GM Environment

GM Manufacturing Facility Sends No Waste to Landfill; Featured on ABC-WJRT

WJRT Channel 12 in Flint, Michigan, recently featured GM's Flint Metal Center's landfill free efforts during an airing of their special news program, Newsmaker. The 30-minute show started off with an interview with a British couple who are going landfill free in their home. The second half featured Irene Bashore, Flint Metal Center environmental engineer, and John Bradburn, staff environmental engineer with GM's Worldwide Facilities Group. Bashore and Bradburn talked about Flint Metal's achievement of landfill free status and how GM is leading the charge in going green at its manufacturing sites.
To see the clip, click on the following link. http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/video?id=7492093

Supplier Helps to "Green" GM's Supply Chain

GM�s Worldwide Facilities Group presented its annual Environmental Excellence Award to Gage Products Company for its outstanding efforts to help �green� the automotive supply chain, enabling GM to improve its environmental performance and sustainability. GM presented Gage with the award during a Suppliers Partnership (SP) for the environment meeting. SP is a forum for original equipment manufacturer and suppliers that focuses on environmental improvement within the automotive industry.
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Chevy, GMC Announce CNG and LPG Vans for Fleets

DETROIT, Mich. (May 18, 2010) � Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) powered versions of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans will be offered to fleet and commercial customers beginning later this year, General Motors Co. announced Monday.

The vans have specially designed engines for the gaseous fuels and come direct to the customer with the fully integrated and warranted dedicated gaseous fuel system in place.
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General Motors’ “Teach Green” Blog Recognized by New Jersey Technology Education Association

Chris Anderson, Eden Litt and Executive Director Ken Zushma

DETROIT (May 25, 2010) – General Motors’ K-12 education web site was recently honored with an Impact Award by the New Jersey Technology Education Association (NJTEA) for the site’s teacher blog, “Teach Green”. The award recognizes individuals and institutions that have made a notable impact through their efforts to support technology education.
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Maryland Governor Signs Two Bills Intended to Quicken Consumer Acceptance of Electric Vehicles

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 20, 2010) –Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (D) today signed two bills into law that will support advanced vehicle propulsion technology and help spur early consumer acceptance of electric vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt.
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Finals Judging Begins for EcoCAR Teams at GM Desert Proving Ground in Yuma

YUMA, Arizona (May 19, 2010) –The Green Garages are empty. Sixteen vehicles sit in the Arizona desert. And more than 100 college engineering students wait to show a panel of judges that their vehicle should win top honors. As the end of Year Two approaches in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, today inspections, testing and judging got underway at the General Motors (GM) Desert Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona.
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GM Hosts "Drive to 2030": Sustainable Urban Mobility Forum Series

SHANGHAI (May 13, 2010) – General Motors is hosting the "Drive to 2030": Sustainable Urban Mobility Forum series in conjunction with World Expo 2010 Shanghai. The series was created to define challenges for future urban transportation and develop a roadmap for sustainable mobility.
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Reducing Environmental Impact at GM Lansing Plant

LANSING, Mich. (May 13, 2010) - Jim Ecklund, a Senior Environmental Engineer at GM�s Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant, shares why he enjoys his job on Faces of GM: "For more than 25 years, I have found it very gratifying to be on the front lines of GM�s efforts to help improve the environment here in Lansing. As someone who helps develop processes and systems that help to reduce the environmental impact of GM�s Lansing GR plant, I have literally watched the landscape change as GM built two new assembly plants here."
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GM Employees Help Kids Learn to Keep Water Clean

LANSING, Mich. (May 13, 2010) � Students learn that soapy water from car washing belongs in the sink, not the storm sewer. General Motors Co. workers from two Lansing plants are helping school children understand what they can do to help keep local groundwater safe and clean as part of the 15th annual Children�s Water Festival Thursday (5/13) at Michigan State University.
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Green Technology Patents Dominate GM 2009 Filings

WARREN, Mich. (May 12, 2010) –More than half of the 1,300 patents filed by General Motors Co. in 2009 are green innovations, proof of the rapid development of groundbreaking technology by GM researchers and engineers.
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2011 Chevrolet Cruze Engines Use Eco-friendly Cartridge Oil Filter

DETROIT (May 10, 2010) —The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze will make proper oil filter disposal and recycling easier. The Ecotec 1.4L turbo and 1.8L four-cylinder engines will use a cartridge style oil filter which is easier to recycle and service compared to the conventional steel canister-style oil filters.
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62 GM Plants Eliminate Waste to Landfills

DETROIT (May 6, 2010) – Sixty-two General Motors manufacturing plants have achieved �zero landfill� status by recycling or reusing all normal plant wastes, meaning 43 percent of its global manufacturing facilities no longer send any production waste to landfills.

The company�s goal, announced in 2008, is to convert half of its major manufacturing facilities worldwide into landfill free operations by the end of 2010. To date, GM is 87 percent toward delivering on that commitment.
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GM Earth Month Calendar Covers Earth Day to World Environment Day June 5

DETROIT (April 22, 2010) –The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is a time to celebrate what has been accomplished while acknowledging the challenges that remain. Making every day an Earth Day is a way to bridge that gap.
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Chevrolet Joins With Con Edison To Promote Electric Transportation In New York City Area

The arrangement was announced today at the New York Auto Show, where the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range will be on display. Production of the 2011 Volt begins later this year at GM�s Hamtramck Assembly near Detroit, Mich. Pricing has not yet been announced.
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GM Partner Coskata Named Top Innovative Company by MIT

DETROIT (February 25, 2010) - Coskata Inc., a start-up ethanol company that GM invested in in 2008, has been named one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world by Technology Review, the journal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

GM To Invest $494 Million In U.S. Manufacturing For Next-Generation Ecotec Engines

DETROIT (February 18, 2010) – General Motors will invest more than $494 million and create nearly 550 jobs in three U.S. plants to produce the next generation fuel efficient Ecotec engine.
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Opel/Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly unveils ambitious Plan for the Future

FRANKFURT/RUSSESEHIM (February 9, 2010) - Chief Executive Officer Nick Reilly today announced an ambitious five-year €11 billion Plan for the Future that will reinvigorate 80 percent of Opel/Vauxhall carlines and place a strong emphasis on alternative propulsions.
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General Motors Announces B20 Biofuel Capability For New, 2011 Duramax 6.6L Turbo Diesel

GRAPEVINE, Texas (February 8, 2010) - GM announced today that its new lineup of heavy-duty diesel pickups will have B20 biodiesel capability. B20 fuel is a blend of 20-percent biodiesel and 80-percent conventional diesel, which helps lower carbon dioxide emissions and lessens dependence on petroleum. The announcement was made at the National Biodiesel Conference.

GM To Be First Major U.S. Automaker to Manufacture Electric Motors

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 26, 2010) - GM will expand its in-house electric vehicle development capabilities by becoming the first major U.S. automaker to design and manufacture electric motors, a core technology for hybrids and electric vehicles.

By doing so, GM will lower costs and improve performance, quality, reliability and manufacturability of electric motors by controlling design, materials selection and production processes. The first GM-designed and built electric motors are scheduled to debut in 2013 in next-generation, rear-wheel-drive Two-mode Hybrid technology.
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GM Invests $246 Million in Electric Motors and Hybrid Components, Creating Jobs in Baltimore

BALTIMORE (January 26, 2010) � General Motors will invest approximately $246 million in electric motor and electric drive manufacturing including construction of a high volume electric drive production facility at the Baltimore Transmission plant that will begin to manufacture in 2013 electric motors for GM�s Two-mode Hybrid system. The plant will be the first electric motor manufacturing facility in the U.S. operated by a major automaker.

By bringing this capability to the U.S., GM will create approximately 200 jobs. Local and state incentives, along with the Recovery Act funding announced in August 2009 by the U.S. Department of Energy, are helping to make this facility expansion and job creation possible.
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GM Builds First Lithium-ion Battery for Chevrolet Volt

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (January 7, 2010) - Exactly three years since the day the Chevrolet Volt concept car debuted, GM today manufactured the first advanced lithium-ion battery for a mass-marketed electric vehicle at GM's Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly Plant.

"This is an important milestone for GM and a critical step in bringing the Chevrolet Volt to market," said GM Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre.
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