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GM still plans an automated driver-assist system that covers 95% of U.S. roads, but it won't be called Ultra Cruise.
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GM trademarks Sidewinder for future steering systems
GM may be preparing a follow up to its Crab Walk steering feature on the Hummer EV.
Stephen Edelstein -
With launch of GM Energy, GM moves beyond selling autos
In the future, EV owners will able to sell energy from their cars back to the grid.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
GM to develop Ultium EV battery for US military
GM's Ultium batteries could one day power vehicles in the U.S. military.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
GM imagines real Transformers with shape-shifting car design patents
In director Michael Bay's version of the "Transformers" franchise, the world of Decepticons and Autobots is heavily populated by General Motors products. Bumblebee used to be an old Volkswagen Beetle, but now it's a late-model Camaro. As reported by GM Inside News, GM has filed for patent...
Jeff Glucker -
Cadillac Hires Lobbyist As New Global Boss, Ponders New Models
Robert E. Ferguson, GM’s vice president for global public policy and a former AT&T executive, has been appointed to the newly-created position of vice president, Cadillac global. Ferguson will report directly to GM’s chairman and CEO, Dan Akerson. As he transitions into the role...
Kurt Ernst -
General Motors crossed a milestone yesterday. Somewhere on a little counter in GM's Performance Build Center at Wixom near Detroit, a number ticked over from 99,999,999 to 100,000,000, marking the hundred-millionth small-block V8 GM has produced. That milestone engine is a 638-horsepower supercharged LS9, and will be finding its way into a lucky example of the Corvette ZR1 - quite fitting that the most extreme production GM small-block is also its 100-millonth. In a line that stretches right back to the 1955 Chevrolet Corvette with only 190 horsepower, the small-block V8 has always been...
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GM's 100-Millionth Small Block Engine Is A 638-HP LS9
It powers the ZR1, and it has powered about 99,999,999 other cars, too: it's GM's small block engine family, including V-8s and V-6s, and it's been in action since 1955. Yes, GM has built its 100-millionth small-block engine, and it's an LS9 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 good for 638 horsepower--443...
Nelson Ireson -
Smartphone Communication Could Make Roads Safer, Says GM
Your car might already have an option to synchronize with your smartphone, but General Motors reckons the technology could offer so much more. Apps like Waze and Bump can be handy for avoiding traffic (or chatting if you're already stuck) but vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure systems...
Antony Ingram -
GM And BMW To Partner On Green Tech?
With auto giants Ford and Toyota recently announcing a partnership for the development of a new rear-wheel drive hybrid module that will ensure their respective SUV and pickup models have a bright spot in a world of rising oil prices, it was only a matter of time until some of their major rivals...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
GM First With Front Center Airbag
GM has announced plans to launch the industry’s first front center airbag, designed to help protect drivers and front passengers in far-side impact crashes where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle. The tubular airbag is also designed to provide restraint...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
OnStar's Reassurance: We Respect Your Privacy. Really, We Do
It's often the way with the modern world: The products and services we use aren't just products and services any more - they're experiences. Where once you used to use a car to get from A to B with the occasional trip via C, now you can be as connected to your life on the internet as you are with...
Antony Ingram -
Improving fuel economy and reducing noise can occasionally be mutually compatible - the smooth aerodynamics of a 2011 Toyota Prius making it a refined highway cruiser, for example. However, GM is trialling a technology in the Chevrolet Equinox that makes quietness an outright necessity for economical cruising, using a trick used in high-end headphones. Noise-cancelling headphones are specially designed emit an "antinoise" sound to cancel out external noise, such as the background hum on a plane. Known as active noise control, sound waves opposite to those of the background hum combine with...
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SiriusXM Offers 2 Free Weeks To Lapsed Subscribers
The Great Recession forced many people to rein in household spending. Among the easiest cutbacks to make? Subscriptions to cable channels, magazines, and other infotainment services. Now that the economy is on the mend (this week, anyway), many of those services are working overtime to woo former...
Richard Read -
Don't Trust Your Teen? Track Them With GM OnStar Family Link
If you're trusting your teenage son or daughter with the car for the night it's nice to know that their journey has gone safely - or that they're actually going where they said they would. For that extra piece of mind GM is testing a new OnStar service called 'Family Link' that allows subscribers...
Antony Ingram -
2012 Chevrolet Cruze: High Tech Electrics Deliver Fuel Gains
GM has recently confirmed that from 2013 the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan will be sold with a turbodiesel engine option, allowing an auto-equipped diesel Cruze to hit low to mid 40s miles per gallon on average. Even the regular gasoline version is fairly efficient by the standards of many cars...
Antony Ingram -
OnStar In Every Car: FMV Available From July 24th For $300
The OnStar vehicle infotainment, navigation and security system will be familar to owners of newer GM products, but soon you won't even need a GM vehicle to benefit from the technology. Revealed at CES back in March, OnStar FMV, "For My Vehicle", is an aftermarket mirror that features several of...
Antony Ingram -
General Motors Picks U.K. For EN-V City Car Euro Manufacture
Small cars are becoming big business. The smart fortwo, Scion iQ, Gordon Murray's upcoming T.25, the Renault Twizy... more and more carmakers are developing tiny vehicles to provide our city transportation of the future. General Motors has jumped on the bandwagon too. GM showed the cleverly named...
Antony Ingram -
According to Nielsen, Americans are finally shifting to smartphones: 38% of mobile users already have one, and the majority of those shopping for new handsets are planning to purchase one in the near future. General Motors is hoping to cash in on that development with its new GMC Showroom App. Like most sales apps, the GMC Showroom App is free to download. Crack it open, and you can research the full range of GMC rides -- check out pics, skim through videos, and even configure a vehicle to your own specifications. Although the app doesn't allow you to purchase a vehicle via your phone, you...
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle: Chevy Volt's Power Pack Planter
Reducing fuel consumption and emissions is only one aspect of automotive sustainability - at the end of a car's life comes the time for its components to be re-used and recycled. We'd hope for Chevrolet's sake that its 2011 Volt models aren't already reaching the end of their life-cycles but it's...
Antony Ingram -
GM Changing Name And Features Of Certified Pre-Owned Program
Certified pre-owned programs often provide shoppers with a higher-value alternative to new cars, with a warranty that's nearly as good. Now GM is making some changes to its program in order to make it even more attractive. The program once known as the GM Certified Used Vehicles Program will be...
Tim Healey -
Opel Astra Cabrio Teased, U.S. Launch Rumored
We’ve been reporting about a convertible version of the latest-generation Opel Astra sold in Europe since 2009 but news concerning the car never really heated up until last month when reports emerged suggesting that the car, along with the recently revealed Opel Astra GTC sports hatch, could...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
GM Commits To New Cadillac Escalade, Prices Expected To Rise Significantly
With GM’s announcement that it will be investing more than $331 million in its Arlington assembly plant in Texas, home of its ‘GMT900’ full-size SUVS such as the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and the Cadillac Escalade, the General has essentially secured the future of...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2011 Saab 9-4X Aero: First Drive
While we have truly unique vehicles like the next-generation 2013 Saab 9-3 to look forward to—or at least hope for, given the current uncertain state of Saab's future—in the meantime the Swedish automaker is subsisting on designs directly shared with its former owner, General Motors...
Bengt Halvorson