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Georgia Tech named winner of DOE/GM/Mathworks EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The final year of the four-year competition challenged teams to test, prove, and refine their work from the previous three years, mimicking a real-world automotive product development cycle. The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third.

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Detroit 3 tease finds, together with Ford F-150

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Within the conference middle, Ford additionally plans to sing their own praises its just lately unveiled Mustang GTD and off-road-focused Mustang Mach-E Rally. Cadillac’s expose would be the emblem’s 2d in a tiny greater than a past, following the electrical Escalade IQ in August.

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Duck-free Detroit display assists in keeping the point of interest on vehicles

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. “This show is, by far, 100-fold better than last year,” Alberts informed Crain’s Detroit Industry , an associate of Automobile Information. Cadillac, BMW, Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, Tesla and Volkswagen will do business in rides to showgoers at the observe. “We were just finding direction last year.

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GM Releases New Viability Plan, Launches Bond Exchange; Phasing Out Pontiac

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Significant changes in the viability plan from the February 2009 version include: A focus on four core brands in the US—Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC—with fewer nameplates and a more competitive level of marketing support per brand. The revised plan moves up the resolution of Saab, Saturn, and Hummer to the end of 2009, at the latest.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 It is simply the cost of doing business. Thats right.

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