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General Motors partners Salton Sea lithium production for EVs 

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General Motors partners Salton Sea lithium production for EVs . General Motors has announced that it will partner with a renewable energy company’s lithium and power development in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field near Imperial for batteries for electric vehicles. GM to develop electric lunar rover for NASA.

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Audi taps Mertens from Volvo to lead technical development

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This was followed by responsibility for the compact cars of General Motors Europe in 2004 and for all compact cars of General Motors worldwide in 2005. As of March 2011, he was Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Car Corporation.

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Tesla Is The Most American-Made Car Brand

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percent, and Honda landed at number three with 73.1 & Not surprisingly, Ferrari, McLaren, and Tata – makers of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles – don’t produce any domestically. Ford is the next closest with 77.5

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Consumer Reports finds Cadillac’s Super Cruise outperforms other active driving assistance systems; Tesla Autopilot a distant second

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General Motors told CR that Super Cruise will be on 22 GM vehicles by 2023. Cadillac’s Super Cruise remained CR’s top-rated system because, when turned on, it uses direct driver monitoring to warn drivers that appear to have stopped paying attention to the road.

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Other automakers follow Tesla into rare earth metal-free powertrains

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During the company’s Investor Day event earlier this year, Tesla’s Vice President of Powertrain Engineering Colin Campbell announced that the company’s next-generation powertrain would include a permanent magnet motor with zero rare earth metals.

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SAE International CRP1234-4 publishes final report on R-1234yf

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The members are European, North American and Asian OEMs: Chrysler/Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, PSA, Renault and Toyota. All OEMs in the new CRP have indicated agreement with these conclusions. Additional Risk Assessment of Alternative Refrigerant R-1234yf.

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News: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Confused

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Honda Drops Clarity FCEV; BMW & Land Rover Test Prototypes. ” Honda’s signed up with General Motors to cooperate of future ZEVs and will have volume production of battery electric cars from that joint venture on the market in 2024. Land Rover’s Fuel Cell Approach.