Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. —Charlie Freese, GM executive director of Global Fuel Cell Business.

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Baua Electric

MAY 4, 2023

The provider began just-in-time seating operations on the unused plant overdue ultimate week, supplying Normal Motors Manufacturing facility 0 at the Detroit-Hamtramck border. The unused plant used to be the fresh in a order of deliberate native expansions for Lear, which ranks some of the global’s biggest car providers with $20.9

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2017

Global auto supplier DENSO announced the opening of the DENSO R&D Lab at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to accelerate development of new auto safety technologies and create new research opportunities for engineering students. DENSO’s lab is a simulation environment with high-speed computing and high-capacity data storage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2012

Magna E-Car Systems, a partnership between Magna International and the Stronach Group, held the grand opening of its latest facility, a plant in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, that manufactures components for hybrid and electric vehicles. The company has approximately 700 employees globally.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

Organizers are promising that the 2023 North American Global Detroit Auto Display will quality extra emblem participation and automobile unearths than extreme time, even supposing it’s concealed which firms plan to go back to the mid-September match. ” The post Detroit auto display vows to form a comeback in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

General Motors and Honda announced the executive structure for their recently established joint venture company, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC (FCSM). Haq and Kosaka will be responsible for operations, overseeing the start-up of the JV and ongoing manufacturing operations. Kosaka was president & CEO of Honda of America Mfg.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2012

In an address at the 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford said that “ Michigan must become the Silicon Valley of the mobility revolution ” and outlined key public policy areas to help improve the state’s competitiveness and ensure that the state realizes the full benefit of that impending revolution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

GM has launched the GM Innovation Challenge at four major universities, recruiting student teams to develop new uses for additive manufacturing (3D printing) and augmented reality (e.g., devices similar to Google Glass) in manufacturing. —Kurt Wiese, vice president of Global Manufacturing Engineering.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 will be assembled with domestically and globally sourced parts at GM’s Factory ZERO Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Michigan—a facility repurposed and retooled with a $2.2-billion billion investment devoted to EV production—alongside the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a global strategic partnership for medium-duty engine systems. We are pleased to announce this important strategic partnership with Daimler to provide the medium-duty engine systems for Daimler Trucks and Buses in global markets. Daimler Truck AG and Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This marks the first automotive cybersecurity partnership of its kind between GVSC and a full-line vehicle manufacturer. The opportunities that our neighbors here in Southeast Michigan present for advanced technology development will pay dividends to our Soldiers now, and well into the future. —Jeff Langhout, director, GVSC.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

—Christian Meunier, global president of the Jeep brand – FCA. They will be reborn in Warren, Michigan, near downtown Detroit. As a nod to its manufacturing home and the brand’s headquarters, the Concept’s full-pane glass roof houses a map showcasing Detroit and the surrounding area.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. Ford transformed Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 17, 2023

According to a statement on Tuesday, General Motors (GM) is delaying the production of its electric pickups to late 2025 at one Michigan plant, though the automaker says the change is not related to the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. This brings GM’s combined Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities. —Jon Lauckner, GM vice president of global product planning.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

More than 30 engineers, designers, buyers and members of the manufacturing team were asked to help with product development, sourcing materials and equipment, and planning the production process. In a few days, the company’s seat belt and interior trim experts became experts in manufacturing face masks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

General Electric will build a new Global Research Center in Oklahoma dedicated to driving innovation and technological advancements in the oil and gas sector and bringing products to market faster. —GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. GE said that the Artificial Lift business will benefit from the close proximity to the new center.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $150 million in clean energy tax credits to 12 businesses to build US capabilities in clean energy manufacturing; $98 million of that goes to five automakers and suppliers towards investments in domestic manufacturing equipment. Funded at $2.3 Ford Motor Company. 30 million. 20 million.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

General Motors’ (GM) battery plant in Michigan, named Factory Zero, is leaving production hell. Batteries and software are a mainstay in new vehicles as the global car market transitions to electric vehicles. The Detroit Fire Department shared that it has been called to Factory Zero nine times since August 2023.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

These steps include the reorganization of its global product development and product development staffs; the realignment of its manufacturing capacity including the shuttering of 5 North American plants and two international plants in 2019; and a reduction of salaried workforce. Compressing global product development campuses.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

Chevrolet will introduce a Silverado electric pickup truck that will be built at the Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan ( earlier post ). GM plans to deliver more than 1 million electric vehicles globally by 2025 and earn EV market leadership in North America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Ford Motor Company will invest an additional $450 million in its electric vehicle plan, paving the way to build its next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle vehicles in Michigan beginning in 2012. Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford made the announcement at the end of the first day of the media preview of the Detroit Auto Show.

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2021

GM will build the pickup at its Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. Chevrolet confirms the first-ever electric Silverado full-size truck, with a GM-estimated range of more than 400 miles on a full charge, to be built at Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2015

Chris Urmson, director of self-driving cars at Google, said at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit that the company has started talks with most of the world’s top automakers and assembled a team of global suppliers to speed its push to bring self-driving cars to market.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

With ventilators and face masks now in production, GM is expanding its manufacturing of personal protective equipment, including latex-free face shields, protective gowns and aerosol boxes. GM’s Additive Manufacturing and Design Fabrication Operations teams first discussed making protective face shields on Monday, 23 March.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

John Walsh, president and CEO of the Michigan Producers Affiliation, mentioned OEMs and their provide chain were build up stock to hedge in opposition to a accident for a couple of months. ” Walsh mentioned the accident could have ripple results on Michigan’s economic system, which is steeped in car.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, introduced its 85% Long Glass Fiber (LGF) Polypropylene (PP) concentrate product family for automotive semi-structural applications at the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive TPO Conference in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

GM is targeting annual global EV sales of more than 1 million by 2025, and we are increasing our investment to scale faster because we see momentum building in the United States for electrification, along with customer demand for our product portfolio.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

In North America, Novelis’ plant in Kingston, ON will supply GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Detroit, Michigan. Novelis’ plant in Changzhou, China will supply GM’s Shanghai plant, which will produce the CT6 manufactured locally in China. —Pierre Labat, Vice President, Global Automotive, Novelis.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 17, 2021

” The first 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup Edition 1 exits Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. It is currently the only GM EV in production, as Bolt EV manufacturing lines have been halted until 2022 due to battery malfunctions. VIN 001 was auctioned in March 2021 at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction for $2.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2018

This initiative will be supported and led by a program development team consisting of industry experts based out of Delta’s automotive division, located in the greater Detroit area (Livonia, MI), and researchers from the Delta Power Electronics Laboratory (DPEL), located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ramifications from the UAW's strike against Detroit automakers was always going to reverberate throughout the industry and suppliers are asking for some concessions. While plenty of that was accelerated by the global response to the pandemic, a lot of issues actually predate COVID by years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2011

million in Sunlogics PLC , a Michigan-based, vertically-integrated global solar energy systems provider specializing in solar project development and installation. Global solar energy use is predicted to more than double by 2016, so we believe that investing in renewable energy is a smart and strategic business decision.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Chevrolet confirms the first-ever electric Silverado full-size truck, with a GM-estimated range of more than 400 miles on a full charge, to be built at Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center. GM expects to manufacture the Bolt EV once again in 2022. ” I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2016

General Motors is adding 2 million water bottles from Flint, Michigan residents into its Do Your Part water bottle recycling initiative. GM Global Manager of Waste Reduction John Bradburn demonstrates the Chevrolet Equinox engine insulation made from used water bottles from several GM facilities. Each coat contains 31 water bottles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Previously he served as the CFO of Ku6 Media and the CFO of China BAK, a global manufacturer of lithium-based battery cells. He has more than twenty years of experience in the automotive industry, including 16 years working for General Motors in Detroit, Michigan.

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