Posts Tagged ‘gm headquarters’

Ronn Motors’ Scorpion: 450 horses, 40 miles to the gallon

Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Hydrogen has been touted as a viable fuel source for decades, and seemingly every day, some new or upcoming hydrogen-powered milestone is reached or discussed. However, in nearly every case, hydrogen is being touted as a standalone fuel source. But what about using pure hydrogen mixed with gasoline ......

Bob Lutz blogs about first drive in Volt mule

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Bob Lutz has gotten behind the wheel of a Chevy Volt mule, and he seems rather impressed -- both by the performance of its electric drivetrain's instant torque capabilities and the far-reaching impact that the electric vehicle could have on the marketplace. Of course, we are all familiar by now with......

Suzuki Wagon R, Stingray Limited editions intro’d in Japan

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Suzuki Wagon R and Stingray LimitedIn Japan, Suzuki expects the Wagon R to eclipse the 3,000,000 units sold milestone this month. To commemorate, it has launched Limited versions of both the Wagon R and its Stingray variant (whose front-end styling looks ver......

Lutz declares that first Volt mule is running 40 miles on battery power

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
According to Bob Lutz, the first Chevy Volt powertrain mule has just passed a major milestone. After several weeks of testing in the lab with a battery pack installed, the Malibu based pre-prototype has rolled out into the fresh air. In fact, according to Lutz, the car has even rolled passed past th......

Scuderi split-cycle engine almost ready for sale to automakers

Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Scuderi has been hard at work refining its split-cycle engine technology for the last few years, and the company believes that it's close to another milestone. Though still far from production, testing has recently validated an important aspect of the design involving the valvetrain, so vice preside......

eBay Motors sells 3 millionth vehicle, reimburses buyer and then some

Friday, April 18th, 2008
eBay Motors has been a category of eBay.com since 2000, and eight years later the online auction house has marked a milestone by facilitating the sale of its 3,000,000th vehicle. The milestone model was a 2002 Ford F-250 pickup won by Patricia Weidler of Otego, NY, who bought the truck to help her h......

VIDEO: Bob Lutz busts a move at GM Style

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
click above to watch Ballroom Bob get down and boogieWe've come to know GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz as "Maximum Bob" for his brash style, "Blogger Bob" for his musings on GM Fast Lane, and now we christen a new Lutz: Ballroom Bob. During the GM Style Event just outside GM headquarters, the General ha......

Lutz promises viable demonstration of Volt by Easter

Thursday, September 13th, 2007
We can hear the hallowed halls of GM headquarters ringing with the chant, "Let Lutz be Lutz!" When Maximum Bob Lutz takes off the gloves, things get done, and the automaker's vice chairman bared his fists recently at a meeting of the Western Automotive Journalists Association in San Francisco. Lutz ......

WikiCamp in Chennai

Monday, February 12th, 2007
“Chennai has become quite a happening place these days” - This is the general feeling among the Indian technologists in the last few months and I must proudly acknowledge that the initiatives of The Knowledge Foundation (TKF) are the key reasons for such an impression. Highly energetic and much ......

Launch of National portal for India , Yet another Milestone (???) of ..

Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Now-a-days i guess “The Hindu” allocates space for the Ads from the IT ministry by default.But today unlike the usual gimmicks ( i’m not tht much harsh, i guess :wink:) , The launch of National portal of India , looks attractive and useful on the first sight.Right from the basic details like h......