Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

In preparation for the next generation of electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, General Motors will invest $449 million to upgrade manufacturing processes at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly and Brownstown Battery Assembly plants. Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins'

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

It also comes after Ford last month adjusted its F-150 Lightning production forecast for 2024 to about half of what it had originally planned, as it refocuses on hybrids and gas vehicles for the coming years. Following the strikes, which ended in October, Ford reported that the labor effort had cost the company over $1.3

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It seems like legacy automakers, including Toyota, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors, are starting to embrace the EV transition. Detroit’s Big 3 and Toyota all announced investments in battery plants these last few weeks. The battery facility will initially produce batteries for hybrids. Toyota’s US Battery Plant.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Today, Tesla's market value approaches that of the Detroit Three U.S. automakers, General Motors pitches its diesels to green-car buyers, and Volvo Trucks adds a hybrid powertrain to its efficiency-focused concept semi-truck. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla has become a Big Three U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 31, 2017

Among the Detroit Three automakers, General Motors has a quarter of a century of electric-car experience, from the legendary EV1 to the 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt EV. Ford launched hybrids in 2004, before any other maker, but its battery-electric efforts thus far have been strictly compliance cars.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The Toyota Prius established its maker as the leader in hybrid technology, while the Chevrolet Volt has been touted by General Motors as proof of the Detroit.'

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Teslarati

AUGUST 4, 2021

The OEM reported 2,854 Mustang Mach-E sales and 4,498 F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid. Ford is expected to make a joint statement with General Motors and Stellantis this week, coinciding with President Joe Biden’s announcement about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Ford July 2021 Sales Release by Maria Merano on Scribd.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 13, 2010

Having already confirmed plans to produce a range extended Cadillac Converj (see article), General Motors has now unveiled a brand new hybrid car at the 2010 North American International Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

Jim Spellman has assumed the leadership of Raser Technologies’ Plug-in Hybrid team as of today. He has more than 20 years of engineering experience with motors in the automotive industry. He has more than 20 years of engineering experience with motors in the automotive industry.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Interviewing GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz at GM's test track in Detroit. General Motors invited me to Detroit to speak on a panel at its 100th anniversary along with a small group of other “outside voices&#. Tags: Shoots Production Diary Production News Past Shoots GM Chevy Volt Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

Volkswagen staged two world premieres at the Detroit Auto Show: the new Jetta gasoline-electric Hybrid and the E-Bugster battery-electric concept derived from the Beetle. Jetta Hybrid. In the Jetta Hybrid, propulsion is handled by a combination of a four-cylinder 1.4 The hybrid marks the first use in the US of the 1.4-liter

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2022

In late 2020, Hyundai and General Motors both issued recalls for the 2019-2020 Kona and 2017-2019 Bolt EV. In 2022, Chrysler Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid EVs and Volkswagen ID.4 In February 2020, Mercedes Benz issued a recall in one 2019 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive vehicle. 4 vehicles utilizing LGES cells were issued recalls.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2015

We''ve got lots of electric-car news today, including a Chevrolet Bolt concept video from the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, a possible connection between the 2016 Chevy Volt and General Motors'' future hybrid system, and Nissan''s claim that it is close to extending electric-car ranges. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

CEO Dan Akerson told the Detroit News that General Motors will compete with Tesla Motors--"ultimately"--through its Cadillac luxury brand. It looks like the success of the Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sedan may be starting to get under GM''s skin.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

MAP is now producing plug-in hybrids, hybrids, EcoBoost, and full battery electrics for the global marketplace—all from the same assembly line. General Motors Company. Production of these vehicles at Detroit-Hamtramck will support development of propulsion technologies and advanced electric-drive vehicles. $20

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2012

Buoyed by record monthly sales of its Chevy Volt hybrid electric plug-in car in March, General Motors will resume production of the Volt at the Detroit Hamtramck plant one week early, the United Auto Workers told Talking Points Memo on Tuesday night.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

General Motors 2MT70 FWD two-mode hybrid transaxle, as seen from. GM Developing Additional Full Hybrid System for Smaller Vehicles. Nitz would not disclose if the third full hybrid system is a direct extension of the two-mode transmission, only saying “ Stay tuned.”. by Jack Rosebro. engine side. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Bob Lutz, who has served as executive vice president and board member of Ford, president and then vice chairman and board member of Chrysler, and vice chairman of General Motors, confirmed Musk’s comments. “This is why Mercedes-Benz and BMW are so afraid of him,” the Detroit Big Three executive said.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 22, 2010

Cleaning up a few odds and ends from last week's 2010 Detroit Auto Show brings us to General Motors' future product plans for plug-in hybrids. In the crush of reporters asking questions (known as the "scrum") after a GM announcement, a few more nuggets came to light.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2011

Detroit Free Press. General Motors is preparing to launch two more extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), CEO Dan Akerson told reporters on the sidelines of the 2011 Automotive News World Congress.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The announcement of the Chevrolet Bolt concept car came like a thunderclap at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. After unveiling the 2016 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, General Motors CEO Mary Barra rolled out a bright orange five-door hatchback electric car.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2016

This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research. Now, General Motors has said that the Lyft ride-sharing service, in which it invested half a.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The ‘Honda Prologue’ is being co-developed with General Motors and is based on the Detroit automaker’s Ultium platform. It plans to add hybrid-electric systems to more US models. The Honda’s first electric SUV Prologue will arrive in 2024 and is being developed in partnership with General Motors.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Although it isn’t going thru an emissions scandal, Toyota has basically half-committed to EVs, aiming to go toward hydrogen and hybrid vehicles instead. General Motors. The first 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup Edition 1 exits Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors).

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 18, 2023

Following our coverage of the Lincoln Nautilus Hybrid , reader feedback seemed overwhelmingly focused on the vehicle being manufactured in China. But Ford Motor Co. has confirmed that the next-generation Nautilus will indeed be imported from China so that the Canadian facility currently responsible for U.S. since 2016.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 9, 2022

In spite of the resurgence of a new mutation of Covid-19, this year’s version of CES pushed forward with a hybrid live/online structure that allowed major automakers to present their latest vehicles and technology to kick off 2022. At Clean Fleet Report , we’ll try to give you some of the highlights of the show, packaged thematically.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2012

Yesterday, Automotive News (subscription required) reported the news that the Detroit Hamtramck facility, where the 2013 Chevrolet Volt is made, is to pause production of the plug-in hybrid for four weeks.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 13, 2010

The Revenge team filmed a historic meeting in Detroit today — getting GM Vice President and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk together on camera for the first time. More details after the jump : Detroit’s Electric Avenue: The Street of Dreams? s and a prime mover behind the development of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

Despite this progress, UCS noted, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler still have higher than average new fleet smog-forming and GHG emissions. Ford led the Detroit automakers while achieving the greatest percent reduction in smog-forming emissions of any manufacturer evaluated.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

General Motors will follow its 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car with a production version of the Cadillac Converj concept car revealed at this year's Detroit Auto Show. It's been an open question for a while now: What will be the next vehicle to use GM's Voltec series hybrid electric-car platform?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

During the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, Gary Kissel of General Motors presented an update of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle standards being revised or developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Hybrid Standards Committee. SAE Hybrid Standards Committee: Works In Progress.

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2010

A former GM employee has been accused of industrial espionage after allegedly stealing secrets to the car giant’s hybrid technology and attempting to sell them onto a Chinese car manufacturer. Tags: Latest news China general motors GM hybrid secrets.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 16, 2011

The 2011 Chevrolet Volt may soon have a new sibling in the form of a range-extended plug-in hybrid SUV, according to plugincars.com Talking to Dave Barthmuss, General Motors’ western region group manager for environmental and energy communications, plugincars’ Brad Berman broached the subject of a possible plug-in SUV based on the Volt. (..)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. Production of nickel-cobalt-metal battery cells and packs, as well as production of battery separators (by partner Entek) for hybrid and electric vehicles. General Motors Corporation.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2022

Built at Factory ZERO at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center. As with all General Motors vehicles, the Silverado EV will be equipped with OnStar. A simple push of a button connects to a friendly representative to handle emergencies, directions and general assistance to make your driving experience safer and more enjoyable.

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