North America’s Premier College-level Automotive  Enginering Competition
Challenge X is a unique four-year engineering competition that provides the opportunity for students across North America to develop advanced propulsion technology solutions that will increase energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of light-duty vehicles. [More information >>]
2008-07-23 U.S. Postal Service Receives Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle from General Motors for Delivering Mail
Irvine, Calif. -- General Motors Corp. and the U.S. Postal Service are joining forces again to deliver mail using hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles. The two organizations announced today that the U.S. Postal Service becomes the latest entry into Chevrolet's Project Driveway, the world's first and largest market test of fuel cell vehicles to date. ...
2008-07-22 General Motors and Electric Utility Industry Launch Major Collaboration to Commercialize Plug-in Vehicles
San Jose, CALIF - General Motors announced today that it will collaborate with the nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) - more than 30 of the top electric utilities in the United States and Canada -- to accelerate the introduction of plug-in electric vehicles. ...
2008-06-26 Shell Hydrogen and General Motors Open Hydrogen Fueling Station in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA - The first public hydrogen refueling station in California with integrated hydrogen and gasoline refueling is now open, providing drivers in Chevrolet's Project Driveway another location to refuel their Equinox fuel cell vehicles, currently on the roads throughout Southern California. ...
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StabiliTrak Electronic Stability Technology
The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety reports that 10,000 fatal crashes a year could be avoided if all vehicles had electronic stability control. Electronic stability control helps a driver maintain control of a vehicle during challenging or unexpected driving conditions, such as ice, snow, wet pavement and emergency lane changes and avoidance maneuvers. GM will make StabiliTrak standard on all cars and trucks by 2010. [More information >>]
E85 Technology
E85 ethanol, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, is a mostly renewable fuel that can be made from U.S.-grown corn.
Because it reduces greenhouse gas emissions, E85 ethanol is an exciting new energy resource. That's why GM already has more than 2 million FlexFuel vehicles, which run on E85 ethanol or gasoline, on the road today in all 50 states, and has partnered with the Governor's Ethanol Coalition to create greater usage and understanding of E85 ethanol.
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