10-29-2007, 04:48 PM
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Engineering first
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Real Name: Bob
Location: Huntsville, AL
Hybrids: Prius Classic 03
Posts: 5,613
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GM starts the assembly line
http://canadianpress.google.com/arti...9gEo9ALBpQ3owQ
Quote:
GM producing two-mode, gas-electric hybrid transmission systems for 2008 SUVs
4 hours ago
WHITE MARSH, Md. - General Motors Corp. started production Monday of its two-mode gas-electric hybrid transmission systems that will debut in the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid sport utility vehicles.
Built at the automaker's Baltimore Transmission plant, the hybrid system will help GM compete against Toyota Motor Corp., which sells hybrid versions of the Toyota Highlander and Lexus RX SUVs, and Ford Motor Co., which offers the Escape Hybrid SUV.
GM officials said it was the first hybrid transmission to be developed in the United States and noted that three-fourths of its content came from U.S.-based suppliers.
John Buttermore, GM Powertrain's vice-president of global manufacturing, said the hybrid systems were part of the company's efforts to offer more fuel-efficient vehicles powered by an assortment of energy sources, including ethanol, electricity and hydrogen. . . .
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Way to go! Looking forward to more progress.
Bob Wilson
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