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16/09/2008 03:01. New activities examine 100 years of evolving technology General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributingan updated version of their middle school classroom curriculum, “The Energy Highway – Solutions Ahead,” which aims to help students understand the energy challenges facing society today and some of the potential solutions to those challenges. To commemorate GM’s 100 th anniversary, this year’s curriculum also features a new poster insert that explores noteworthy technologies of the last century as well as a look at future automotive technologies. The curriculum packet also includes a teacher’s guide with reproducible student activities, an additional classroom wall poster, and informational student/parent booklets. Online games for students are also available at... // PR-USA.net 16/09/2008 03:01 General Motors and Weekly Reader Release Classroom Curriculum on ... PR-USA.net
New activities examine 100 years of evolving technology General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributingan updated version of their middle school classroom curriculum, “The Energy Highway – Solutions Ahead,” which aims to help students understand the energy challenges facing society today and some of the potential solutions to those challenges. To commemorate GM’s 100 th anniversary, this year’s curriculum also features a new poster insert that explores noteworthy technologies of the last century as well as a look at future automotive technologies. The curriculum packet also includes a teacher’s guide with reproducible student activities, an additional classroom wall poster, and informational student/parent booklets. Online games for students are also available at... // PR-USA.net 15/09/2008 23:53 EPA tests GM's fourth-generation fuel cell vehicle Reliable Plant Magazine
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L.
Johnson on September 12 showcased the fourth generation of
Chevrolet's Equinox Fuel Cell Car, the newest addition to the
agency's vehicle fleet. The new car underscores EPA's support for
national efforts to develop clean energy technologies and help move
the United States toward energy independence. "EPA is turning the key on an engine of change, by turning fleet emissions from CO2 to H2O," said EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "EPA supports new technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells that are good for our environment and good for our economy." The vehicle, the fourth generation Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell, is an electric car enabled by General Motors' advanced fuel cell propulsion system and is tested and engineered for... // Reliable Plant Magazine 14/09/2008 08:16 EPA Joins GM in World's Largest Market Test of Hydrogen Powered ... Autochannel
Federal agency continues commitment to alternative fuel
technologies with the addition of a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell
electric vehicle to its fleet Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and General Motors Vice President Environment, Energy and Safety Policy Beth Lowery WASHINGTON September 13, 2008: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), responsible for promoting a cleaner and healthier environment for Americans, today joined forces with General Motors as part of a long-standing commitment to hydrogen fuel cell commercialization. With the delivery of a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Electric vehicle, the EPA will be the newest participant in Chevrolets Project Driveway - - an innovative market test that is helping to bring fuel cell electric vehicle... // Autochannel 13/09/2008 18:16 EPA Joins GM in World's Largest Market Test of Hydrogen Powered ... The FINANCIAL
13/09/2008 18:15 EPA Joins GM in World's Largest Market Test of Hydrogen Powered ... The FINANCIAL
With the delivery of a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Electric vehicle,
the EPA will be the newest participant in
Chevrolet’s Project Driveway - - an innovative
market test that is helping to bring fuel cell electric vehicle
technology to market. Over the next six months, the EPA Headquarters motor pool will use the vehicle to conduct business in Washington, D.C. - -emissions free – while allowing the on-board electronic recording devices to track the real-world performance data. “The EPA’s history of research and testing of fuel cells and other advanced technologies make them an important partner for Project Driveway,†said Elizabeth Lowery, vice president, Environment, Energy and Safety Policy at GM. “Together, our organizations have learned a great... // The FINANCIAL 13/09/2008 17:56 EPA Joins GM To Test Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles HULIQ
13/09/2008 05:14 EPA Joins GM in World's Largest Market Test of Hydrogen Powered ... Fuel Cell Works
Federal agency continues commitment to alternative fuel
technologies with the addition of a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell
electric vehicle to its fleet WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), responsible for promoting a cleaner and healthier environment for Americans, today joined forces with General Motors as part of a long-standing commitment to hydrogen fuel cell commercialization. With the delivery of a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Electric vehicle, the EPA will be the newest participant in Chevrolet’s Project Driveway - - an innovative market test that is helping to bring fuel cell electric vehicle technology to market. Over the next six months, the EPA Headquarters motor pool will use the vehicle to conduct business in Washington, D.C. - -emissions free... // Fuel Cell Works 13/09/2008 02:03 EPA Joins GM in World's Largest Market Test of Hydrogen Powered ... StreetInsider.com
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), responsible for promoting a cleaner and
healthier environment for Americans, today joined forces with
General Motors as part of a long-standing commitment to hydrogen
fuel cell commercialization. With the delivery of a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Electric vehicle, the EPA will be the newest participant in Chevrolet's Project Driveway -- an innovative market test that is helping to bring fuel cell electric vehicle technology to market. Over the next six months, the EPA Headquarters motor pool will use the vehicle to conduct business in Washington, D.C. -- emissions free -- while allowing the on-board electronic recording devices to track the real-world performance data. "The EPA's history of research and... // StreetInsider.com 12/09/2008 22:36 General Motors and Weekly Reader Release Classroom Curriculum on ... Prdomain Business Register
General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributingan updated version
of their middle school classroom curriculum, The Energy
Highway Solutions Ahead, which aims to help students
understand the energy challenges facing society today and some of
the potential solutions to those challenges. To commemorate
GMs 100 th anniversary, this years curriculum also
features a new poster insert that explores noteworthy technologies
of the last century as well as a look at future automotive
technologies. The curriculum packet also includes a teachers
guide with reproducible student activities, an additional classroom
wall poster, and informational student/parent booklets. Online
games for students are also available at gm.com/education. As global energy demands continue to increase, GM is committed to... // Prdomain Business Register 12/09/2008 18:50 General Motors and Weekly Reader Release Classroom Curriculum on ... The FINANCIAL
12/09/2008 10:44 General Motors, Weekly Reader Release Curriculum on Energy and ... PaddockTalk
General Motors, Weekly Reader Release Curriculum on Energy and
Environment Issues General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributingan updated version of their middle school classroom curriculum, “The Energy Highway – Solutions Ahead,†which aims to help students understand the energy challenges facing society today and some of the potential solutions to those challenges. To commemorate GM’s 100 th anniversary, this year’s curriculum also features a new poster insert that explores noteworthy technologies of the last century as well as a look at future automotive technologies. The curriculum packet also includes a teacher’s guide with reproducible student activities, an additional classroom wall poster, and informational student/parent booklets. Online... // PaddockTalk 12/09/2008 05:41 Pontiac Grand-Am GT Teams to Decide Championship WhoWon.com
DETROIT, Mich. -- Pontiac Grand-Am GT teams will be involved in a
three way battle for the Rolex Series GT championship in the final
round of the Grand-Am Rolex Series Sunrichgourmet.com
1000-kilometer race to be held at Miller Motorsport Park on
September 20. Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards have their Banner
Racing Pontiac GXP.R in the lead with Stevenson Motorsports drivers
Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis a close second in the points. · Collins and Edwards lead GT points by five · Liddell and Davis second in GT points trail by five · Pontiac leads manufacturer standings in GT · Final race at Miller on September 20, seven hours The long 4.486-mile, 24-turn Miller Motorsport Park circuit will be the site of the Rolex Series GT showdown. The race will take place on the countries... // WhoWon.com 11/09/2008 19:10 General Motors and Weekly Reader Release Classroom Curriculum on ... Emediawire
General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributing an updated
version of their middle school classroom curriculum, "The Energy
Highway - Solutions Ahead," which aims to help students understand
the energy challenges facing society today and some of the
potential solutions to those challenges. To commemorate GM's 100th
anniversary, this year's curriculum also features a new poster
insert that explores noteworthy technologies of the last century as
well as a look at future automotive technologies. Detroit, MI (PRWEB) September 11, 2008 -- General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributing an updated version of their middle school classroom curriculum, "The Energy Highway - Solutions Ahead," which aims to help students understand the energy challenges facing society today and some of the... // Emediawire 11/09/2008 19:07 General Motors and Weekly Reader Release Classroom Curriculum on ... PR Web
General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributing an updated
version of their middle school classroom curriculum, "The Energy
Highway - Solutions Ahead," which aims to help students understand
the energy challenges facing society today and some of the
potential solutions to those challenges. To commemorate GM's 100th
anniversary, this year's curriculum also features a new poster
insert that explores noteworthy technologies of the last century as
well as a look at future automotive technologies. Detroit, MI ( PRWEB ) September 11, 2008 -- General Motors and Weekly Reader are distributing an updated version of their middle school classroom curriculum, "The Energy Highway - Solutions Ahead," which aims to help students understand the energy challenges facing society today and some of the... // PR Web 10/09/2008 23:10 General Motors plans landfill-free factories Fair Home
The US-based automobile giant says 43 of its plants are already landfill-free, meaning that no waste from the manufacturing process ends up in landfill. Around 40 more GM plants are expected to reduce landfill waste to little or nothing by the end of 2010. GM is cutting back on waste by reusing or recycling over 95% of materials used in the manufacturing process. This year the company is expected to save 3 million tons of waste from entering landfill, preventing 3.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Scrap metals are sold, boxes for parts are... // Fair Home 10/09/2008 11:40 Pontiac Grand-Am GT Teams to Decide Championship Motorsport.com
10/09/2008 05:39 Pontiac-Powered GT Class Teams to Decide Championship Grand-Am
DETROIT, Mich. (Sept. 9, 2008) - Pontiac-powered teams will be involved in a three-way battle for
the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Series presented by Crown
Royal Cask No. 16 GT class championship in the season finale
Sunrichgourmet.com 1000 event to be held at Miller Motorsport Park
on September 20. Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards have their No. 07
Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R in the lead with Stevenson Motorsports
drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis a close second in the
points. · Collins and Edwards lead GT points by five · Liddell and Davis second in GT points trail by five · Pontiac leads manufacturer standings in GT The long 4.486-mile, 24-turn Miller Motorsport Park circuit will be the site of the Rolex Series GT class showdown. The race will take place on the... // Grand-Am 10/09/2008 05:07 Pontiac Grand-Am GT Teams To Decide Championship PaddockTalk
Pontiac Grand-Am GT Teams To Decide Championship Pontiac Grand-Am GT teams will be involved in a three way battle for the Rolex Series GT championship in the final round of the Grand-Am Rolex Series Sunrichgourmet.com 1000-kilometer race to be held at Miller Motorsport Park on September 20. Kelly Collins and Paul Edwards have their Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R in the lead with Stevenson Motorsports drivers Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis a close second in the points. · Collins and Edwards lead GT points by five · Liddell and Davis second in GT points trail by five · Pontiac leads manufacturer standings in GT · Final race at Miller on September 20, seven hours The long 4.486-mile, 24-turn Miller Motorsport Park circuit will be the site of the Rolex Series GT showdown. The... // PaddockTalk 10/09/2008 03:58 GM Environmental Statement Announced Vette Magazine
10/09/2008 01:01 GM factories avoid landfill Environmental Data Interactive
Company bosses announced that more than 80 of its factories worldwide will have to ensure that almost all production waste or garbage is recycled or reused to meet the ambitious target. However, it is already halfway there, as 33 plants have recently achieved landfill-free status, bringing the current total to 43. Under the initiative, more than 96% of waste materials are recycled or reused, and the remaining waste is incinerated at energy-from-waste facilities. General Motors is expected to save more than 3m tons of waste materials this year prevent 3.65m tons of carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere. An additional 50,000 tons of waste that could have... // Environmental Data Interactive 10/09/2008 01:01 Ford Volunteers Kick Off 3rd Annual Global Week Of Caring TAXI Design Network
Thousands of Ford Motor Company employees joined arms to volunteer
at projects on six continents for the third annual Ford Global Week
of Caring. Ford employee and retiree volunteers will pack up their skills and their hearts, and venture out into their local communities to build homes, renovate shelters and feed the hungry. More than 8,000 volunteers will work on more than 175 projects in local communities around the world, totaling more than 24,000 man hours in community service. This extraordinary effort is part of Ford's continuing commitment to give back and make a positive difference in people's lives. During Global Week of Caring, Ford volunteers will repair an orphanage in Mexico, construct houses in a village in the Philippines, perform needed maintenance at a children's home... // TAXI Design Network 09/09/2008 23:16 GM to Go “Landfill Free” Riverwired
While recycling and reusing leftover car bits has an undeniable environmental impact, it affects GM’s bottom line, too. Its global scrap metal recycling efforts have reached $1 billion a year, with another $16 million coming from the sale of... // Riverwired 09/09/2008 10:45 Ford Flex Partners With Esquire and E Ink to Present First-Ever ... DMN Newswire
-- The 75th Anniversary issue of Esquire magazine makes history
with the first-ever digital cover. The inside front cover also uses
moving electronic imagery to showcase the new 2009 Ford Flex. -- With its futuristic design and advanced technologies, the Ford Flex connects perfectly with the theme of Esquire's 75th Anniversary issue, "The 21st century begins now." -- Flex is like no other vehicle on the road with its signature side grooves, all-black greenhouse, distinctive two-tone Vista (TM) roof and a host of industry-leading technologies. DEARBORN, Mich. , Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in celebration of its 75th Anniversary, Esquire Magazine and the new Ford Flex make publishing history with the first-ever digital cover. The magazine merges print and electronic technology in a... // DMN Newswire 09/09/2008 09:01 Ford Flex Partners With Esquire and E Ink to Present First-Ever ... SmartBrief
-- The 75th Anniversary issue of Esquire magazine makes
history with the first-ever digital cover. The inside front cover also uses
moving electronic imagery to showcase the new 2009 Ford Flex. -- With its futuristic design and advanced technologies, the
Ford Flex connects perfectly with the theme of Esquire's 75th
Anniversary issue, "The 21st century begins now." -- Flex is like no other vehicle on the road with its
signature side grooves, all-black greenhouse, distinctive two-tone
Vista(TM) roof and a host of industry-leading technologies.
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in celebration of its 75th Anniversary, Esquire Magazine and the new Ford Flex make publishing history with the first-ever digital cover. The magazine merges print and electronic technology in a... // SmartBrief 09/09/2008 08:31 Ford Flex Partners With Esquire and E Ink to Present First-Ever ... PR Newswire
-- The 75th Anniversary issue of Esquire magazine makes
history with the first-ever digital cover. The inside front cover also uses
moving electronic imagery to showcase the new 2009 Ford Flex.
-- With its futuristic design and advanced technologies, the Ford Flex connects perfectly with the theme of Esquire's 75th Anniversary issue, "The 21st century begins now." -- Flex is like no other vehicle on the road with its signature side grooves, all-black greenhouse, distinctive two-tone Vista(TM) roof and a host of industry-leading technologies. DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in celebration of its 75th Anniversary, Esquire Magazine and the new Ford Flex make publishing history with the first-ever digital cover. The magazine merges print and electronic technology in a... // PR Newswire 09/09/2008 08:17 Ford Flex Partners With Esquire and E Ink to Present First-Ever ... MarketWatch
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept 08, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- -- The 75th Anniversary issue of Esquire magazine makes first-ever digital cover. The inside front cover also uses electronic imagery to showcase the new 2009 Ford Flex. -- With its futuristic design and advanced technologies, the connects perfectly with the theme of Esquire's 75th issue, "The 21st century begins now." -- Flex is like no other vehicle on the road with its grooves, all-black greenhouse, distinctive two-tone host of industry-leading technologies. With its futuristic design and cache of advanced technologies, the new Flex fits in perfectly with the forward-thinking concept of the magazine, "The 21st Century Begins Now," according to Jim Farley, Ford Group Vice President of Marketing and... // MarketWatch 09/09/2008 08:14 Ford Flex Partners With Esquire and E Ink to Present First-Ever ... Earthtimes
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 8 MI-Ford-Flex-eCover DEARBORN, Mich. , Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in celebration of its 75th Anniversary, Esquire Magazine and the new Ford Flex make publishing history with the first-ever digital cover. The magazine merges print and electronic technology in a first-of-its-kind electronic cover that represents the best-in-class technology available from the Ford Flex crossover. The ground-breaking cover of the October issue of the magazine and the double-page advertisement for the Flex inside the front cover of Ford's newest crossover "electrifying the night" give the illusion of moving words and images, courtesy of flexible electronic display technology produced by E Ink, the same company that developed the technology used in Amazon.com's e-book device, the... // Earthtimes 09/09/2008 04:59 Team Detroit Takes Fresh Approach to Launch Fresh Ford Flex PR Newswire
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Team Detroit and Ford Company will launch the new Ford Flex advertising campaign this week. Backed by a robust, multi-tiered media plan and distinctive approach, the 2009 Ford Flex program was developed with a singular precise focus -- to excite, stimulate and surprise the current audience. "The Ford Flex is electric. When you see it, it provokes a said Jim Farley, Ford group vice president, marketing and communications. "So the approach we took to launch the vehicle is unconventional unexpected," said Farley. "A vehicle this strong warranted a unique approach," said Toby Barlow, executive creative director and co-president of JWT Team Detroit. Flex launch, we employed three new processes during our cycle. Beyond just... // PR Newswire 09/09/2008 03:31 Team Detroit Takes Fresh Approach to Launch Fresh Ford Flex MarketWatch
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept 08, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Team Detroit and Ford Motor Company will launch the new Ford Flex advertising campaign this week. Backed by a robust, multi-tiered media plan and distinctive creative approach, the 2009 Ford Flex program was developed with a singular and precise focus -- to excite, stimulate and surprise the current crossover audience. "A vehicle this strong warranted a unique approach," said Toby Barlow, executive creative director and co-president of JWT Team Detroit. "For the Flex launch, we employed three new processes during our developmental cycle. Beyond just developing a brief, we also established a massive brand book which expanded far beyond the traditional style guide," Barlow said. "The brand book served as the 'Holy Grail'... // MarketWatch |
