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Green Car Congress
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.
Green Car Congress
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.).
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2009
Canada-based international auto supplier and contract assembler Magna International, now with a Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of Opel from General Motors ( earlier post ), sees vehicle electrification as one of its key strategic initiatives. We have come a long way in a year’s time. Siegfried Wolf. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 9, 2009
The two companies said that they complement each other in terms of product portfolio, global distribution and manufacturing capacities. Apart from efficient combustion engines, we will also be focusing our attention on alternative drivetrains such as hybrids and electromobility. Tags: Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers.
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point. There’s a new badge in town.
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2009
“FCEV” refers to all fuel cell vehicles, including E-REVs and fuel cell hybrids. General Motors has released a white paper that evaluates the CO 2 reduction potential of extended-range electric vehicles (E-REVs) as well as plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), in combination with multiple vehicle charging scenarios, as compared to conventional hybrids.
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2009
The report ( America’s Energy Future: Technology and Transformation ) of the Committee on America’s Energy Future addresses a potential new portfolio of energy-supply and end-use technologies—their states of development, costs, implementation barriers, and impacts—both at present and projected over the next two to three decades.
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