03-26-2008, 12:46 PM
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Energy Independence!
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Real Name: Fernando
Location: South Texas
Hybrids: Honda Civic
Posts: 295
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Re: Lutz - "You have to live to 150 . . ."
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Originally Posted by martinjlm
- 1st no-crank engine (GM invented the electric starter)
- 1st automatic transmission
- 1st electronically controlled automatic transmission
- 1st electronic radios
- 1st Heads Up Display
- 1st Night Vision applications
- 1st Delay Wipers applications
- 1st Rain Sensing Wipers applications
- 1st Variable Displacement Engines (1st app was notoriously bad, but current generation product is exceptional)
- 1st modern commercially available electric car
- 1st in-vehicle telematics system (OnStar)
- 1st implementation of satellite radio (XM)
- 1st commercial availability of airbags
- Tie with Honda for 1st commercial availability of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
- 1st application of power retractable hardtop in an affordable (<$30K) car
- Currently among the 2 or 3 leaders in development of fully autonomous vehicles
That's just off the top of my head.
Peace,
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I believe that the modern catalytic converter is also a GM innovation.
The U.S. has reached a point “where the priorities of Congress could become so distorted by politics” that it would turn its back on the next great global industry, clean power — Rhone Resch
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