Mississippi State Takes Top Green Dog At EcoCar Challenge

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Mississippi State University recently took first place in a competition that challenged engineering students to re-imagine and re-engineer a GM vehicle for maximum fuel efficiency and minimum emissions. Read more →

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GM Goes Hawaiian With Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Pilot Program

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GM is going Aloha with its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle program as it looks to set up a pilot program with this technology on the island of Oahu in conjunction with The Gas Company. Read more →

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Ford, GM Continue Down Flexible-Fuel Vehicles Highway

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Ford and GM both announced recently their commitments to continue and increase development of vehicles which make use of flexible-fuel technologies. Read more →

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First Pre-Production Opel Ampera Electric Vehicle Rolls Out

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Opel, a unit of GM, has announced the completion of its first pre-production Opel Ampera EV, which will be used in a variety of tests to prep the vehicle for a late-2011 European release. Read more →

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Hefty GM Investment Used in Fuel Efficient Engine Development

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GM has announced an investment of almost $1 billion that will be spread across five plants in the U.S. that will create jobs in an effort to develop more efficient small block engines. Read more →

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GM Demonstrating Cadillac Electric Converj Concept In China

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At Auto China 2010, GM is demonstrating its Cadillac Converj concept electric vehicle, which employs an extended-range driving mode capable of traveling hundreds of kilometers when the battery is low. Read more →

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GM Showcases Chevy Volt Crossover Electric Vehicle Concept

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GM, even as it prepares to roll out its Chevy Volt electric car later this year, is already thinking about a family of Volt vehicles as it showcases a new concept Volt five person crossover in China. Read more →

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GM To Double Size Of Its In-House Electric Car Battery Lab

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GM has unveiled plans to bolster in-house development of electric car batteries by putting some of its cash into doubling the size of its battery lab. Read more →

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GM, US DOE Team Up To Explore Jatropha Biodiesel Prospects

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The American automaker and the Department of Energy recently announced that they'll be working together to explore the commercial bio-diesel potential of a plant traditionally thought of as a weed. Read more →

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First Pre-Production GM Chevy Volt Is Born In Detroit

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General Motors said it is has passed an important milestone this week in the Chevy Volt electric car saga as the first pre-production model, to be used in testing, comes off the assembly line. Read more →

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