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Maven Reaches One Million Miles Driven; Boston, Chicago, and D.C. Join Lineup

In less than four months, Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand, has grown to five markets: New York City, Ann Arbor, Mich., and today announced Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Maven members have driven more than one million miles, br... View More

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Toyota Rewards Academic Excellence in STEM-Related Fields

In celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Toyota is pleased to announce that it awarded scholarships to 22 Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) students for post-secondary education in the disciplines of science, technology, engineer... View More

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Ford Turning Captured CO2 Into Car Parts, Expanding Healthcare Outreach in Africa

Ford Motor Company claims to be the first automaker to formulate and test new foam and plastic components using captured carbon dioxide (CO2) as feedstock. Within five years, the company expects to be using the new biomaterials in its vehicles. Foams... View More

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Ford Recycles Enough Aluminum to Build 30,000 F-150 Bodies Every Month

Ford recycles as much as 20 million pounds of aluminum stamping scrap per month using the closed-loop system at Dearborn Truck Plant, which builds F-150. That is the equivalent of more than 30,000 F-150 bodies in the largest configuration – a Super... View More

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GM Recycles Water Bottles to Make Chevy Equinox Part

General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles – collected from five of its Michigan facilities – are also being turned int... View More

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Ford transforming Dearborn campus to further drive innovation, collaboration and invest in employees

Ford Motor Company today announces plans to transform its Dearborn facilities into a modern, green and high-tech campus to foster innovation and help drive the company’s transition to an auto and a mobility company. The 10-year transformation of th... View More

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BMW, Daimler Expand Car-Sharing Services in the U.S.

German multinational automakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler are seeking larger shares of the U.S. urban mobility market. BMW has entered the car-sharing market with the launch of its ReachNow service in Seattle, Wash., while Daimler ... View More

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Ford Designing New Campus to Drive Innovation and Collaboration, Invest in Employees

Ford Motor Company today announced plans to transform its Dearborn facilities into a modern, sustainable, high-tech campus to foster innovation and help drive the company’s transition beyond mere automaker to a mobility company. The 10-year transfo... View More

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CDP: 7 Automakers May Face Exposure to Up to $4.8B in Emissions Penalties

A new report from CDP, analyzing 15 of the world’s largest automakers with combined market capitalization of US$846 billion, has found that tightening regulations on emissions are having a significant business impact in the wake of the Volkswagen s... View More

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Ford Expanding Environmental Stewardship Efforts by Sharing Best Practices with Suppliers

Tomorrow, at a forum of the G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency in Washington, D.C., Ford Motor Company will highlight its new Partnership for A Cleaner Environment (PACE), a program that aims to help the automaker’s suppliers minimize their impact ... View More

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Lyft and GM Launch Express Drive Program

SAN FRANCISCO – Lyft and General Motors today announced the launch of their Express Drive short-term rental program exclusive to the Lyft platform. The program will make cars available to Lyft drivers at affordable rates with insurance and mainten... View More

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GM to Acquire Cruise Automation to Accelerate Autonomous Vehicle Development

SAN FRANCISCO – General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) announced today it is acquiring Cruise Automation to add Cruise’s deep software talent and rapid development capability to further accelerate GM’s development of autonomous vehicle technology. ... View More

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GM’s Distribution and IT Centers Star in Energy Efficiency

DETROIT – Eleven General Motors facilities have earned ENERGY STAR® certification for superior energy efficiency from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These buildings, which include seven parts distribution centers, a global headquarters ... View More

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Novelis' Recycled Aluminum Builds Jaguar's Lightest, Most Aerodynamic Sedan

Novelis, world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, has partnered with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to supply aluminum sheet for the recently launched Jaguar XE — “Jaguar’s most advanced sports saloon.”The REALCAR (REcycled ALuminium CAR) pro... View More

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Trending: Paint Innovations Helping to Improve Vehicle Efficiency

When it comes to fuel economy, lightweight design and temperature control are important considerations for cars and airplanes alike – and the impact of a coat of paint might surprise you. Vehicles with more reflective coatings or with less paint ca... View More

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VW to 'Generously Compensate' 600,000 U.S. Diesel Vehicle Owners

On Friday, Volkswagen (VW) postponed the publication of its 2015 results and delayed its annual shareholders' meeting “due to remaining open questions and the resulting valuation calculations relating to the diesel emissions issue.” Despite the u... View More

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Trending: GM, Ford Launch New Partnerships to Drive the Future of Mobility

With CES 2016 underway in Las Vegas this week, we are expecting to have announcements about exciting tech advancements coming out of our ears. Case in point: At The Ford Motor Company's press conference this morning, it announced a partnership with A... View More

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Report: EVs Will Make Up Half of Luxury Car Market by 2020

Luxury vehicle manufacturers today make up about 23 percent of the plug-in electric vehicle (EV) market, and this is expected to climb to about 50 percent by the early 2020s, according to a new report from Navigant Research. ... View More

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Ford Testing Autonomous Hybrids in California, Sensors for Mobility Data in Rural Africa

The Ford Motor Company is ‘going further’ with its Smart Mobility Plan, which focuses on innovation in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience, and data and analytics. Two recent developments include the use of sensor... View More

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Automakers Beat GHG Standards for Third Year Running

Vehicle manufacturers have surpassed the more stringent 2014 standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the third consecutive year, while model year 2014 fuel economy remains steady at the highest level ever recorded, according to the U.S. Envi... View More

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