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MARCH 7, 2019

The report also assesses compliance performance for individual automakers and for the US fleet as a whole with the greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles. Only three large manufacturers complied based on the technology levels of their vehicles alone: Honda, Subaru and BMW. Estimated Real-World CO 2 and Fuel Economy.

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MAY 5, 2021

General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) reported its Q1 2021 Earnings on Wednesday morning, showing a well-performing financial spreadsheet that was supported by the automaker’s ability to beat Wall Street’s expectations. GM reported an adjusted Earnings per Share of $2.25, handily beating the $1.04 GM reported $32.47

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NOVEMBER 4, 2012

GM delivered a record 2,961 Volts—a 167% increase by volume from October 2011. From January through October 2012, GM has delivered 19,309 Volts—an increase of 286% from the same period in 2011. Overall, GM reported its highest October sales in the US since 2007, with deliveries up 5% versus a year ago to 195,764 vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

TARDEC currently is evaluating GM fuel cell vehicles in a comprehensive demonstration in Hawaii. This is the second fuel cell-related announcement GM has made this year. According to Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, GM ranked Nº 1 in total fuel cell patents filed between 2002 and 2012. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 16, 2021

” GM announced a while back in March 2020 that it would commit $20 billion to EV and AV programs from 2020 to 2025. ” GM announced a while back in March 2020 that it would commit $20 billion to EV and AV programs from 2020 to 2025. The Detroit-based GM entered the EV sector with the EV1 in 1996, which used a 16.5-18.7

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 3, 2024

Buick carried the weight, adding an extra 6,000 units to the tally compared to the previous annum; without the Tri-Shield brand, GM would have been down about 3 percent. GM attributes the drop to fewer fleet sales and claims retail deliveries were up slightly.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

GM also said it plans to strengthen its core business through global growth initiatives and an aggressive product launch cadence, while continuing to focus on driving cost efficiencies. They also outlined alternative transportation initiatives GM is exploring. In China earlier this year a fleet of EN-V 2.0 Let’s Drive NYC.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. Currently, the only natural gas vehicle from a major manufacturer on sale in the US is the Honda Civic Natural Gas. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 2, 2022

Corvette, Honda, Lucid, Polestar, and more. GM Iconic brand electrifies General Motors has revealed plans to produce an electric Chevrolet Corvette. Honda concept. Honda 30 by ‘30 The Japanese automaker says it will launch 30 new models by the end of this decade. Ford Lightning F-150. Chevrolet Corvette concept.

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Teslarati

MARCH 5, 2024

The domination of Tesla’s Supercharger Network is no surprise, considering that the electric vehicle maker has been setting up the rapid charging system to support its own growing fleet of EVs in the United States. Other EVs from such as Mazda, Stellantis and Volkswagen Group of America, are expected to adopt Tesla’s NACS in 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The following closest manufacturers were GM at 40.9% TrueCar’s stats also show that GM, Ford, and Toyota remain market leaders in overall sales; GM controls 16.4% TrueCar estimates Honda saw a 41.5% and Daimler at 40.0% growth year over year. Credit: TrueCar. overall or 4.4% Credit: TrueCar.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

The specially equipped 2007 Chevrolet Equinox was part of GM’s 119-vehicle Project Driveway program, launched in 2007. To date, GM’s fuel cell test fleet has accumulated nearly 3 million miles (4.8 By GM’s calculations, the fleet has saved 157,894 gallons of gasoline—more than $552,631 in avoided fuel cost.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In the last year GM has initiated a full court press on the public relations front around its electric vehicle plans. It seems like a week hasn’t gone by without an email in my inbox from GM about an embargoed press release and some upcoming GM EV event or announcement. GM Stock Chart: Yahoo Finance.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Fisker, Ford, and Genesis: Fisker's future vehicles, Ford's 2024 EV models, and Genesis's North American fleet from late 2024 will incorporate NACS, alongside adapters for CCS models. GM, Honda, Hyundai, and Jaguar: These brands are set to switch to NACS from 2024 or 2025, with adapters for existing CCS-equipped vehicles.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

Changes in the attributes (clockwise from upper left, weight, power, fuel economy and torque) of the Honda Accord over time as an example of fleet trends in the US. Volvo is the most efficient manufacturer of light duty trucks, followed by Subaru, GM and Honda. Knittel, 2009. Click to enlarge. Knittel, 2009.

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AUGUST 17, 2013

Honda came in a distant second, with 11.8% This was followed by the Honda Accord family with 31,576 units. Honda Civic was in third place, with 31,798 units. Overall, the report notes, new light vehicle registrations (including retail and fleet transactions) in California increased 12.5% Despite a 0.9 market share.

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APRIL 11, 2019

Sales of electric vehicles in the US increased by more than 80% in 2018 and two manufacturers have already hit the lifetime cap of 200,000 units (GM and Tesla). The Driving America Forward Act raises the cap and allows purchasers of an additional 400,000 vehicles per manufacturer to be eligible for the tax credit. ITC Holdings Corp.,

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JUNE 15, 2022

Honda was a distant second with 90 reported accidents, while Subaru had 10. GM, for example, allows its Super Cruise system to be used only on pre-mapped US highways, but Tesla allows its Autopilot system to be used on more roads. In comparison, GM has reportedly sold just about 34,000 vehicles with Super Cruise since 2017.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) This is planned to increase in the future.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The 1966 GM Electrovan didn’t leave much room for passengers or cargo (image from autonews.com). Other companies, led by Toyota and Honda, focused on fuel cell vehicles that converted hydrogen to electricity on board so were essentially electric vehicles. First Drive: 2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Group of Seven has two US members, GM and Stellantis; two German makers, BMW and Mercedes; two Korean members, Hyundai and Kia; and one Japanese maker, Honda. Not all of them say they plan to adopt the Tesla connector.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Like most OEMs ramping up EVS, Honda struck an LG battery deal (after also signing deals’ with GM and CATL). first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. They can even reignite days after the flames are extinguished. How can we make them safer without compromising battery life ? Trail Blazers—Safety Features in Li-Ion Batteries.

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

Mercedes-Benz was the leading automaker for acquiring ZEV credits (transfer in), followed by Honda. Under ZEV accounting, credits earned are multiplied by the g/mile NMOG fleet average requirement for the appropriate model year. As of September 2014, more than 100,000 ZEVs and plug-in hybrids are on California roads. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

American Honda Motor Co., Honda hybrid sales dropped 6% year-on-year to 1,898 units. to 152 units, but the new Honda Insight posted 1,746 units. GM retail sales were down 46% while fleet sales declined 43%. A total of 1,011 GM hybrid vehicles were delivered in the month, down 48.3% General Motors.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

The report found that Toyota is the auto world’s top innovator from a patent perspective, with more than 7,000 patent assignments to the company during the period covered, The company is one of five Japanese carmakers (the others being Honda, Denso, Seiko Epson, Mitsubishi) in the top ten, the most of any country.

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MAY 1, 2009

Combined reported US hybrid sales (from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan) in April totalled 21,735 units, a 45.5% GM total truck sales (including crossovers) of 102,032 were down 28% and car sales of 71,775 were off 41% year-on-year. GM delivered a total of 1,534 hybrid vehicles in the month. American Honda Motor Co.,

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

GM Concept Car T here has been a rumor that General Motors might have a plug-in to show at the North American International Car Show in Detroit this coming January. GM likely to launch new plug-in hybrid Reuters Nov 10, 2006 DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. GM, which is trying to recover from a $10.6 Honda Motor Co.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Honda picked up less than a percentage point (12.8% in August 2008, while GM saw its share drop from 6.3% Honda posted a total of 4,943 hybrids in August, the bulk of them—4,226 units, or 85.5%—the Overall, Honda sales were up 10% by volume in August 2009 to 161,439 units. in August 2008 to 8.2% in August 2009.

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2022

From BMW to Ford, to GM and Stellantis, every major automotive company suffered substantial losses in deliveries year-over-year. Other considerable losses came from Nissan (-41.3%), Honda, (-30.6%), Subaru and Ford (-27.6%), and BMW (-23.9%). The automaker to suffer the most substantial loss was Volkswagen, which saw a 44.3

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JANUARY 16, 2018

The report found that fuel economy for the US fleet continues to improve. Subaru, Nissan, and Honda are leading in adoption of CVTs, while Mercedes, BMW, and Fiat-Chrysler lead in the adoption of transmissions with seven or more speeds. Model year (MY) 2016 vehicle fuel economy was 24.7

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. GM, shifting focus to pure EVs, built the last Volt on February 19, 2019. GM’s signature EV now is the Chevrolet Bolt EV , another new name, which arrived as a 2017 model and promptly won Motor Trend ’s Car of the Year award. I’m hoping for the latter.

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MARCH 5, 2009

by volume compared with a year ago, driven by a 75% reduction in fleet sales. GM’s car sales compared with January were up nearly 23%, and crossover sales increased 6%, as financing availability continued to improve and slightly more fleet orders were able to be filled. So far in 2009, GM has delivered 2,010 hybrid vehicles.

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APRIL 6, 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, Toyota’s US sales fell by nearly 9%, while General Motors experienced an 18% boost, partly driven by higher demand for EVs from fleet and commercial customers. This was despite GM only selling over 20,000 electric vehicles during that period, substantially less than Tesla.

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JULY 11, 2022

Our hardware engineers build our own EVs from the ground up, in partnership with GM and Honda. They handle the definition, design, development, and production of sensors, compute modules, and related hardware and include about 50 engineering disciplines, including acoustic engineers, power engineers, system-on-chips people, and so on.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

The South Korean automaker is among a small group of companies embracing hydrogen fuel cell technology, with GM, Toyota, and Honda among them. But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks.

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MARCH 26, 2015

Most large manufacturers achieved fleet GHG compliance values lower than required by their unique 2013 standard and thus generated credits in the 2013 model year. Nine of the 13 manufacturers with sales greater than 100,000 vehicles beat their standard, with margins of compliance ranging from 27 grams/mile (Hyundai) to 4 grams/mile (GM).

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

When compared to the average non-turbo engine among 2016-2018 models, overall, Lexus makes the most reliable turbo powertrain, followed by Honda and Porsche. Other GM brands saw their place in the rankings fall from last year. Cadillac is again the worst-performing of the GM brands, dropping one spot to 28.

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