Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Current EV business models are doomed unless manufacturers that have bet their futures on them, such as General Motors and VW, invest in or coordinate on a robust supercharger network.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2020

Upcoming Cadillac electric cars won't look like their internal-combustion counterparts, Cadillac design director Brian Smith said in an interview with Automobile published Wednesday.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)—an international consortium formed by Chinese, Japanese and Swedish stakeholders—and the Receivers of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estate ( earlier post) signed a purchase agreement covering the main assets of Saab Automobile AB, Saab Automobile Powertrain AB and Saab Automobile Tools AB.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 11, 2022

General Motors filed four trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the Cadillac CELESTIQ. General Motors lists the patents as for “motor land vehicles, namely automobiles.”. In late July, GM officially unveiled the CELESTIQ show car. Cadillac CELESTIQ Details.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Competition Commission of India has given its go-ahead for JSW’s proposed acquisition of up to a 38% stake in MG Motor India. “The Acquirer is a newly incorporated entity and is not engaged in any activities as of date. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSW International Tradecorp Pte.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

AT&T 4G LTE wireless connectivity will support Autonet integrated connected car services they provide to carmakers, the two companies said today. Autonet Mobile currently provides connected car services to Chrysler Fiat Automobiles, General Motors, Maserati, Subaru and other major auto brands.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In last week’s installment of Abandoned History , we learned about General Motors’ 1966 magnet-based primitive navigation system, DAIR. The inclusive system featured emergency messages, traffic bulletins played inside the car, and route guidance. The subject cars for the project would, as expected, be Oldsmobiles.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

There is a new Ford patent for a system that would play personalized ads inside of cars, which would vary based upon numerous factors. That said, we’ve seen the direction connected vehicles have been heading in general over the last decade and the end result hasn’t been pretty. Images: Ford Motor Co.] Become a TTAC insider.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

When contacted, the General Motors Employees Union’s president, Sandeep Bhegade told Autocar Professional that the union is currently in talks with the management to reach a swift resolution to the issue. The General Motors workers union had filed two writ petitions in the Mumbai High Court.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

A survey of the sustainability performance of 17 of the world’s leading automakers has found a mixed pattern when it comes to the sustainability performance of most of the car manufacturers. Daihatsu, on the other hand, generally fell just within the negative zone. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

General Motors’ OnStar subscribers can now rent out their idle vehicles through the RelayRides marketplace, leveraging OnStar connectivity already active in their vehicles ( Earlier post ), and with no need to hand over their keys. RelayRides’ renters can unlock reserved OnStar-enabled cars simply by using their smart phones.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

While the United Automobile Workers (UAW) are preparing to vote on contract proposals offered by Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, non-union Toyota is increasing hourly wages. Hourly compensation has increased for the automaker’s U.S. manufacturing, distribution center, and logistics employees.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 19, 2009

It has been a difficult day in the motoring industry as news broke that another popular brand name would fall victim to the global recession. General Motors announced that the intended sale of Saab Automobile could not be concluded and that following the withdrawal of Koenigsegg Group AB last month, discussions with Spyker Cars had also [.].

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 11, 2024

While I cannot pretend to understand Italian law, the nation has a long history of interesting sports cars and has more than earned the right of being proud of its automotive heritage. However, the country also allowed Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to be sold to the French, resulting in Stellantis. Estimated to start at the U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

The only thing it didn’t have is where they had driven the car. On a Thursday morning in June for example, the car had been driven 7.33 According to the report, the trip details had been provided by General Motors — the manufacturer of the Chevy Bolt. I’m not sure how the car defines that. Same with acceleration.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 16, 2024

Read more Connected cars being used for spying on drivers is a fear that is real and the latest data reveals that insurance companies are using these vehicles as monitoring tools simply testify that. Also Read : Car interiors evolving into living rooms on wheels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

said it has been picked as a provider of lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles by Volvo Cars Corp. LG Chem has signed a deal to provide electric vehicle batteries to five companies so far—South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor; CT&T Corp., a US commercial vehicle components maker; and US automaker General Motors Corp.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 31, 2022

For some legacy automakers, China’s electric car segment is becoming a white whale of sorts amid rising competition from younger, faster, and more aggressive rivals. As noted in a Bloomberg News report, even companies such as Xpeng Motors and Hozon New Energy Automobile Co. — Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2016

It's the season of autonomous-car announcements, apparently. This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 8, 2024

General Motors purchased Lotus in 1986 and the company continued building lightweight sports cars. But the company eventually got stuck building countless variants of the Elise and Exige — which were already extremely similar automobiles. Initially, it wasn’t clear what the plan for Lotus would be.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

On 17 August 1915, Charles Kettering, the co-founder of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) in Dayton, Ohio, was issued US Patent Nº 1,150,523 for an “engine-starting device”—the first electric starter for automobiles. As cars grew larger and purposeful, so did the engines and effort required to start them.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

With previous professional experience as CEO of Asian Operations for Chrysler Group and the CEO of General Motors China Group, Murtaugh provides keen insight into Pinnacle’s planned expansion in 2014, focused heavily on Asian markets.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

automakers are exporting production of small cars elsewhere. Ford confirmed yesterday that it will move small-car production to Mexico, joining Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in eliminating small passenger cars from its U.S. Two years hence, only General Motors will still.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The plaintiffs represent a series of class actions suits asserting that vehicles sold by Ford, Honda, General Motors, Toyota, and Volkswagen have “recorded and intercepted [owners’] private text messages and call logs.” Cars have microphones and people have all kinds of sensitive conversations in them.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

car dealers and dealership managers. This comes shortly after reported comments from General Motors CEO Mary Barra indicating the automaker would reverse its previous EV-centric policy and add plug-in hybrids to its U.S. The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) said last year that dealers will spend $5.5

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 31, 2023

Meanwhile, CAFE loopholes added during the Obama administration have encouraged the automotive industry to prioritize larger combustion vehicles , resulting in a majority of modern-day automobiles being far heavier than their predecessors. It frustrates me," he said, "that all of our cars — for the industry as a whole — are just too heavy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

General Motors and Environmental Defense Fund announced a set of recommendations that seek to accelerate a zero-emissions, all-electric future for passenger vehicles in model year 2027 and beyond. The recommendations were jointly developed by GM and EDF to support the next tier of EPA clean car standards.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 12, 2024

Despite all-electric vehicles having certain advantages over conventional combustion automobiles, they also have some clear drawbacks that have stifled their adoption rate on some of the world’s largest markets. While numerous companies are hard at work on developing an application for automobiles, they’re also behind schedule.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 13, 2023

Updated rules would presumably allow automakers to field more self-driving test vehicles on public roads than we’ve seen thus far in exchange for those companies sharing the data those cars collect with the government. The advent of AV STEP could be a big help to General Motors, in particular. Privacy is another concern.

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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. One study surveyed by the CAR group found auto companies make up one-quarter of the top 20 corporate spenders on R&D globally.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2021

This is the responsibility shouldered by Ankur Ganguli , executive director of Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls at General Motors Co. "My engines, transmissions, electric batteries and motors, brakes, steering and suspensions) for our full portfolio of cars and trucks—millions of vehicles every year," says Ganguli.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

On the opening day of the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Notice of Violation: VW diesel engines with 1.6 Together with his colleagues, he used a special instrument to examine the exhaust plumes of 23,000 passing cars and analyzed the levels of NO x and CO 2.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? For every 100 kilowatts of peak power, an EV motor uses an average of 1.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2014

The study also noted that the Group had launched extremely energy-efficient all-electric cars during the evaluation period in the form of the e-up! The CAM study emphasized that the trend towards networking is driven by the broader range of electric car products. The 18 companies were: BMW Group; Daimler AG; Fiat Group; Ford Motor Co.;

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 23, 2023

Numerous Stellantis brands accrued far fewer complaints than other marquees, including Alfa Romeo, and was followed by a slew of nameplates owned by General Motors. But the general trend was still that the automotive industry seems to be having serious trouble building automobiles without issues. Power's 2023 U.S.

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