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GM makes its largest green energy purchase to date; 50 MW wind deal

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General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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Daimler Truck’s powertrain plants in Germany will produce electric drive components

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In the future, they will drive the global production of battery-electric and hydrogen-based drive systems in a production and technology network for electric drive components and battery systems, together with the sister plant in Detroit. —Yaris Pürsün, Head of Global Powertrain Operations Daimler Truck.

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Cadillac unveils electric Escalade IQ; 200 kWh, 450 miles; pricing starting around $130K

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That more efficient aero performance reduces wind resistance, contributing to the Cadillac-estimated 450 miles of range. Regular production of the Escalade IQ begins next summer at GM’s Factory ZERO Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center in Michigan, with domestic and globally sourced components.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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Globally, more than 100 nations have established renewable energy targets. If we consider the leading sources of renewable energy; hydro, wood, biofuels, wind, biomass, geothermal and solar, four sources fall into the clean energy category of non-emissions-generating: hydro, wind, geothermal and solar. Source: EIA.

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DOE awards $98M in tax credits to automakers and suppliers for clean technology manufacturing

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MAP is now producing plug-in hybrids, hybrids, EcoBoost, and full battery electrics for the global marketplace—all from the same assembly line. Production of these vehicles at Detroit-Hamtramck will support development of propulsion technologies and advanced electric-drive vehicles. $20 30 million. 20 million.

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GM CEO Resigns

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At its monthly meeting in Detroit today, the General Motors Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Fritz Henderson as Director, President and CEO of the company, according to GM Chairman Ed Whitacre. If not, it will then begin an orderly wind down of the global Saab business.

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Tesla Offers ‘Sport’ Model…0-60 in 3.7 seconds!

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It comes with a hand-wound stator and increased winding density for lower resistance and higher peak torque.&#. It comes with a hand-wound stator and increased winding density for lower resistance and 15 percent higher peak torque. This is only proper, befitting our status as the newest member of the global automotive industry.

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