Green Car Reports

JANUARY 26, 2022

General Motors on Tuesday issued an update on its EV plans, including confirmation of two Michigan sites for EV manufacturing and battery production. Confirming an earlier report, GM said in a press release that will spend $4 billion to convert its Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan, to build electric pickup trucks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Cadillac provided some details on its production CELESTIQ flagship “ultra-luxury sedan”; the show car version appeared earlier this year. Regen on Demand Braking is standard and helps maximize driving range by converting the kinetic energy of the vehicle’s forward momentum into electricity that’s stored in the battery pack.

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CN EV Post

AUGUST 29, 2022

The post Hongguang Mini EV convertible version to go on sale in China on Sept 1 appeared first on CnEVPost. The model comes in blue, green and black and the first open sales will be on a first-come, first-served basis. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2023

GM will start development electrical pickups at Orion Meeting in Michigan then manufacturing of the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV ends this pace. GM is development the gasoline-powered Cadillac XT5 and XT6 crossovers at the side of the electrical Cadillac Lyriq midsize crossover in the similar meeting plant complicated.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

SDCmaterials, a developer of advanced catalyst products based on a novel materials fabrication and integration platform, announced a partnership and formalized a supply agreement with Car Sound, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and catalytic converters for the automotive aftermarket.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2020

Mercedes has outlined its plans to globally source batteries for localized EV production. And GM is reportedly working on an electric van. The world’s largest commercial electric airplane—a converted Cessna—has. The largest commercial electric passenger plane can go 100 miles on batteries.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The newly created position given to Dr. Pyun will be instrumental as LGES ramps efforts to improve its battery production facilities by converting them into smart factories with data-centric operations. LG and GM seem to have moved on from the Chevy Bolt EV recall. Dr. Pyun was one of five principal data scientists at Nvidia.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2023

GM will start development electrical pickups at Orion Meeting in Michigan then manufacturing of the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV ends this hour. GM is development the gasoline-powered Cadillac XT5 and XT6 crossovers in conjunction with the electrical Cadillac Lyriq midsize crossover in the similar meeting plant advanced.

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Baua Electric

MAY 15, 2024

Commercial EV manufacturer Mullen has scored a $150 million capital infusion that will allow it to expand its domestic and international sales efforts – and put Bollinger’s beefy electric trucks into series production. The Bollinger B4 is a cabover-style chassis cab with a 15,500 lb. of torque at 0 RPM.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

The acquisition of Cruise is GM’s latest step toward its goal of redefining the future of personal mobility. The three-year old startup developed an aftermarket kit allowing buyers to convert certain cars into autonomous vehicles for highway driving. —Kyle Vogt, founder of Cruise Automation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

General Motors will build its new generation midsize diesel engine family at the GM Manufacturing Poland plant in Tychy. Start of production of the all-aluminum 1.6-liter The maximum annual production capacity will be 200,000 units. Construction and installation of the new production equipment will continue until 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

SCOA’s investment will help the company deploy full turnkey hydrogen solutions, creating a national fuel production and distribution network to serve transportation markets at a competitive price. OneH2 is a hydrogen production and distribution company providing fuel primarily for forklifts nationwide. Hunt Transport, Inc.,

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Baua Electric

MAY 11, 2023

GM and Volkswagen will face the biggest power with over 3 million gadgets of idled capability for ICE automobiles in China, presenting a big chance for the ones automakers, Greenpeace mentioned. If the gross sales price reaches 70 p.c, “We will speed up in electrification and digitalisation,” a spokesperson mentioned.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 25, 2022

Additionally, it will build a new battery factory and convert an existing factory into a hub for manufacturing its electric pickup trucks. Last week, we reported that GM was planning to invest at least $6.5 and our North American EV production capacity,” Mary Barra, CEO and Chairwoman of General Motors said.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2011

General Motors’ efforts to eliminate the shipment of plant waste to landfills is spreading to its non-manufacturing sites, 10 of which now reuse, recycle or convert to energy all waste from normal operations. Converting non-manufacturing facilities meant rethinking packaging such as cardboard—a significant waste stream due to volume.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Pension enhancements On pensions, some other of Unifor’s core priorities on this spherical of bargaining, participants lately on outlined contribution (DC) pension plans will probably be converted to admirable outlined advantages (DB) plans inauguration Jan. Within the tide DC plans, Ford contributes 4 p.c

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Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

. — As Common Motors ramps up electrical car manufacturing over the upcoming a number of years, the automaker is operating to turn staff that they’ve a task within the EV hour, its supremacy production govt stated. GM plans in order Orion again on-line within the first quarter of 2025, he stated. Listed here are edited excerpts.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The production-intent fuel cell system can be packaged under the hood in about the same space as a four-cylinder engine; by contrast, the first generation system in the Equinox (with the fourth-generation stack) is about the size of a file cabinet, says Charles Freese, executive director of GM Fuel Cell Activities. Source: GM.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2011

GM is exploring the use of an ultracapacitor-based Active Energy Recovery Buffer (AERB) scheme as a low-cost means to improve fuel economy in conventional vehicles; results of a simulation study presented at SAE 2011 World Congress showed improvement of up to 1.3% liter engine and a six-speed transmission.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The Naval Research Laboratory recently concluded an evaluation of a prototype UUV equipped with a GM fuel cell at the heart of the vehicle powertrain. Once converted to electricity, water vapor is the only emission. GM’s fuel cells are compact and lightweight, and have high reliability and performance.

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Teslarati

JUNE 15, 2023

FedEx Express Canada aims to convert its entire parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet to zero-emissions cars by 2040. GM is a big name in the commercial vehicle market, and the BrightDrop Zevo 600 might be a play at keeping its place in the market. We’re laser-focused on scaling production to deliver for our customers and the planet.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. Creative recycling is one extension of GM’s overall strategy to reduce its environmental impact. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Fit is the most advanced non-GM yeast in the market, eliminating production constraints caused by conventional and basic yeasts, according to the company. The advanced Innova yeast allows producers to maximize inputs, achieve throughput, and production targets, without losing ethanol yield to common stressors such as high temperature.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In its recently released Q4 2021 Shareholders Letter , General Motors (GM) reported that the Chevrolet Silverado EV has garnered more than 110,000 reservations, including orders from more than 240 fleet operators. . GM unveiled the Chevrolet Silverado EV last month. GM seems to be working hard on its Ultium line of vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

According to reports, the brand has wrapped up production of the model entirely, a few weeks past its best-before date thanks to delays partially brought on by UAW strike action earlier this year. Image: GM] Become a TTAC insider. It’s the end of the line (again) for the Chevy Camaro.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 20, 2024

GM began producing cars on its J Platform beginning in 1981 , and the J-Body proved to be a tremendous global sales success for The General. The end came in 2005, when there were just two J-Cars remaining in production: the Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire. In its heyday, the J-Car was assembled in factories on five continents.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In our last Eldorado entry , we discussed the exterior differences between Cadillac’s standard Series 62 convertible and the limited production Eldorado. With any of those exterior paints, a buyer could choose either a white or black convertible top, made of Orlon.& It& remained in production through 1990.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 18, 2023

Conceived as a new high-end convertible in the years leading up to the personal luxury car, the Series 62 Eldorado “sports convertible” wore unique sheet metal to all other Cadillac models in 1953. Unlike later examples of two-door vehicles from the three most expensive GM brands, these three were not the same underneath.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2011

The conversion of biomass to cellulosic ethanol is the most efficient and productive use of biomass to create a high-octane, environmentally friendly transportation fuel, according to a perspective paper published in the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. Comparison of yields of ethanol vs other reduced products.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Ohio-based Advanced Mechanical Products, Inc. ( AMP ), a company engaged in the conversion of new vehicles to full battery-electric drive, unveiled its latest all-electric conversion platform, the GM Chevrolet Equinox. AMP’s drivetrain for the electric Equinox. Click to enlarge. With its 37 kWh Li-ion pack, range is 150 miles (241 km).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

GM unveils the US production version of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan at the LA Auto Show on 2 December. The Cruze is a GM global car; the North American version features a new Ecotec 1.4L The Cruze is a GM global car; the North American version features a new Ecotec 1.4L The 2011 Cruze. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) is gearing up for a major shift in 2022 thanks to its evolving electric vehicle program, planning for record profit levels that could surge the company into a more well-rounded placement in an increasingly competitive sector. For Q4, GM had a weaker quarter than it did in the same period in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

and Advanced Mechanical Products, Inc. ( The first two vehicles available for AMP conversions are the GM Saturn Sky and the GM Pontiac Solstice. The end product is an all-electric vehicle with a range of up to 150 miles per charge. GM presented the study at the recent SAE 2010 Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 29, 2024

Worth noting, GM was reeling at the time stylistically and its upmarket and luxury ‘58s were an attempt to catch up to Virgil Exner’s very successful Forward Look Chrysler and Imperial models of 1957. There was also some special model advertising in 1958 to celebrate General Motors’ 50th production year. See you next time.

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EV Central

MARCH 20, 2024

The shock news was confirmed to EV Central at this month’s 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD launch by Jess Bala, Managing Director of Chevrolet’s local outpost GM Australia and New Zealand. But the Silverado EV did look like a potential future local candidate as EV utes start rolling into production.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. But very few consumers will come up with BrightDrop , the name GM has given to a new unit that builds electric commercial vehicles: full-size vans and even electric cargo containers.

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