Tag: General Motors

August 2, 2023

EVgo and General Motors have surpassed 1,000 fast charging stalls as part of their collaboration to expand charging infrastructure. First announced in 2020, this partnership will continue the development and installation of 3,250 DC fast charging stalls in major metro […]

May 15, 2020

Two companies that claim to have the solar EV roof all figured out are Royal DSM and Lightyear. Lightyear’s signature Lightyear One electric vehicle is set to launch next year with five square meters of built-in solar cells covering the […]

April 20, 2020

Unlike a certain other automaker, General Motors GM doesn’t seem to be interested in getting into making or selling solar power generating equipment. But that doesn’t mean the Detroit-based automaker isn’t interested in renewable energy. Like and increasing number of […]

December 13, 2018

Enel has started operations at the 185-megawatt HillTopper wind farm in Illinois via its U.S. renewable business Enel Green Power North America. Through power purchase agreements the facility, in Logan County, will sell power to Bloomberg LP, General Motors and […]

September 20, 2017

General Motors (GM) has announced that all its manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Indiana will have their electricity needs met by 100 percent renewable energy. In a statement on Tuesday, GM said it would purchase 200 megawatts (MW) of wind […]

June 23, 2017

Wind contracts among corporate power users have grown from 5% in 2013 to 40% in 2016, according to the American Wind Energy Association. Though tech companies like Google and Salesforce have long been using renewable energy, corporate giants such as […]

April 4, 2017

General Motors recently announced its plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. At the recent 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, executives from both GM and Ford discussed the importance of using technology developments for engine […]

September 16, 2016

General Motors announced yesterday that it will get its electricity from renewable sources across all of its 350 worldwide operations by 2050. The company said that it also is joining RE100, which is a global collaborative of businesses committed to 100 percent […]

March 9, 2016

Last week, General Motors said that 11 of its facilities were awardedthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR certification. Buildings under consideration must outperform 75 percent of similar facilities nationwide and meet other performance criteria set by the EPA in order […]