BonzoHansen
01-15-2008, 06:27 PM
I was looking for a newswire on the holden ute (none found) but I found this:
GM To Use More Magnesium, Aluminum To Lighten Cars
01/15 12:41 pm (ON)
Story 0626 (GM)
By John D. Stoll Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Corp. (GM) Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Tuesday that the company is pushing to maintain the size of the cars it builds for the U.S. market even as fuel-economy standards tighten.
Lutz, speaking during a roundtable interview on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show, said the company will use different materials, such as more magnesium and aluminum, to make its vehicles lighter, and therefore more fuel-efficient.
It will also install more diesel engines in trucks and SUVs. Diesels typically achieve significantly better fuel economy than gasoline engines.
GM, like other major auto makers, is pursuing various technologies to develop vehicles that are more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly. Many of those technologies were prominently displayed at this year's auto show.
Auto makers have seen sales of large vehicles slide amid concerns about rising fuel costs, which have pushed consumers to cars that get better gas mileage. Companies also must take steps to comply with the terms of a recently passed energy bill that calls for auto makers to produce fleets that average 35 miles per gallon by 2020, up from the current target of about 25 miles per gallon.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
GM To Use More Magnesium, Aluminum To Lighten Cars
01/15 12:41 pm (ON)
Story 0626 (GM)
By John D. Stoll Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Corp. (GM) Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Tuesday that the company is pushing to maintain the size of the cars it builds for the U.S. market even as fuel-economy standards tighten.
Lutz, speaking during a roundtable interview on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show, said the company will use different materials, such as more magnesium and aluminum, to make its vehicles lighter, and therefore more fuel-efficient.
It will also install more diesel engines in trucks and SUVs. Diesels typically achieve significantly better fuel economy than gasoline engines.
GM, like other major auto makers, is pursuing various technologies to develop vehicles that are more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly. Many of those technologies were prominently displayed at this year's auto show.
Auto makers have seen sales of large vehicles slide amid concerns about rising fuel costs, which have pushed consumers to cars that get better gas mileage. Companies also must take steps to comply with the terms of a recently passed energy bill that calls for auto makers to produce fleets that average 35 miles per gallon by 2020, up from the current target of about 25 miles per gallon.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires