Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

has started site construction for Phase 2 of its first waste-to-fuels project, the Sierra BioFuels Plant (Sierra). Sierra will be the nation’s first commercial-scale plant converting a municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock—i.e., Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. million gallons of fuel each year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

General Motors’ GMC brand recently teased its 2022 Sierra EV, the next car in its electric vehicle lineup after the Hummer EV Pickup and the Hummer EV SUV. GM did not announce an official availability date for the Sierra EV but provided a preview of the electric pickup truck’s “premium exterior lighting sequence.”

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InsideEVs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The first teaser of the Sierra EV reveals a bold front end and intense welcome lighting sequence.

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Sierra GMC Light Electric 98

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2012

Fleet and retail customers can place orders for the 2013Ú Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD beginning 19 April. A single light-weight Type 3 tank in the bed maximizes available payload and bed space, offering more usable space than competitors. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 30, 2021

The 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 Duramax 4WD Crew Cab AT4 CarbonPro showed-up in my driveway and the neighbors took notice. recently drove the 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD Crew Cab AT4, powered by a 3.0-liter Weighing in at 5,640 pounds, the Sierra 1500 AT4 has a maximum payload of 1,810 pounds and can tow 8,800 pounds. Brains and brawn.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. the parent company of Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, LLC, and has negotiated a long-term supply agreement with Fulcrum for 375 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel over 10 years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2012

The new certifications cover approximately 200 2010-2012 General Motors Chevrolet- and GMC-brand light-duty trucks and SUV platforms with 4.8- The GMC-brand vehicles include Sierra, Yukon and Savana vans. liter engines. The Chevrolet-brand vehicles include Silverado, Tahoe, Express vans, Avalanche and Suburban.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

In the FT process, the purified syngas is processed through a fixed-bed tubular reactor where it reacts with a proprietary catalyst to form three intermediate FT products, a Heavy Fraction FT Liquids (HFTL) product, a Medium Fraction FT Liquids (MFTL) product and a Light Fraction FT Liquids (LFTL) product, commonly called Naphtha.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 13, 2023

India’s electric 2-wheeler market has been booming over the last few years. However, the electric car sector has been pretty slow. India’s electric car sector is now starting to show signs of life after the slow start compared to other markets, given how large India’s auto industry is. About 4 million cars across all drivetrains […].

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Sierra Market Light Concept 113

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2014

From a refinement standpoint, the Canyon features triple-sealed doors inlaid in the body sides, like the 2014 Sierra, for improved aerodynamic performance and a quieter interior. Like the full-size Sierra, Canyon is built on a fully boxed perimeter frame. The service is free for five years.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

This deployment of electrified pickups reflects XL Fleet’s broad lineup of plug-in hybrid and hybrid solutions for some of the fleet industry’s most popular light- and medium-duty work trucks, which also includes the company’s newest plug-in and hybrid offerings for Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD models.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2014

Chevrolet and GMC have confirmed a new eight-speed automatic transmission will be standard on 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and GMC Yukon Denali/Yukon XL Denali models equipped with the 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8 (L86) ( earlier post ). The 8L90 also enables numerically lower rear axle ratios, which reduce engine rpm on the highway. EcoTec3 V-8.

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GMC Chevrolet 2015 Yukon 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Overall light-duty vehicle sales were essentially flat for the month, according to figures from Autodata, with 746,928 units sold in November 2009, compared to 746,789 units in November 2008. new light-duty vehicle market share. Total light-duty vehicle sales were up 2.6% Total light-duty vehicle sales were down 1.8%

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Hybrid Sale VUE Saturn 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

Using intense coherent X-ray pulses from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser at Stanford, an international team of researchers has demonstrated a new in situ fractal method for imaging individual sub-micron particles to nanometer resolution in their native environment. Sierra, et al. Resources. Hampton, A. Starodub, R.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Among the other findings: 78% favored regulations requiring the auto industry to reduce CO 2 emissions from light duty vehicles. Environment America, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists sponsored the poll. Overall, 51% of respondents view Obama favorably, 44% unfavorably.

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Fuel Economy MPG Standards Economy 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2015

Fulcrum BioEnergy has awarded a $200-million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of Fulcrum’s first municipal solid waste (MSW) to transportation fuels facility, the Sierra BioFuels Plant. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 17, 2025

This technology is also found on the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Hummer and Sierra EVs. Open sesame The exterior features walk-up and walk-away, front and rear, choreographed lighting sequences and a panoramic fixed glass roof that is tinted and treated with UV-filtering. 680 hp Normal Mode 750 hp Velocity Max 615 lb.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The 2024 GMC Sierra EV full-size electric pickup truck is already being recalled because other road users might not be able to see its turn signals. The latter distinguishes the Sierra EV from the top-spec Chevrolet Silverado EV RST. The automaker’s reference number for this recall is N242474560.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane. liter GMC Sierra and Savana. GMC Yukon and Sierra. 2008 and 2009 3.5L

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USA Engine GMC Sierra 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

GM is launching a broad portfolio of trucks, SUVs, luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles using the Ultium Platform, including the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV, GMC Sierra EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Cadillac CELESTIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Chevrolet Equinox EV, BrightDrop Zevo 400 and BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

To illustrate the direction being taken by Alon in the selection of vehicles for its corporate fleet, four different cars and light-duty trucks were on display at the announcement, including a Ford Fusion Hybrid, GMC Sierra Hybrid, Volkswagen Jetta TDI clean diesel and Volkswagen Touareg TDI clean diesel.

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Convert Fleet Diesel Hybrid 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

Silverado 2500HD and 3500 HD and Sierra HD). 2014 F-150 light-duty pickup. Ford will offer the 2014 F-150 with the ability to run on compressed natural gas, making Ford the only manufacturer in the US with an available CNG/LPG-capable half-ton pickup. GM offers a CNG bi-fuel option for its HD pickups (e.g., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

Reported sales of light-duty hybrids in the US dropped 29% by volume in February year-on-year to 16,020 units. The decline in hybrids was less than the 41% decline in the overall light-duty vehicle market for the month. The two-mode Sierra pickup joined the Silverado two-mode pickup for 47 units representing 0.2%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The USPS operates a fleet of more than 200,000 vehicles in all areas of the United States and its territories; approximately 163,000 of these are right-hand drive, light-duty carrier route vehicles (CRVs) purchased between 1987 and 2001. Sierra Club. Environmental Law and Policy Center. Natural Resource Council of Maine.

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Plug-in Plug Vehicles Fleet 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

The change, petitioned for by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club in 2021, would decrease the EV fuel economy values used in calculating CAFE compliance, thereby forcing automakers to either sell more EVs or to improve their other models to remain in regulatory compliance. Ford F-150 Lightning 237.1

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The work, made possible by the ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), is a breakthrough in studying atomic-scale transformations in photosynthesis and other biological and industrial processes that depend on catalysts, which efficiently speed up reactions. —Kern et al.

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Universal Water Sierra Light 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

US sales of hybrids in March 2009 as reported by the automakers dropped 44% by volume year-on-year to 21,433 units; that performance was worse than the total light duty vehicle market, which posted a 36.8% Hybrid sales as a percentage of total light duty vehicle sales by automaker. Click to enlarge. Those results represented a 2.5%

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Here is an organized summary of the top-ranking models: Compact Cars: Toyota Corolla Honda Civic Toyota Prius Compact Premium Cars: Lexus IS BMW 4 Series BMW 3 Series Midsize Cars: Toyota Camry Chevrolet Malibu Hyundai Sonata Midsize Premium Cars: Lexus ES Premium Sporty Cars: Porsche 718 Chevrolet Corvette Pickup and Van Segments: Large Heavy Duty (..)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2020

Combined sales of the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra were strong, totaling 802,962 pickups in 2019, while combined retail market share grew almost one full percentage point, according to J.D. Light-duty crew cab sales were up 15.1% GM estimates that the light vehicle SAAR in the fourth quarter was 17.1 year over year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

Hybrids significantly outperformed the total light-duty vehicle market, which dropped 27.7% Overall, Honda posted a 30% drop in light-duty vehicle sales in June. GM hybrids currently comprise the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Vue BAS hybrids; and the Tahoe, Silverado, Yukon, Sierra, and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Here is an organized summary of the top-ranking models: Compact and Midsize Cars: Compact Cars: Toyota Corolla Honda Civic Toyota Prius Compact Premium Cars: Lexus IS BMW 4 Series BMW 3 Series Midsize Cars: Toyota Camry Chevrolet Malibu Hyundai Sonata Midsize Premium Cars: Lexus ES Premium Sporty Cars: Porsche 718 Chevrolet Corvette Pickup and Van (..)

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. Tags: union of concerned scientists electric cars urge2 plug-in hybrid chevy volt Saturn grist NRDC vue Sierra Club. Everyone is paying attention to green. But enviros are all over the map.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

NHTSA’s investigation stemmed from a vehicle owner’s petition in 2010, and covered about 6 million model year 1999-2003 GM Sierra, Silverado, Avalanche, Escalade, Suburban, Tahoe and Yukon vehicles. The coated steel brake pipes in GM’s vehicles under investigation were similar to materials used by other manufacturers at the time.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 11, 2024

From the photo we can see the 2025 model year will bring some changes to the headlights and front fascia, though the so-called ‘c-clamp’ lighting signature remains if tweaked a bit. Speaking of, it has apparently been five years since the AT4 trim first appeared in GMC showrooms, initially offered as an option on the Sierra pickup trucks.

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Yukon GMC Land Rover Sierra 104

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2014

In December 2013, researchers at Berkeley Lab and its Advanced Light Source reported the development of a new soft X-ray spectroscopy technique that can measure the migration of ions and electrons in an integrated, operating battery electrode. Minitti, Joshua J.

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