Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2014

The CAM/PwC study highlighted such optimization measures as downsizing in combination with turbocharging and cylinder deactivation. This year’s analysis covered 18 global automotive companies and a total of 53 brands. The 18 companies were: BMW Group; Daimler AG; Fiat Group; Ford Motor Co.; General Motors Corp.;

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Mercedes Companies Global BMW 225

Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Power, and could approach 11 percent of the global market this year. With all that in mind, the company is developing its next generation of batteries. Extrapolating from company targets, a future compact-size Lucid—think the size of Tesla Model 3 or Model Y—could decisively downsize its battery without sacrificing useful range.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

The project’s goal is to help increase autonomous vehicle performance by providing faster and more accurate vision response, reducing the power draw of various AV systems to increase battery life, and even helping to enable the downsizing of vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

The new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy Friday morning. The new General Motors Company is primarily owned by the governments of the United States, Canada and Ontario, and by a trust fund providing medical benefits to UAW retirees. UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust: 17.5%.

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General Motors Motoring Motors Motor 150

Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. The EX30 was the first high-volume Volvo planned to be built only in China, for export to all global markets. That factory is in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. The EX30 was the first high-volume Volvo planned to be built only in China, for export to all global markets. That factory is in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Volvo Kia Charging SUV 52

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?", 10/31/07 [General Motors Corp. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." We hope Ford will, and then move ahead!

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