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2 Mode hybrids

By Lou Ann Hammond|2020-02-10T14:01:50-08:00August 6th, 2006|Categories: Alternative Fuels, Automobiles and Energy, BMW, GM, Hybrids, Manufacturers, Technology|Tags: 2 mode hybrid system, BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors Corp., hybrid system|

A significant automotive industry milestone The state-of-the-art full hybrid system, whose components are being co-developed by General Motors Corp., DaimlerChrysler and the BMW Group for production beginning next year, represents a significant automotive industry milestone due to the unique fully integrated combination of electric motors with a fixed-gear transmission. As a result of it's low- [...]

2005 Automobile October sales

The big picture The numbers are bad for the auto industry. The decrease in sales from October 2004 to October 2005 is 14.1 percent. Depending on which industry analyst you talk to, the numbers differ. The reason is their reasoning. Some analysts don't include Mercedes with DaimlerChrysler, or PAG with Ford. I am using J.D. [...]