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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

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GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that can achieve an EPA-estimated 40 mpg US (5.9 In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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GM Ventures portfolio company SDCmaterials secures 1st supply agreement for cost-saving advanced catalyst products for autos

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Today, a typical original equipment automotive catalytic converter in a gasoline engine contains about $100 in precious metal. —Jon Lauckner, GM CTO and president of GM Ventures. The SDC approach could take as much as $60 out of that cost.

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