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EcoCar3 Competition Features Chevy Camaro Hybrids Made by Students

Arsenij Percov — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:49:48 +0000

The EcoCar3 competition sponsored by GM and the United States Department of Energy finished a few days ago. It is the third Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, which happens every four years. Participants are university students. GM donates them cars and a set of goals. This time, they had to make their cars more fuel efficient […]

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The Story Behind Ford’s Model E Isn’t So S-E-X-Y

Courtney Lepping — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:10:07 +0000

You’ve heard of Ford CEO Mark Field’s upcoming electric vehicle, Model E, which is rumored to come in two body styles: a sedan and a crossover. There’s a lot of reasons why consumers are excited. Model E will have a starting 200 miles of range and will accept a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or battery electric […]

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GM and Honda Just Announced Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development Partnership

Benji Jerew — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:12:13 +0000

If two companies are working toward the same goal, in this case hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, then what better idea than to come together to achieve it together? Some companies choose to go it alone, such as Tesla Motors and the Model S, the most successful automotive startup in the last fifty years. On the […]

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ORNL and GM to Recycle Used Volt Batteries in Grid Backup Supply

Benji Jerew — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:55 +0000

After years and many thousands of miles, the hybrid and electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack performance starts to degrade, but they can’t just be thrown into the nearest landfill. This is a problem that conscientious consumers and automakers are struggling to address. Recycling is one solution, which recovers poisonous metals and other parts of the […]

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GM & Ford’s Ten-Speed Transmissions to Increase Fuel Economy

Benji Jerew — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:34:02 +0000

More gears in a transmission does two things, smooths out shifting during acceleration and increases fuel economy, which is sorely needed in tomorrow’s automobiles. Since 2002, Ford Motor Company and General Motors have partnered to develop and manufacture six-speed automatic transaxles for their front-wheel drive vehicles. Some eight million vehicles have been sold with the […]

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GM VP Sparks Speculation: Next Chevy Volt With Smaller Battery?

Benji Jerew — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:07:52 +0000

Everyone likes to have options, so could the next Chevy Volt have different battery options to change the price? Of course, the Chevy Volt is only available in one configuration, but wouldn’t be nice to be able to get it customized? The only reason we bring this up is because of a recent AutoExpress interview […]

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GM and Ford Announcing Open Platforms for In-Car App Development

Benji Jerew — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:03:52 +0000

Ford and General Motors [GM] are following the infotainment revolution and working to take the lead. Modern automakers are integrating more mobile apps into their vehicles, mostly for audio streaming, and GPS-based local searches, as well as navigation add-ons. For the most part, though, there isn’t too much past these, and there are no other […]

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General Motors Opens New R&D Facility in China

Benji Jerew — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:44:00 +0000

Advanced technology may be made up of new materials and processes, but the one thing that drives any advance in any field is talent. If a company wants to design the next new widget, better than all the rest, it can bring new talent to the company, or the company can go to the talent. […]

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General Motors Boost EV Sales With New Smartphone Apps

Mila Luleva — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:56:55 +0000

General Motors decided to increase their range and sales of Electric vehicles by introducing new Smartphone Apps that will bring down the cost of charging. The company has set a target to sell 500,000 EVs annually by 2017. They are convinced that this will be achieved by including smartphones apps in the equation. Two of […]

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How General Motors Plans for an Electrified Future

Benji Jerew — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:18:58 +0000

While pure electric vehicles [EV] are having somewhat of a difficult time hitting their market stride, electrified vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] and plug-in HEVs [PHEV], are having no such problems. They aren’t excessively priced, and they offer fuel economy ratings up to 100 mpg-e, which is very attractive to the fuel-conscious consumer. General Motors […]

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GM to Use Envia’s Breakthrough EV Batteries for 100+ Miles EV Range

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:23:58 +0000

Envia Systems is GM’s newest “protegee” in what their interest in EV battery in concerned. Envia has recently announced a breakthrough in a battery that’s as cheap as the ones used nowadays in the Volt and also has a high energy density. Dan Akerson, GM CEO, said “I think we’ve got better than a 50-50 chance […]

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World’s Most Important Automakers Set Standard for EV Charging

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:28:31 +0000

A new agreement between the world’s most important automakers regarding the standardization of electric vehicle charging systems has been announced on Thursday. The new standard is meant to speed up charging and make it more safe. The new charging system will be on display at this year’s Electric Vehicle Symposium and has been adopted by […]

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GM Exposes Chevy Malibu Eco's Mild Hybrid Mechanism

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:24:36 +0000

I guess everybody knows by now what a hybrid car is, what it does and how. What most people don’t know, though, is that you can do many tricks with an electric motor and a battery, and it doesn’t have to get even nearly that expensive if you want your car to become a hybrid. […]

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Revenge of the Electric Car: The Most Expected EV Movie Trailer Needs 10,000 Facebook Votes

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:42:47 +0000

You remember the movie "Who Killed The Electric Car?," right? We wrote an article about it almost two years ago. Well, if you didn't watch the movie or don't know the idea behind it, at least let me tell you it has a sequel that it's going to debut this spring.

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GM Wants to Reuse Depleted Chevy Volt Batteries For Storing Renewable Energy

Mike Sandru — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:43:01 +0000

In collaboration with ABB Group, a power grid supplier, GM will study how batteries that will have formerly powered Volt electric cars will get a second life, being capable to store energy generated by solar and wind power generators.

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For Green Geeks: GM Cooperating With Google to Install Android on Volt

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:05:56 +0000

GM is currently in talks with Google for a joint venture to develop an integrated car system based on the Android OS, of which you may have heard lately. They also say Android is going to be animating Chevy Volt's interface.

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GM to Research Shape Memory Alloy for Heat Recovery Systems

Cristi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:19:54 +0000

GM's R&D has to build a prototype of a thermo-mechanical waste heat recovery system using a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) heat engine to generate electricity from the heat in exhaust. Noticeable is the fact that GM was between the 37 other candidates that received the ARPA-E award.

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HCCI Engine: No-Spark Gasoline Engine as Efficient as Diesel

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:43:59 +0000

If you ever had a diesel car, you know that it's more fuel efficient than the gasoline counterpart. That's because diesel engines use compression to ignite the fuel, and gasoline engines use a spark to do that. Practically, diesel engines could work without any electricity - at all.

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Ford hybrid and electric cars vs GM Volt electric car

Florin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:52:56 +0000

Nowadays, the Japanese constructors are well ahead others in having electric cars. Honda and Toyota have the dominating positions in our top and they are announcing more to come in the following year. US manufacturers are late, one probable reason was that in the US the fuel price is not as high as in other parts of the globe.

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GM Hy-Wire Fuel Cell Vehicle Tested by Top Gear

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:18:43 +0000

...and here's the HyWire technology, the one the world has been talking about in the last few months. It's a concept made by General Motors, there is only one example of it made, and it runs on fuel cell power. I mean... hydrogen power.

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General Motors to Open Hydrogen Fueling Station Near LAX

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:00:17 +0000

Despite all the accusations that blame them not caring for, it seems like General Motors is getting more and more involved in the making of a fueling infrastructure for their fuel cell cars. GM has already invested heavily in two different ethanol companies (Coskata and Mascoma). Now they have partnered with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to open a hydrogen fueling station near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The stationshould be operational by 2008 fall.

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