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GM Will Apply Plug-in Hybrid Technology To One of Its Remaining Four Core Brands, Delivery Still in 2011

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Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. Click to enlarge. In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of the four core brands remaining after the restructuring: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.

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GM and Honda to establish industry-first $85M joint fuel cell system manufacturing operation in Michigan

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—Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain“. —Charlie Freese, GM executive director of Global Fuel Cell Business. The result is a lower-cost system that is a fraction of the size and mass.

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Financial Times on Th!nk

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GM's Vue and Volt plug-ins have no firm date to appear in showrooms. Tags: think global. Financial Times Deutschland has a report on Th!nk Putting a little flesh on the bones of previous reporting. 10,000 Think City electric cars in 2009. Parts manufacturing in Thailand and Turkey. Zebra batteries first. Online marketing and sales.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

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nk Global , the reinvigorated Norwegian electric car maker. Contracts for lithium batteries for the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt have received much press. Tags: snow koan solar google.org black rock city think global Burning Man vectrix think city toyota NiMH.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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Chevrolet is a global value leader. Cadillac conveys the philosophy of “ Art and Science ” globally, with “Art” representing an appeal to aesthetics while “Science” indicates advanced technology. Global company, heavy manufacturing, heavily unionized work environment, their brand is strong, we had a chance to benchmark them.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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Additional resources: CalCars Environmental FAQ CalCars and Global Warming Plug In Partners: Environmental Benefits Summary of environmental benefits by former DOE official Joe Romm PHEVs will generally recharge at night using excess power from plants that cant shut down completely -- so they dont add to the peak load.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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