Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2009

Detroit Diesel Corporation, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, recently delivered its first two trucks equipped with BlueTec selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust treatment technology to meet EPA 2010 emission standards to customers for testing. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2009

The Detroit Free Press reports that Chrysler will display a battery-electric version of the Fiat 500 at the upcoming North American International Auto Show. Tags: Brief. No decision has been made whether the car will be offered for sale in the US, according to the report. The electric 500 from Alelion and Autoadapt. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified the entire family of heavy-duty diesel engines made by Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC), a Daimler Company—DD13, DD15, and DD16 engines with SCR technology— as being in compliance with the EPA 2010 emissions standard, which took effect at the start of this year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, will construct a hydrogen production facility in Detroit, Mich., The facility will provide hydrogen and steam for Marathon’s heavy oil upgrade project at its Detroit refinery. Tags: Brief. for Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

will unveil at the upcoming SAE World Congress in Detroit a full-size SUV Extended-Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) designed to achieve more than 100 mpg US in typical local daily driving with near zero emissions by driving up to 40 miles per day in all-electric mode. Tags: Brief. Raser Technologies, Inc. Earlier post.).

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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. How far along is the Volt?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

Six ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations have been deployed by DTE Energy at their Detroit headquarters and at an Ann Arbor facility to support a study on the effects of vehicle charging on the electrical grid. Tags: Brief. Michigan a Launch Market for the Volt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2009

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of certified and approved alternative fuel dispensing equipment for propane and E85, and liquid propane engine systems is opening a new facility in Novi, Michigan, a northwestern suburb of Detroit. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain its traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles. Tags: Brief. Controls Modeling and Design for Electric Vehicles. Energy Storage Systems.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Early wakeup calls in Detroit continued as our grand tour picked up speed. GM Vice-chairman, Bob Lutz invited us to their private test track about an hour outside of Detroit. On the morning of the new Volt introduction, about a thousand people gathered in a four story atrium in the Renaissance Center in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With a non-certified prototype Detroit 13-liter engine featuring two-stage turbo and interstage cooling and a 13-speed overdrive transmission, the powertrain is able to achieve lower downspeeding and greater fuel savings through reduced drag overdrive. The highly efficient powertrain enables a 5.7%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

According to the study, higher fuel economy standards would benefit the Detroit 3 automakers the most. According to the report, “Fixing Detroit: How Far, How Fast, How Fuel Efficient?” mpg) would increase Detroit automakers’ gross profits by roughly $3 billion per year and increase sales by the equivalent of two large assembly plans.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 24, 2008

said today that it will show a small electric concept vehicle at the Detroit auto show next month.&# - Toyota Division Communications. Tags: Production Diary Production News. Considering the implication of those two short lines, they were barely whispered to the press. Coincidences can be fun.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

General Motors has its Chevy Bolt EV that hit a sub-$30,000 price tag , and Tesla is moving toward $30,000, but only after federal and state incentives. At the Reuters Events Automotive USA 2023 conference in Detroit, Senior VP and Head of Strategy at Volkswagen Group of America Reinhard Fischer said that Volkswagen will do exactly that.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

Tags: BMW GM RAV4 EV e-tron Bob Lutz fuel cell vehicle toyota audi. If I remember correctly, Mitsubishi's iMiev had wheel motors when it was a concept, but reverted to a more mainstream drivetrain with commercialization. When and if Audi becomes serious, I suspect we'll see a more conventional approach to electric drive.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2022

General Motors announced that the recently-teased Cadillac Celestiq, its ultra-luxury sedan, will be built at GM’s $81 million Detroit-based Global Technical Center. GM also announced that the production will take place at their Detroit-based tech campus. GM teases the Cadillac Celestiq luxury hatchback EV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year. Tags: Brief. This week, participating Chevrolet dealers in launch markets began taking customer orders for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, following the release of retail and lease pricing.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The 1960 model year saw a trio of brand-new compact Detroit cars ( the Corvair , Valiant and Falcon ) appear to do battle with increasingly popular small imports. Sales were strong, and the Detroit Big Three plus the Kenosha One got busy preparing midsize cars to slide between the compacts and the full - sizers.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A road trip to Detroit and back wasn’t too punishing. Maybe the Detroit Lions are next in line for a championship. Well, I have lived long enough to see all of these things. To be sure, the Prius is no sports car. But you can actually attack an on ramp with some confidence now. And yes, the fuel mileage was still excellent.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 8, 2009

General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. Tags: Production News Detroit GM Chevy Volt. GM to invest $336 million in Volt plant. automaker said on Monday.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, announced that it will stage the world debut of a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle during the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Tags: Brief. The vehicle will be revealed during a news conference held on Monday, 11 January at COBO Hall.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

A team of researchers from Detroit Diesel and Chris Atkinson, of Atkinson LLC, are developing, demonstrating and validating a next-generation, model-based diesel engine controller that can optimize fuel efficiency in real time in low-emissions heavy-duty diesel engines under fully transient engine operating conditions.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 13, 2010

Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news general motors Cadillac Cadillac Converj Cadillac Converj range extended vehicle Cadillac XTS Platinum Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept Detroit Motor Show GM North American International Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The first ChargePoint America station is now installed at NextEnergy headquarters in downtown Detroit. Coulomb’s ChargePoint America program will provide nearly 5,000 charging stations in nine regions in the United States: Austin, Texas, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Fla., Tags: Brief. Sacramento, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

The first pre-production Volt rolled off the line at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant on 31 March. Detroit-Hamtramck plant manager Teri Quigley. Tags: Brief. Assembly workers will build more pre-production Volts in the coming months.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

It was one of the earliest names in electric car manufacturing and now it has been reborn - the Detroit Electric vehicle is receiving a new lease of life courtesy of a Dutch company. The original Detroit Electric line was built from 1907 to 1939 gaining popularity because the engine didn’t need to be cranked.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

GM also announced an investment of $257 million at its Fairfax, Kansas, and Detroit Hamtramck assembly centers. The investment will prepare Fairfax to build the next generation of Chevrolet’s award-winning Malibu, and make Detroit Hamtramck a second source for Malibu. Tags: Brief. billion at 20 facilities in the US and Canada.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The door tag tells us that this car was assembled in St. Sadly, big Detroit four-doors of the 1946-1975 era just don't have much of a following among American car aficionados, even when they have hardtop roofs, big-block engines and generous helpings of chrome. Louis on November 7, 1963. Why did this car meet such a fate?

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 22, 2009

The North American International Auto Show (often referred to as the Detroit Motor Show) is shaping up to be another scintillating event with an estimated 40 new car unveilings. With three weeks left before the event begins, Doug Fox, chairman of the 2010 show stated that more reveals are likely in the build up to Press [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2009

How will Detroit get out of its financial crisis - with a broad, deep, fast change and a focus on fuel economy, according to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Tags: Green cars Latest news Detroit fuel economy University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins Vehicle Manufacturers Vehicle Systems. Additionally, through E-Car Systems, Magna has an even greater advantage of being able to draw on the resources of experts in each of these areas as needed on a customer program.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Detroit News. Tags: Brief. GM Ventures took a $3.2 million stake in battery startup Sakti3 ( earlier post ); this is the venture company’s second announced investment, following its investment in Bright ( earlier post ).

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

This has prompted many in Detroit to wonder whether he hates the city, its cars and its workers. So The Detroit News caught up with the Governor and quizzed him about the Motor City to which he commented “I love the Hummer.&# “This is what Detroit can produce when it puts its mind to it.&#. .&#

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 28, 2009

. “GM is spending $336m to upgrade the Hamtramck plant; $202m for a new plant in Flint, north of Detroit, that will build 1.4 GM is spending $336m to upgrade the Hamtramck plant; $202m for a new plant in Flint, north of Detroit, that will build 1.4 We expect the Detroit-Hamtramck plant will be the first facility in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

The Detroit Free Press reports that Chrysler is looking for a new battery supplier after A123 Systems withdrew from the Fiat 500 electric vehicle project after the battery maker reported a second-quarter loss of $34.2 Tags: Brief. million, compared with a loss of $21.9 million a year earlier.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Detroit News. The Detroit News previously reported it had received board approval for production. The Detroit News previously reported it had received board approval for production. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Earlier post.).

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