Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The MOU was announced at the 2011 China International Electric Power and Electric Engineering Technology Exhibition in Shanghai. The main piece of the co-operation centers on Shanghai, which was selected by the Chinese government as the country’s first EV pilot city earlier this year and home to both GE’s and GM’s China headquarters.

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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. The near-term elements of GM’s fuel economy efforts he adduced are: Reduction in vehicle weight by up to 15%.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

The Silverado EV First-Edition RST, which has GM-estimated 754 horsepower and 785 lb-ft of torque, is capable of zero to 60 mph in 4.5 It has an impressive 440 miles of range – a significant increase from the previous 400-mile estimate – giving it an edge over its competitors on the range front. kW power rating.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. This brings GM’s combined Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities. engine-generator from Flint.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

Both models will be appearing on the Buick stand at Auto China 2016 in Beijing, which begins on 25 April. A major component of SAIC-GM’s Drive to Green strategy, the LaCrosse HEV adopts the same design language and technological advances as the recently introduced all-new LaCrosse. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, GM announced that the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle will first be available late next year in California, with other lead markets to be named later. Pricing has not been announced.

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2021

GM has entered the premium all-electric crossover SUV market, and its flagship vehicle is the rather eye-catching Cadillac Lyriq. Battery and Estimated Range. The Cadillac Lyriq features a large 100 kWh battery, which GM notes should provide the all-electric SUV with about 300 miles of range. Driver-Assist Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

reached agreements with the US Treasury and the governments of Canada and Ontario for the creation of a smaller, self-sustaining “New GM”. Pending approvals, the New GM is expected to launch in about 60 to 90 days as a separate and independent company from the current GM. GM Manufacturing Plans. General Motors Corp.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The second-generation Volt, which makes its world debut in about 10 weeks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, features a clean-sheet, all-new Voltec propulsion system—new battery, new electric drive unit, new power electronics and new range-extending engine. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Volt GM Motor Motors 341

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show. A partial draft checklist of stakeholders and enablers to help guide cities in making their regions plug-in friendly suggested by GM includes: Draft Checklist for a Plug-in Ready City. Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet. Required Stakeholder.

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Plug-in GM San Francisco Plug 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

announced that former GM executive Robert C. From 1994 to 2002, Purcell led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group (GM ATV). In addition to his responsibilities at GM ATV, he also served as chairman of the GM-Ovonic Advanced Battery Joint Venture. Boston-Power technology. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2010

Aker Wade Power Technologies ( earlier post ) announced that Jon Bereisa has accepted a position on its Board of Advisors. Bereisa led GM’s EV1 project as chief engineer. He was responsible for the technology development and production design of the EV1 electric traction system, power inverter, battery pack and charger.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2010

Cadillac unveiled the XTS Platinum Concept at the 2010 North American International Auto Show, suggesting a new paradigm for its future luxury sedans. The combination of the Direct Injection V-6 engine and the PHEV system featuring fully electric variable drive provides a spirited driving experience, GM says. The XTS Platinum Concept.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Student engineers participating in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge unveiled their vehicle architectures at the Washington Auto Show. The 17 designs range from systems using on-board hydrogen fuel cells to full battery-electric vehicles. All of the designs use lithium-ion battery technology. Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREV).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

GM will focus its vehicle electrification strategy on eAssist-type systems and the plug. Source: Larry Nitz, GM. That’s not how GM is doing business today, ” she said. “ We need to make educated bets on which technologes hold the most potential for creating value for our customers and our company. ”. Click to enlarge.

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Extended Range GM Light Plug 286

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid. Source: GM. plug-in hybrids, extended range electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles) are smart loads, and so fall into the third element. Source: GM.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

The Karma—an extended-range electric vehicle—is scheduled to be launched in late 2010. A123’s technology will ensure the Karma delivers. The Fisker Karma is expected to have a range of 50 full-electric miles on a charge and a total range of 300 miles with an on-board generator turned by a 2.0L

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

The Malibu ECO features GM’s eAssist light electrification technology ( earlier post ), which is engineered to deliver an estimated 26 mpg in city driving and 38 mpg on the highway. With eAssist technology, which also enables a numerically lower final drive ratio, the Malibu ECO can travel as much as 550 miles between fill-ups.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 4, 2022

What most people care about in an EV is range, and the brute force approach taken by many legacy manufacturers is to extend range by including a bigger battery. But batteries are heavy, so larger batteries reduce both range and acceleration, and are unnecessary for the usual short-range trips.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

Chevrolet and OnStar used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the venue to unveil a smartphone application—which GM categorizes as the auto industry’s first such—that will allow Chevrolet Volt owners 24/7 connection and control of vehicle functions and OnStar features remotely. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The next-gen Chevy Bolt EV is due out next year after GM ended production of its top-selling electric model at the end of 2023. GM’s CFO Paul Jacobson says the new Bolt EV will save the company billions by becoming North America’s first Ultium-based model to use LFP batteries. We’ve got a really good product that customers love.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Fuel for Thought: BP talks down electric vehicles April 27, 2009, 10:28 AM ET GM’s New Plan: Fewer Jobs, More Chevy Volt Article Comments (21) Environmental Capital HOME PAGE » Email Printer Friendly Permalink Share: Yahoo! Green Ink: Will the Real Green Economy Please Stand Up? Buzz facebook MySpace LinkedIn Digg del.icio.us

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Those wishing to participate will be able to tie into the multi-site webchat from Green Car Congress tomorrow, as well as directly on GM’s FastLane Blog , the EV World site, or the GM-Volt site. GM is focused on the first two pillars: leading plug-in technology vehicles and the enabling technologies. Tony Posawatz.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. Ron Freund, president of the Electric Auto Assoc., Chances are, GM will start with CP (hey, those are Chris Paine’s initials!), that got the nod. URL: [link].

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Volt GM Batteries Battery 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Technology. DOE Award ($mil.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photos First drive: Chevy Volt test A few laps behind the wheel of an early version of GMs electric car shows the strengths - and possible weaknesses - of the technology. Its part of a strategy to cover a variety of market needs with electric vehicles built around a common, flexible battery technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

Chevrolet unveiled the second-generation Volt extended range EV at the North American International Auto Show. GM estimates fuel economy to be 41 mpg combined (MY 2015 = 37 mpg) with 102 mpge (MY 2015 = 98 mpge). GM will be detailing the new power flow in a coming SAE paper, Farah said. —Andrew Farah.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2015

The Route extended range electric powertrains incorporate a range-extending genset designed to recharge the high-power battery pack (currently from A123 Systems) and Wrightspeed’s own geared traction drive (GTD) ( earlier post ). Weighing in at 250 lbs (113.4 Resources.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Match the auto maker with its electric car: A. These vehicles are expected to range in price from about $40,000 to more than $100,000. Then there are a slew of fully electric small vehicles that are pinning their hopes on eco-conscious city dwellers who may not want to spend much more than $25,000 on a new technology.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Thats probably going to be the most popular arrangement for electric cars for consumers, as they will want their vehicles to have extended range for highway trips in areas where charging facilities arent readily available, said Joe Hoagland, TVAs vice president for environmental science, technology and policy. 16,000 miles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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?", todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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