Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2012
The company also recently announced an exclusive relationship that will allow millions of GM vehicle owners to leverage the OnStar system to rent out their idle cars through the RelayRides marketplace, with no additional hardware installation needed. RelayRides will use a key-exchange program—i.e.,
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
GM estimates its new carbon-reduction goal equates to the emissions in 2011 from driving the 1.9 —Dan Akerson, GM CEO. Since 1990, GM has decreased its manufacturing emissions by 60%. million vehicles Chevrolet is expected to sell in the United States over the next year.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
The GM brand will retire the carbon credits to benefit the climate instead of using them to offset the emissions of Chevrolet vehicles or operations. Chevrolet is purchasing carbon credits worth up to $5 million to help 11 colleges in the US pay for energy efficiency-based carbon reductions.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
SPX Service Solutions, a component of the diversified global SPX corporation, is partnering with GM and Daimler for charging stations and installation services for the Chevy Volt; and smart fortwo electric drive and Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-CELL, respectively. That’s really what they did with [Portland’s] Electric Avenue.
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2013
Featuring a GM-developed 105 kW electric motor that pushes out 400 lb-ft (542 N·m) of torque and a 21 kWh pack that supports an estimated 82-mile (132 km) range, the Spark EV is a speedy (0-60 mph in 7.6 Much of this derives from the efforts GM has put over the years into motor control and active damping for hybrids and EVs.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2015
There are three fast charging standards currently active in the US: the Japan-developed CHAdeMO (used e.g. in the Nissan LEAF, Kia Soul EV, Mitsubishi i-MiEV); the Tesla Supercharger (used in the Model S); and now the SAE Combo, used by BMW, VW, and GM (Spark EV). Both vehicles can charge up to 80% in 30 minutes at a 24 kW station.
Clean Fleet Report
MARCH 31, 2023
The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures.
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