Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) concludes that the automotive industry is not only “high-tech,” it is frequently a leader in technological developments and applications. Additionally, the auto industry provides 16% of total worldwide R&D funding for all industries. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2009

The UK is facing significant problems in this industry, with the Society of Motor Manufacturers reporting that the number of new car registrations fell by 30.9% This has led to a consequent decrease in production which puts “ inevitable pressure on employment and investment levels in the EU. ” in January. Adopted text.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The program’s focus is to demonstrate that battery-grade metals can be manufactured from recycled materials at lower cost, lower environmental impact, and with higher domestic US sourced content than conventional virgin sourced metals. USCAR is the collaborative technology company of Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

These projects, selected through a highly competitive process by the Department of Energy (DOE), are intended to accelerate the development of US manufacturing capacity for batteries and electric drive components as well as the deployment of electric drive vehicles. Industry officials expect that this $2.4 General Motors Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

General Motors, which has a long history of crash test dummy design, is leading current research on the potential for global auto industry use of a test dummy that would help automakers and safety experts better understand how crash victims are hurt in rear impacts. The BioRID ATD. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

General Motors and Pacific Century Motors (PCM), an entity formed by The Tempo Group and E-Town, an affiliate of the Beijing Municipal Government, have reached an agreement for GM to sell GM Global Steering Holdings, LLC, commonly known as Nexteer, to PCM. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saginaw, Mich.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2011

The 2011 KPMG survey also finds the auto industry heavily investing in future technology, new products and safety improvements. When asked where manufacturers would increase investment over the next two years, new products (97%), new powertrain technology (93%), and improvements to safety performance (87%) were the top selections.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) is strongly supporting the passage of Maryland’s SB 1234 , a bill that would require the State of Maryland to purchase zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) for state fleets. —Auto Alliance. SB 1234 is a good step in the right direction.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

General Motors (GM) and GlobalFoundries (GF) have entered a strategic, long-term agreement establishing a dedicated capacity corridor exclusively for GM’s chip supply. We see our semiconductor requirements more than doubling over the next several years as vehicles become technology platforms.

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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. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2020

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC ( USABC ), a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), and a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $919,000 contract to Physical Sciences Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

The US auto industry, via the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, is lining up to support a new national, harmonized program to reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption that President Obama will announce on Tuesday, 19 May. —Dave McCurdy, president and CEO, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

The Biden administration is already assembling a team to invest around $52 billion worth of funding for semiconductor research and manufacturing, awaiting congressional approval. Companies around the globe have been affected by the global chip shortage, including US automakers like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla. .

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Teslarati

JULY 11, 2024

General Motors (GM) and Stellantis are poised to receive over $1 billion from the Biden administration to support the automakers’ electric vehicle projects. “There is nothing harder to a manufacturing community than to lose jobs to foreign competition and a changing industry.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

In its “2012 Outlook: US Auto Manufacturers and Suppliers”, Fitch assigns the industry a Positive Rating, expecting the credit profiles of the US OEMs and auto suppliers to generally strengthen in 2012, assuming that global economic conditions do not weaken materially from current trends.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

This year the company is launching the new Cadillac CTS midsize luxury sedan, two new SUVs (the Chevrolet Trax and a new midsize entry from Buick), the Baojun 730 seven-seat family vehicle and 610 hatchback, upgraded versions of the Buick Enclave and GL8 as well as a next-generation Chevrolet Cruze. China Vehicle Manufacturers'

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), the collaborative automotive technology organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company, whose mission is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

Eight major automotive manufacturers are working closely with the Department on this research through partnering agreements: Ford Motor Company, General Motors LLC., Nissan Technical Center North America, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Earlier post.). Honda R&D Americas, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

The LiPF 6 electrolyte used in almost all current Li-ion cells reacts with moisture left over from the manufacturing process to produce a highly-corrosive acid that degrades performance and shortens a battery’s lifespan. USABC goals for advanced batteries for 12V start stop vehicle applications. Source: USABC. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Previously, he spent 20 years in business and the auto industry in various senior executive positions researching and analyzing consumer behavior, including at the Federal Reserve, J.D. Power and General Motors. Autonomous driving Connected vehicles Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers'

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Ford also signed a non-binding contract with GlobalFoundries, a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor chip manufacturing. CEO Jim Farley said yesterday that Ford would be increasing its EV production goal from 300,000 to 600,000 over the next two years, aiming to solidify the manufacturer’s position as #2 in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The European automobile manufacturers, though ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ trade association, have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardize the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles. For wireless communication, the industry decided to select a PLC technology. Source: ACEA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis. The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Ten major vehicle manufacturers have committed to making automatic emergency braking (AEB) a standard feature on all new vehicles built, the US Department of Transportation, its National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced today. light-duty vehicle sales in 2014.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

General Motors is working with communities such as San Francisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tesla has jumped ahead of the auto industry in. Here’s a story from left field that we didn’t see coming! continued] The post Top Tesla Gigacasting Supplier Gets Acquired By GM! appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and Nemak , a specialist in the production of high complex aluminum components for the automotive industry such as cylinder heads and engine blocks, are partnering to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry meet the mandated target of 54.5

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Earlier this month, the UAW threatened to launch a strike at Ford’s most profitable manufacturing facility, the Kentucky Truck Plant , if an agreement wasn’t reached by February 23. “Maybe it needs to recommit to American workers and find a CEO who’s interested in the future of this country’s auto industry.”

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

As I get ready this morning to head over to the Lutheran Church in Gardena to participate in this national day of service by helping to prepare meals for my less fortunate neighbors, I want to thank the auto industry for giving me a great laugh at their expense. spokesman Greg Martin said. Way to kill the audience, Greg.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2015

We are literally trying to reinvent the auto industry, so why go the conventional route and rework someone else’s engine? Elio and its manufacturing partner Comau will build the vehicle at a manufacturing facility in Shreveport where General Motors previously built the Hummer H3 and Chevy Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2015

Manufacturers today thus must create several components from single aluminum sheets that are then riveted together after being stamped, resulting in additional production steps and more parts that drive up cost and weight. The resulting door is 62% lighter and 25% cheaper than that produced with today’s manufacturing methods.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 13, 2023

In 2021, the San Francisco Police Department reportedly asked Waymo and General Motors' Cruise to hand over footage obtained by autonomous test vehicles in the hope that they’d help solve crimes. The advent of AV STEP could be a big help to General Motors, in particular.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 10, 2009

Big guns in the US auto industry like General Motors and Chrysler may still be reeling from the credit crunch, but upstart electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors has achieved overall corporate profitability in July.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Corporation intends to enter the battery manufacturing business and aims to create other related businesses as well. Finally, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is working to promote greater use of electric vehicles, which is the ultimate in environmentally-friendly automobiles.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

auto industry about when, not if, Chinese automakers will enter the U.S. Even before the JV was formed however, Wuling’s manufacturing process was already transforming using the GM system. I became a staff reporter a few years later. Now that I’ve laid the groundwork, since there is a lot of talk in the U.S.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Interest in electric cars is surging: •Nearly 52,000 people were wait-listed as of mid-April for General Motors’ electric model, the Volt, due in November. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars.

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