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OCTOBER 13, 2021

will reimburse GM for costs and expenses associated with the recall of Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs due to manufacturing defects in battery modules supplied by LG. As a result of the agreement, GM will recognize an estimated recovery in its third-quarter earnings that will offset $1.9 Earlier post.). billion of $2.0 billion of $2.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2014

GM is almost two-thirds of the way through a $16.6-million In his presentation on the project at the DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, Sean Gleason from GM noted that General Motors has not made prototype power electronics in an internal production facility since 1999.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2024

General Motors (GM) held its 2023 earnings call on Tuesday morning, and in it, the automaker detailed its plans to cut spending on the self-driving unit Cruise after one of the company’s robotaxis struck a pedestrian last October. In its Q4 2023 and full-year 2023 financial results shared on Tuesday, GM said it lost just almost $2.7

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Two Army engineers will embed with their counterparts at GM, while a GM expert is scheduled to co-locate with the Army’s Ground Vehicle Cybersecurity Team. GM’s multilayered approach to cybersecurity begins with ensuring security is designed into every product from concept through production.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2019

During its Capital Markets Day presentation, GM said that Cadillac will be GM’s lead electric vehicle brand and will introduce the first model from the company’s all-new global battery electric vehicle architecture (BEV3), GM’s foundation for an advanced family of profitable EVs. —Mark Reuss, GM President.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2021

In rare circumstances, the batteries supplied to GM for these vehicles may have two manufacturing defects—a torn anode tab and folded separator—present in the same battery cell, which increases the risk of fire. GM and LG are working to rectify the cause of these defects.

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Teslarati

MARCH 7, 2022

The plant will produce cathode materials for GM’s Ultium battery platform. GM said in a press release that the cathode material being produced at the plant is a “key battery material consisting of components like processed nickel, lithium and other materials representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell.”

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Teslarati

AUGUST 2, 2022

General Motors has announced that vehicles sold too quickly after their initial sale will have their warranties stripped ahead of multiple hotly anticipated product releases. And now, GM is initiating similarly aggressive measures to limit poor practices. According to the Carlisle message, GM believes the practice damages their brands.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The newly created position given to Dr. Pyun will be instrumental as LGES ramps efforts to improve its battery production facilities by converting them into smart factories with data-centric operations. LG and GM seem to have moved on from the Chevy Bolt EV recall. Dr. Pyun was one of five principal data scientists at Nvidia.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Forté Ventures led the investment round with participation from EnerTech Capital, Emerald Technology Ventures, and GM Ventures. Presently, Ushr is working with major automotive manufacturers and suppliers, including General Motors (GM), to integrate Ushr software and map technology into future products. Ushr Inc.,

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Baua Electric

MAY 11, 2023

GM and Volkswagen will face the biggest power with over 3 million gadgets of idled capability for ICE automobiles in China, presenting a big chance for the ones automakers, Greenpeace mentioned. If the gross sales price reaches 70 p.c, “We will speed up in electrification and digitalisation,” a spokesperson mentioned.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

During General Motors’ Capital Markets Day presentation for investors Wednesday, the company teased just how much flexibility—and potentially, what a wide range of global products—they can make from the company’s upcoming third-generation electric-vehicle architecture.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Graphic from GM, Edwards AMR 2014 presentation. The umbrella projects addresses specific technology barriers identified by DOE and industry stakeholders; Ford and GM had expressed interest in working with Oak Ridge in these areas, and GE came later and was worked in under the same project, notes Edwards. Simulation of injector.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

General Motors is accelerating the development of electrified vehicles in China, Jon Lauckner, GM Chief Technology Officer, vice president of Global Research & Development, and president of GM Ventures, said in a presentation at the FISITA 2012 World Automotive Congress in Beijing. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Sacrificing much, GM spent billions and billions of 1980s dollars on technology and engineering entities at the behest of CEO Roger Smith, who wanted to transform The General into a company more resembling a conglomerate like GE. The show car was production ready, save for the Guidestar. No touch screen troubles here!&

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JULY 27, 2021

The new funding will be used to build a production-ready system. LG and GM subsequently identified the cause of fires in the Bolt as due to manufacturing defects. Titan Advanced Energy Solutions (Titan), focused on using ultrasound technology to help make batteries run better, safer, and longer, received nearly $1.1 Earlier post.)

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JUNE 5, 2014

ANSYS Fluent software—a leading, fully featured fluid dynamics solution for modeling flow and other related physical phenomena—now includes as standard Li-ion battery models, due to the efforts of ANSYS, GM, the Energy Department’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ESim.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

GM is working closely with Tula Technology, a Silicon Valley-based supplier of Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF)—a software-enabled powertrain technology that integrates advanced digital signal processing with advanced powertrain controls to create a variable displacement engine. Wilcutts et al. Click to enlarge. Wilcutts, M., Switkes, J.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM Daewoo) and Vietnam Daewoo Motor Company (VIDAMCO) are launching the Chevrolet Cruze in Vietnam. The new global model is based on the Lacetti Premiere sold by GM Daewoo in Korea. —GM Daewoo President and CEO Mike Arcamone.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

. — As Common Motors ramps up electrical car manufacturing over the upcoming a number of years, the automaker is operating to turn staff that they’ve a task within the EV hour, its supremacy production govt stated. GM plans in order Orion again on-line within the first quarter of 2025, he stated. Listed here are edited excerpts.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 3, 2023

Earlier in the week, the union conducted a live stream outlining a list of 10 core demands slated to be presented this week. A few have even dabbled in 10-hour work days that result in a third day off per week to maximize productivity without having to spend more on labor. Those will be the specific demands.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

(TMCA), its production and sales subsidiary in Australia, will end Toyota vehicle and engine production in Australia by the end of 2017. The announcement marks the coming end of vehicle and engine manufacturing by all of the majors present in the country: Ford, GM and Toyota. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Shanghai GM launched the Chevrolet Sail 3 in Chengdu; the third-generation Sail had been unveiled last month at the Guangzhou Motor Show. The Sail 3 presents a new powertrain lineup that boosts power by 10-20% compared to the earlier model. Shanghai GM and Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) engineers developed the Sail 3.

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Electrek

JANUARY 21, 2022

Vehicle manufacturers are ramping up electric vehicle production, so big companies like Amazon, AT&T, and IKEA are telling vehicle manufacturers what kinds of EVs they want. more… The post This is what big companies want from car and truck makers in EVs appeared first on Electrek.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

But with GM falling behind in the EV market, is a concept enough at this point? General Motors has already pushed back production of several key electric models, including the Equinox EV, Silverado EV, and GMC Sierra Denali EV. GM’s CEO Mary Barra said 2024 will be the “year of execution” as the automaker looks to get back on track.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Members of the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance presented top vehicle manufacturers, including Volvo, GM, Daimler and Toyota, with a roadmap for developing the types of electric vehicles that companies plan to acquire in the US over the next five years. Key findings include: Preference for BEVs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As required by the loan agreements signed in December 2008, GM and Chrysler submitted their updated restructuring plans showing a pathway to achieve financial viability to Congress on Tuesday. In the US, GM will focus on its core brands; Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. million units (57.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2016

In a paper presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Tula Technology, developer of Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) cylinder deactivation technology, reported significant fuel economy gains of up to 18% over a conventional GM 6.2-liter GM has been working closely with Tula Technology; in 2012, GM Ventures made an equity investment in Tula.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2011

A123 Systems is currently in production on 10 transportation programs with its Li-ion batteries and has been sourced for production on an additional 10, according to the company’s current investor presentation. A123 Systems says it has 20 production programs and a growing development pipeline. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As previously reported , the model has been criticized for presenting reviewers with electrical problems. Even worse is the fact that the Blazer EV uses the Ultium platform GM claims is about to underpin its future lineup. As of now, there are only a few thousand Ultium products on the road and most appear to be fully functional.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

"Our forward plans include bringing our plug-in hybrid technology to select vehicles in North America," Barra was quoted by Automotive News as saying during GM’s fourth-quarter earnings call. Let me be clear: GM remains committed to eliminating tailpipe emissions from our light-duty vehicles by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. GM, said Akerson, is doing a much better job optimizing mass efficiency. Clean diesel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Source: GM. In a keynote presentation at the Renewable Fuel Association’s 15 th Annual National. Tom Stephens GM continues to work to expand its flex-fuel portfolio, and has committed that more than 50% of its production by 2012 will be flex-fuel capable. Source: GM. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 20, 2021

One of the main reasons that autonomous vehicles are not present on our roads in higher volumes is that they are not matured enough to handle the complexities and ambiguities in our roads. GM and Microsoft: Two American Giants To Conquer The AV Market. The Microsft and GM collaboration is a perfect example of such collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2011

The GM license is specific to GM vehicles; the LG license allows the battery maker to sell to other OEMs as well and provide cells for GM. The Argonne license will allow GM to continue to work on next-generation battery systems to reduce cost and improve performance. —Jon Lauckner, President, GM Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

GM has developed a prototype of its two-mode front-wheel drive (FWD) hybrid transmission ( earlier post ) with enhanced electric vehicle capability (2MH4EV) for application in a plug-in hybrid; GM presented a paper detailing the work at the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit. From Yang et al. Click to enlarge. —Yang et al.

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