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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Unlike the ignition switch debacle at General Motors all those years ago, this problem seems to be exacerbated by temperature and not having five hundred souvenir key rings hanging from the tumbler. While affected model years are 2019 and 2020, documents suggest production dates range from September 2018 to December of the next year.

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2019 General Motors Polymer 2020 92

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

General Motors LLC (GM) - GM will partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop residual stress models for laser-welded dissimilar joints (HSLA/CE steel) for car light-weighting in a project titled “Simulation Tools for Characterizing Stress Distribution in Laser Welded Dissimilar Joints.”. Praxair Inc., Dow, Inc. -

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Seeo’s cell design couples a solid lithium metal anode with a conventional porous lithium iron phosphate cathode and Seeo’s nanostructured solid polymer electrolyte (“DryLite”). One approach to a solid-state electrolyte is the use of a solid polymer. Unfortunately, hard polymers tend to be nonconductive.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. The remaining is a mixture of post-consumer recycled plastics and other polymers. Click to enlarge.

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Oil GM Volt Polymer 262

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JUNE 22, 2016

Manufacturing Of Advanced Alnico Magnets for Energy Efficient Traction Drive Motors. Carpenter Powder Products. Large Area Polymer Protected Lithium Metal Electrodes with Engineered Dendrite-Blocking Ability. Scaled Production Of High Octane Biofuel From Biomass-Derived Dimethyl Ether. General Motors R&D.

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Commercial Idaho Energy Lithium Ion 150

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JULY 7, 2016

UTRC: the project will develop more durable cell electrodes to lower the cost and improve the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.

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St. Louis Fuel Hydrogen Universal 264

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and the General Motors Global Research and Development Center have developed a novel, economical flash heat treatment (FHT) for fabricated silicon-based Li-ion electrodes to boost the performance and cycle capability of Li-ion batteries. Credit: ACS, Hassan et al. Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion Battery Batteries GM 294

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. General Motors will debut its two-mode plug-in hybrid technology—originally intended to appear first in a Saturn VUE, prior to that brand’s sale—in a new Buick crossover vehicle in 2011.

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Buick Li-ion Plug-in GM 210

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AUGUST 6, 2014

As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5

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Engine GM Ford 2014 335

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JANUARY 6, 2011

General Motors Co. LGCMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Chem, will manufacture Li-ion polymer battery cells for the Chevy Volt at a Recovery Act-funded $303-million production facility under construction in Holland, Mich. Argonne also licensed the cathode technology to LG Chem for use in battery cells.

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Li-ion GM Ni-Li Lithium Ion 210

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MAY 5, 2010

Researchers from the University of Western Ontario and General Motors R&D have developed a 3D coaxial nanocable electrode consisting of platinum on a tin nanowire and a carbon nanotube support using a new simple synthesis procedure. A paper on the work was published earlier this year in Chemistry—a European Journal.

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Fuel Polymer 2010 General Motors 186

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DECEMBER 16, 2012

To create the largest impact, the researchers concluded, emphasis should be placed on the largest producers of vehicles; the five largest producers of automotive vehicles in the United States are General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda. Examples of biobased parts in production. General Motors.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry Auto 252

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Production of nickel-cobalt-metal battery cells and packs, as well as production of battery separators (by partner Entek) for hybrid and electric vehicles. Production of manganese oxide cathode / graphite lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. General Motors Corporation. DOE Award ($mil.).

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Grant Lithium Ion Obama St. Louis 317

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. For comparable efforts by General Motors, see earlier post.).

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2015 Toyota Commercial Fuel 315

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). General Motors. Work with development partners to design and construct both heavy rare earth and entirely rare earth free motor designs using a multi‐layered motor rotor design. General Motors.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop high-energy cells using a lithium metal anode and a proprietary solid polymer electrolyte that significantly reduces battery cost and size, and improves life and safety. Advanced power electronics and electric motor (PEEM) technology. General Motors LLC. General Motors, LLC.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

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JUNE 19, 2014

The Argonne team is currently engineering anodes based on 50 wt% SiO-50 wt% Sn 30 Co 30 C 40 and a conductive polymer binder (PFFOMB). million project that includes Lawrence Berkeley and Oak Ridge National Laboratories and General Motors. With one HCMR type in production (XP), Envia has two others in R&D (XE and XLE).

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Li-ion PHEV Ni-Li Battery 316

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APRIL 14, 2009

and Townsend Ventures LLC, formed to construct and operate a large scale battery and cell manufacturing facility in Michigan, plans to invest $665 million in a new 800,000 square-foot battery manufacturing facility to produce its patented Superior Lithium Polymer Battery technology for the electric and hybrid electric vehicle markets.

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Tax Credit Michigan Li-ion Tax 150

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Hyundai began production of the ix35 Fuel Cell (the Tucson’s counterpart in Europe) at the company’s Ulsan manufacturing plant in Korea in January 2013; the first complete car rolled off the assembly line on 26 February 2013. The energy is stored in a 24 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery, jointly developed with LG Chemical.

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Tucson Honda Hyundai Concept 324

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MARCH 18, 2013

Rated at an SAE-certified 420 horsepower (313 kW) and 430 lb-ft of torque (583 N·m ), it is the most powerful V-6 ever from General Motors. A friction-reducing polymer coating on the piston skirts, as well as fully floating wrist pins that help reduce friction. l/100 km) and 25 mpg highway (9.4

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Cadillac 2014 Exhaust Fuel Economy 252

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

will develop a commercially viable process for the production of bio-butanol, an advanced biofuel, from seaweed (macroalgae). Seaweed is a potentially sustainable source of biomass for the production of fuels, expanding and building opportunities for bio-butanol as a fuel and fuel extender. Earlier post.) MacroAlgae Butanol.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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APRIL 28, 2009

Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. The Think City was short-lived in the States with production halting in 2002 after just 1005 cars had been assembled. Think has even shown a convertible prototype.

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