a 59V Deluxe, which the Standard Catalog describes as being built only for "special order sales, Marshal sales, fleet sales and sales outside the United States." The Lark VI got a 170-cubic-inch (2.8-liter)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Chevrolet next year will introduce the Volt, a plug-in hybrid electric car. The Postal Services electric vans will have a range of about 40 miles between charges, Chrysler said. 16,000 miles. Its part of a test before the company starts selling to the public within the next two years. I think a lot of folks will do that."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Chevrolet S-10 :Brian has a new and very nice conversion. Chevrolet S-10 :Jim Coates very clean conversion Chevrolet S-10 :Mark Brueggemanns neat project, and more. FordFestiva : Brian has a new project going GM/SaturnEV-1 : EV1 owner GM/SaturnEV-1 : Dave and Jeans Chronicles. HondaAccord : Bob Taylors conversion.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Alpha Wolf – cool compact American ute looks to the rough stuff with retro-infused design. Chevrolet Bolt EUV – SUV version of Bolt hatchback on sale in America but unlikely in Australia. Chevrolet Silverado EV will have an EV range of up to 650km. Expect to see it Down Under in 2023. 2020 Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Establishing dealer network.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The G-Wiz, made in India, now offers a lithium-ion battery option that extendsits driving range from 48 to 75 miles – but doubles the price. It ispleasingly quick but will still only manage 150 miles between charges, muchless than a tank of petrol, even if it costs only £1.50 to charge overnight.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But it is a price that must be paid, and GM should be commended for remaining committed to the Volt. It isa fundamental change in direction for GM. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. GM is developing more fuel-efficient vehicles. Thats short-sighted.

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