Title: Advanced Propulsion and
1Advanced Propulsion and Green Initiatives at GM
Mary Beth Stanek Director, Energy Environment
Policy and Commercialization General Motors
Corporation
2Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
3Gasoline Engines Achieving the Maximum Fuel
Economy Potential
4Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
- GM offers products around the world that can use
a range of alternative fuels - In the U.S., GM offers 20 flex-fuel models that
can operate on E85 ethanol
5Cellulosic Ethanol
- - Thermochemical process
- - Agricultural and municipal waste
- - Begin test production in mid-2009
- Biochemical process - Plant and wood waste -
Plant to open in New York by mid-2009
6GMs Path of Electrification
Equinox Fuel Cell
Increasing Level of Efficiency Reduced
Emissions
7Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
8Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
9- Chevrolet Volt Production to begin in 2010
- - Electricity powers the wheels at all times
(Voltec) - - Uses electricity stored in the battery for
trips up to 40 miles - - Engine/generator seamlessly provides
electricity - Extends range for a few hundred additional miles
10- - First lithium-ion battery pack manufacturing
facility operated by a major automaker - - Production scheduled to begin in 2010
11Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
12- - Hydrogen fuel cell-electric vehicle
- - gt100 vehicles in the hands of everyday
drivers - - California, New York, Washington, D.C.
- - 600,000 real-world miles
- - 10 HydroGen4 vehicles deployed in Berlin as
part of Germanys Clean Energy Partnership
13Facilities Management - Global Results
- Global commitment to reduce environmental
footprint - Since 2000
- - 25 Reduction in energy usage (Leading user of
renewable energy) - - 27 Reduction in CO2 emissions
- - 34 Reduction in water usage
- 54 Landfill-free facilities Goal of 50
landfill-free by 2010
14Facilities Management - Michigan Initiatives
- Committed to continuously improving environmental
impact in Michigan - Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant LEED
certification
15Question and Answer
Mary Beth Stanek Director, Energy Environment
Policy and Commercialization General Motors
Corporation