Green Cars News

JANUARY 13, 2010

It was a momentous day for Chinese motoring as Shanghai GM introduced the Chevrolet New Sail saloon car, the first passenger car created in China by a Sino-foreign joint venture. The vehicle has been developed by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre and Shanghai GM and will be sold in China and exported to other emerging [.].

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

2’s price tag is estimated to start at €22,500 ($23,823), a competitive price in the EV market. 2’s €22,500 ($23,823) makes it a very affordable electric vehicle, enough to compete with the likes of the Chevrolet Bolt. Volkswagen is expected to unveil the ID.2 The all-electric ID.2 The Volkswagen ID. Sales of the ID.2

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2009

All cars, even those contributed by SAIC, will be branded as Chevrolet, and utility vehicles contributed by SAIC by another name. Tags: Brief. Business Standard. GM’s domestic market share is less than four per cent. GM India’s production capacity, currently 60,000 units a year, will be increased to 250,000 units by 2012.

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2021

The Chevrolet Bolt EV won U.S. As the automotive industry continues to transition toward electrification, U.S. ” The range rating, combined with the $36,500 price tag before possible incentives, makes it “one of the best figures among affordable electric vehicles.” News says the Bolt “really shines.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

AMP’s 100% electric vehicle technology makes it an ideal partner to work towards our underlying goal of radically improving the transportation industry in Iceland. In February, AMP introduced its first SUV all-electric conversion platform, the GM Chevrolet Equinox. Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

cutter to remove the roof off of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt. Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago. the industry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac vehicles are part of the deal. Shanghai GM is a 50-50 joint venture between GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Formed in 1997, Shanghai GM builds, imports and sells more than 20 different models under the Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac and Saab brands. Tags: Brief. Group (SAIC).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

Chevrolet has announced that Michigan joins California as a key initial Volt launch market. Chevrolet is partnering with DTE Energy and other key Michigan stakeholders as part of a larger, real-world development and demonstration program to introduce customers to electric vehicles and establish vehicle charging programs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

Coulomb is working with Ford, Chevrolet and smart USA, all of whom have announced plans to introduce EVs in the Bay Area. and Washington DC and is a strategic partnership between Coulomb and three leading automobile makers: Ford, Chevrolet and Smart USA. Tags: Brief. Sacramento, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2009

and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. The vehicle from SAIC uses the same 700 bar high-pressure hydrogen fuel cell system adopted in the Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell. The Shanghai and Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles will be featured in the most extensive fuel cell demonstration program ever conducted in China.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

The US propane industry has historically been viewed to have infrastructure and accessibility challenges.’Partnerships Partnerships like this make it feasible to address the industry’s distribution, installation and service/support gap for propane engines, broadening the potential for propane to become a widely utilized domestic fleet fuel.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The idea, while it would eliminate potentially $12,500 from an EV’s price tag (if it’s built in a Union facility in the United States with a U.S.-produced If Biden and others truly cared about transitioning the automotive industry to EVs, would they ignore the largest contributor to the transition? Likely not.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Down from $492, with a regular price tag of $594, this $95 discount – $197 from its MSRP – is the first price cut we’ve seen to kick off the new year. This is $699 off the usual $2,199 price tag. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

GM will offer Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) powered versions of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans to fleet and commercial customers beginning later this year. Tags: Brief. Brian Small, general manager of GM’s fleet and commercial operations. Leveraging the same Vortec 6.0L

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2010

Fuel savings and emission reduction are the new themes for China’s auto industry. Tags: Brief. Its quick response eliminates the lag of many competing systems, and it allows vehicle manufacturers to replace larger engines with smaller, more efficient engines that provide better fuel economy and reduced emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2010

Bereisa is also the inventor of the EV1 Inductive Charging System, and he led the original development of GM’s VOLTEC propulsion system (used in the Chevrolet Volt extended-range vehicle). Aker Wade has grown to be the leader in industrial fast charging. Tags: Brief. Jon Bereisa.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

will introduce HFO-1234yf air-conditioning refrigerant in 2013 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac models in the US. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Vehicle Systems. General Motors Co. This could be the first passenger vehicle application of the new refrigerant in the US, which has 99.7% Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2010

Most recently, PCI was selected by General Motors as its supplier of CNG fuel delivery and storage systems for the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans. Fuel Systems Solutions is a designer, manufacturer and supplier of alternative fuel components and systems for use in transportation and industrial applications.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Time of Use Management: Industrial customers can store off-peak, lower-priced electrical power in Volt batteries for use during peak demand time of day for cost savings. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins Smart Grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The point to be made is that the automotive industry, policy makers and also utilities need to go to work as early as possible to deal with this great opportunity. GM captured the entire session on video, and has posted it for viewing on the Chevrolet Voltage site, here.). Participants on this panel included: Yet Ming Chiang, Ph.D.,

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2010

Green cars are definitely the in-thing in the auto industry and now consumer website kbb.com (part of the Kelley Blue Book) has named its Top 10 Green Cars for 2010. Now before you wonder where the likes of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt are on the list – they are not yet available and [.].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

Coulomb Technologies, in partnership with Ford, Chevrolet and smart USA, will provide 4,600 free home and public ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles throughout the United States through the ChargePoint America program. Tags: Infrastructure Plug-ins. Locations for the ChargePoint America program.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

It believes that many of the domestic industry’s problems stem from an underestimation of US consumer demand for green cars. Tags: Green cars Latest news auto industry profits gas prices petrol prices US auto industry. It could be argued then that America is still drunk on cheap gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. Tags: Brief. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof. Don Runkle.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 3, 2007

It is a first comment on the palpable difference being experienced at this year's Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS23), the electric drive industry trade show. Tags: evs23. An astounding 450 people attended Sunday's plug-in hybrid workshop. Five major automakers have expensive displays.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 28, 2009

General Motors will invest $336m in a Detroit-area assembly plant, bringing to $700m total investment in eight Michigan facilities to begin mass production of the rechargeable Chevrolet Volt electric car in late 2010. Tags: Production News Detroit GM Chevy Volt. Related Stories. Michigan has approved $135.2m

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

They are growing their presence outside mainland China with the launch of an investment joint venture in Hong Kong and a new joint venture for the production and sale of Chevrolet brand vehicles in India. Over the past decade, SAIC and GM have created one of the world’s most successful automotive industry partnerships. Source: GM.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Industry consultants say U.S. General Motors has said it might use foreign-produced batteries in the Chevrolet Volt, the plug-in scheduled for production in 2010. Industry consultants say U.S. General Motors has said it might use foreign-produced batteries in the Chevrolet Volt, the plug-in scheduled for production in 2010.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Read about her cautious optimism for GM’s new electric car in her recent blog post: “I first learned of the Chevrolet Volt while standing on a Minneapolis street corner on June 23, 2006. Tags: Collaborators Film News Guest Bloggers Test Fleets test drives. …read the rest of her blog post here.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

That effectively precludes any vehicles that are not intended for the global market, with winners resulting from the opinions of a limited number of industry experts. In this case it was 75 female automotive journalists from 52 different countries. Meanwhile, women ignored trucks and frequently opted for something less financially cumbersome.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 13, 2010

s and a prime mover behind the development of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. And Mr. Musk is helping to revive the fortunes of the electric car industry with his stewardship of Tesla Motors. s and a prime mover behind the development of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

GM also plans to make the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle flex-fuel-capable about a year or so after it’s introduced. Partnerships involving industry, government, and academia will also need to flourish. Tags: Bio-hydrocarbons Cellulosic ethanol Ethanol Infrastructure Policy. We must all work together.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

The Chevrolet Volt may have been branded too expensive to be commercially successful by the Obama administration’s taskforce, but its supporters are having none of it. Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2009

By 2020 in Japan, second-life batteries are expected to be in high demand for applications such as: Energy storage with photovoltaic solar panels for residential and industrial needs; Back-up power supplies; Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS); Load leveling for the electricity grid; and. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery).

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Commenting on the vehicle’s introduction, Rebecca Lindland, the director of auto industry research at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Massachusetts, said that Cadillac sales have fallen by 39.2

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

That effectively precludes any vehicles that are not intended for the global market, with winners resulting from the opinions of a limited number of industry experts. In this case it was 75 female automotive journalists from 52 different countries. Meanwhile, women ignored trucks and frequently opted for something less financially cumbersome.

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