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Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2022
—Jeff Morrison, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. CAM is a key battery material consisting of components such as processed nickel, lithium and other materials representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 6, 2022
General Motors and Honda plan to expand the two companies’ relationship by codeveloping a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a new global architecture using next-generation Ultium battery technology. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Policy package.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. Rapid expansion of the ethanol industry is creating global supply/demand issues. The production and consumption of hydrous ethanol fuel followed an expected pattern.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Despite—or perhaps because of—the global pandemic, 2021 saw plenty of new innovations for communications technologies. After coordination with operators in South America and Europe, the source of the interfering signals—which sound like “the unfortunate offspring of a frog and a Dalek ”—was quickly identified as Cuba.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 25, 2021
For a GPS steering system to work, you need to prepare a map in advance, install a base station for corrections, or purchase a package of signals. Ultimately, both drivers and managers say unanimously that harvesting has become easier, and typically the cost of the system (about US $10,000) is paid off in just one season.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 25, 2021
For a GPS steering system to work, you need to prepare a map in advance, install a base station for corrections, or purchase a package of signals. Ultimately, both drivers and managers say unanimously that harvesting has become easier, and typically the cost of the system (about US $10,000) is paid off in just one season.
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