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Title: Advanced Propulsion and


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Advanced Propulsion and Green Initiatives at GM
Mary Beth Stanek Director, Energy Environment
Policy and Commercialization General Motors
Corporation
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Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
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Gasoline Engines Achieving the Maximum Fuel
Economy Potential
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Advanced 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

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Cellulosic 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
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GMs Path of Electrification
Equinox Fuel Cell
Increasing Level of Efficiency Reduced
Emissions
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Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
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Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
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  • 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

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  • - First lithium-ion battery pack manufacturing
    facility operated by a major automaker
  • - Production scheduled to begin in 2010

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Advanced Propulsion Technology Strategy
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  • - 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

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Facilities 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

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Facilities Management - Michigan Initiatives
  • Committed to continuously improving environmental
    impact in Michigan
  • Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant LEED
    certification

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Question and Answer
Mary Beth Stanek Director, Energy Environment
Policy and Commercialization General Motors
Corporation
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