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2007-12-26 Chevy Tahoe Powers Up- Offers New 6.2L V-8 in LTZ Model
Expanding its range of capabilities, Chevrolet now offers a new, 6.2L small-block V-8 in the Tahoe LTZ in 2008. Rated at 380 horsepower (283 kW) and equipped with advanced technologies, it is the most powerful engine offered in the Tahoe lineup. The new engine is backed by a fuel-saving six-speed automatic transmission. ...
2007-12-20 2009 Corvette ZR1 Powered By The Most Powerful Production Engine Ever From GM: The Supercharged LS9 Small-Block V-8
When it arrives next summer, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will be the most powerful and fastest production car ever produced by General Motors, with performance enabled by a new, supercharged 6.2L LS9 small-block V-8 engine. ...
2007-12-14 GM Celebrates Production Of 500,000th Six-Speed Rear-Wheel-Drive Transmission
General Motors Corp. announced today the production of its 500,000th six-speed rear-wheel-drive (RWD) automatic transmission at its Ypsilanti Transmission Operations (YTO). The transmission is a key component of the powertrain and is available in certain models of GM's cars and trucks. ...
2007-12-14 Two New GM Engines Make Ward's North American 'Ten Best Engines' List
PONTIAC, MI. -General Motors is the only automaker to have two new engines on Ward's AutoWorld magazine's 2008 "Ten Best Engines" list for North America. ...
2007-11-14 Chevrolet's got the Beat: Production Slated Based on Global Popularity
A vehicle based on the Chevrolet Beat concept, which swept through auto shows around the globe and the Internet earlier this year, will go into global production, Chevrolet announced today at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show. ...
2007-11-13 Chevrolet's Project Driveway Fuel Cell Drivers Get Convenient Fuel at New York's First Hydrogen Station
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -The state of New York opened its first hydrogen station to support Chevrolet's Project Driveway, an effort to move fuel cell technology from the laboratory into people's driveways. ...
2007-10-29 GM's Baltimore Transmission Plant Begins Production Of 2-Mode Hybrid
WHITE MARSH, Md. - General Motors' Baltimore Transmission Plant today officially began production of the auto industry's most technologically advanced hybrid transmission - the only hybrid transmission designed and built in the United States by a major automaker. ...
2007-10-24 GM-Allison Hybrid Buses Arrive in Southeast Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich. - The first of 20 new GM-Allison hybrid-powered buses unveiled today by the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's (AATA) fleet marks next step in AATA's continuing effort to minimize negative impacts on the environment and cut operating costs. ...
2007-10-22 General Motors And White Plains Partner To Highlight Fuel Cell Technology
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - White Plains Mayor Joseph Delfino and Larry Burns, Vice President, General Motors Research and Development and Strategic Planning drove to White Plains City Hall today in a GM hydrogen-powered vehicle to kick off the new Project Driveaway program in Westchester and the New York Metropolitan area. ...
2007-10-18 GM CELEBRATES PRODUCTION OF ONE-MILLIONTH ALLISON A-SERIES TRANSMISSION
General Motors Corp. announced today the production of its one-millionth Allison A1000 transmission at its Baltimore transmission plant. The transmission is a key component of the powertrain for GM's award-winning Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks. ...
2007-10-11 GM's Unprecedented Launch of Six-Speed Transmissions Shifts into High Gear
PONTIAC, Mich. - Transmission engineers at General Motors Corp. have given new meaning to the term "overdrive." By using high-tech computerized tools, they launched nine new fuel-saving six-speed transmission models - the industry's largest lineup - in just four short years. ...
2007-09-27 Texas-Built Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon Hybrid SUVs Previewed At Texas State Fair
Boasting a 50 percent improvement in city fuel economy, GM will showcase its new Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid - the only hybrid full-size SUVs - at the 2007 State Fair of Texas, Sept. 28 - Oct. 21. ...
2007-09-12 SAIC-GM-Wuling Engine Plant Starts Operation
Liuzhou, China - SAIC-GM-Wuling, GM's mini-vehicle joint venture in southwestern China, began production today at its new engine plant. The RMB 2 billion facility represents the largest new investment in the five-year history of SAIC-GM-Wuling. ...
2007-08-27 GM's Baltimore Transmission Facility Achieves Landfill Free Status
General Motors Corp.'s Baltimore transmission plant, which will build the industry's first two-mode hybrid transmission for GM's full-size SUVs and pickups, announced today that it has officially achieved "landfill free" status - meaning it will no longer send any waste from its production operations to landfills. ...
2007-08-24 GM Takes New Combustion Technology Out of the Lab and Onto the Road
Engine experts have dreamt about it, talked about it and lectured about it, and today - for the first time - General Motors is letting outside parties drive the "most awaited advanced combustion technology" of the past 30 years. GM demonstrated the combustion process, known formally as homogeneous charge compression ignition, or HCCI, for the first time in two driveable concept vehicles, a 2007 Saturn Aura and Opel Vectra. ...
2007-08-24 From Hybrids to Six-Speeds, Direct Injection and More, GM'S 2008 Global Powertrain Lineup Provides More Miles with Less Fuel
General Motors Corp. will introduce 14 new or significantly revised powertrains in the 2008 model year - including five 1.0L to 2.0L small-displacement engine variants - with a focus on saving fuel and improving performance in GM's cars and trucks. For 2008, GM's powertrain lineup includes hybrids, clean diesels and fuel-saving technologies such as Active Fuel Management, direct injection, variable valve timing, six-speed transmissions and flexfuel options for consumers. ...
2007-08-09 GM and A123Systems to Co-Develop Lithium-Ion Battery Cell for Chevrolet Volt
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - General Motors Corp. and A123Systems, Inc. will co-develop cells with A123System's nanophosphate battery chemistry for a long-lasting, safe and powerful battery for use in GM's electric drive E-Flex system. ...
2007-07-26 General Motors Allison Transmission and Aisin Seiki announce changes to joint venture in Japan
TOKYO - Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and Allison Transmission, General Motors Corporation announced today that their Aisin General Motors Allison (AGMA) joint venture will come to an end on July 31, 2007. ...
2007-07-16 GM Will Buy 50 Percent Equity Interest in VM Motori
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. announced today it has reached a joint venture agreement with Penske Corporation to purchase 50-percent equity of VM Motori S.p.A, a designer and manufacturer of diesel engines based in Cento, Italy. ...
2007-06-28 GM Agrees to Sell Allison Transmission to The Carlyle Group and Onex
NEW YORK - General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement for the company to sell its Allison Transmission (Allison) commercial and military business to The Carlyle Group (Carlyle) and Onex Corporation (Onex) for approximately $5.6 billion. ...
2007-06-15 GM Plans First Light Duty V-8 Clean Diesel for North America
TONAWANDA, N.Y. - General Motors Corp. will introduce a new, state-of-the-art 4.5L V-8 Duramax turbo-diesel that improves engine fuel efficiency by 25 percent, reduces CO2 emissions by 13 percent and cuts particulates and NOx emissions by at least 90 percent for North American light duty trucks and the HUMMER H2 built after 2009. ...
2007-06-15 GM Prepares Fuel Cell Technology for Future Production
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. is moving more than 500 fuel cell experts from advanced development laboratories to core engineering functions to prepare this technology for future production. ...
2007-06-13 113 GM Hybrid-Powered Buses Rolling into New York
Rochester, N.Y. - The number of GM hybrid-powered buses ordered by New York transit agencies grew to 113 with today's announcement by Regional Transit Service (RTS), Inc., a subsidiary of the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) serving Monroe County, to purchase 19 buses equipped with GM's hybrid technology. ...
2007-06-08 General Motors Allison Transmission Delivers Five Millionth Automatic Transmission
INDIANAPOLIS - General Motors Allison Transmission announced today the delivery of its five millionth automatic transmission. The transmission was produced at Allison Transmission's manufacturing facility in Szengotthard, Hungary. ...
2007-06-07 Mississippi State University Students Win GM and DOE Challenge X 2007 Competition
Detroit, Mich. - General Motors (GM) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), lead sponsors for the Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility engineering competition, congratulated students from Mississippi State University, who took top honors today at the third annual competition. ...
2007-06-05 GM Awards Advanced Development Battery Contracts For Chevrolet Volt E-Flex System
WILMINGTON, Del. - General Motors has awarded two contracts for advanced development of lithium-ion batteries for its electric drive "E-Flex System," it was announced today at GM's annual shareholder meeting. ...
2007-05-31 GM To Invest $44 Million In Its Bedford Foundry
BEDFORD, IND. - General Motors Corp. will invest $44 million in its Bedford Foundry to produce transmission cases and converter housings for GM's growing family of fuel-efficient, six-speed transmissions. The project will retain about 100 production jobs at the facility. ...
2007-05-30 GM To Make Major Investment Announcement At Bedford Foundry
GM To Make Major Investment Announcement At Bedford Foundry ...
2007-05-29 For A Key To Real Petroleum Alternatives, Look To The Cornfield And The Wood Pile
LAKE ODESSA, Mich. - A major step toward diversifying U.S. transportation energy supply is as close as the unused corn stalks from this season's harvest, the waste from lumber mills, native prairie grasses, or even your lawn clippings. ...
2007-05-18 GM To Invest $332 Million In Toledo Transmission Plant
TOLEDO, OHIO - General Motors Corp. will invest $332 million in its Toledo, Ohio transmission plant to produce a new six-speed, front-wheel-drive automatic transmission that will deliver an excellent balance of performance and fuel economy in GM's mid-size vehicle segment. ...
2007-05-09 GM Celebrates One-Millionth Duramax Diesel
DAYTON, Ohio - General Motors Corp. (GM) announced today the production of its one-millionth Duramax V-8 turbo-diesel engine at the DMAX plant in Moraine. ...
2007-05-04 GM's First V-6 Engine With Direct Injection Delivers 302 Horsepower in Cadillac STS
PONTIAC, Mich. - General Motors is introducing its new 3.6L V-6 gasoline engine with direct injection and variable valve timing (VVT) technologies in the 2008 Cadillac STS.
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2007-03-06 Cadillac to Debut GM's Powerful New V-6 Clean Diesel
GENEVA - General Motors Corp. unveiled a new 2.9-liter V-6 turbo-diesel engine that features state-of-the-art injection and combustion technology for low emissions and high performance. ...
2007-02-13 GM Builds New Six-Speed Rear-Wheel-Drive Transmission Variant In Ypsilanti For Heavy-Duty Pickups
YPSILANTI, Mich. - General Motors' (GM) Ypsilanti Transmission Operations is producing a new variant of its Hydra-Matic rear-wheel-drive six-speed transmission. ...
2007-02-09 Stephens Elected Member of National Academy of Engineering
PONTIAC, Mich. - Tom Stephens, group vice president of General Motors (GM) Powertrain was elected as a new member of the national Academy of Engineering (NAE), as announced by NAE today. ...
2007-01-23 General Motors Announces Third Landfill-Free Facility
Wixom, Mich. - A General Motors Powertrain complex in Wixom has achieved landfill-free status for waste materials generated directly from its daily operations. ...
2007-01-17 Tonawanda Gets $300 Million To Build GM's Newest Engine
Buffalo, NY - General Motors today announced it will invest $300 million in its GM Powertrain Tonawanda engine plant to manufacture an all-new, technically advanced dual overhead cam (DOHC) V-8 engine, slated to begin production here in 2009. ...
2007-01-04 GM Awards Lithium-Ion Battery Development Contracts
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. today announced it has awarded advanced battery development contracts to two suppliers to design and test lithium-ion batteries for use in the Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid SUV. ...