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Hughes Communications was founded in 1971 under the name Digital Communication Corporation (DCC) [8] by a group of seven engineers and a lawyer led by John Puente and Dr. Burton Edelson, [9] who all previously worked together at Comsat Laboratories. [10]
Some GM and Ford EVs will lose the $7,500 federal tax credit this year, but GM is taking steps to make sure it's only temporary. ... GM to offer $7,500 discount on EVs that don't get tax credit in ...
The American-based international automotive conglomerate General Motors (GM) underpins its many vehicle models with various platforms.These platforms are established sets of axles, suspensions, and steering mechanisms which fit various bodies and powertrains from various marques that GM owns.
GM-1 (Göring Mischung 1) was a system for injecting nitrous oxide (laughing gas) into aircraft engines that was used by the Luftwaffe in World War II. This increased the amount of oxygen in the fuel mixture, and thereby improved high-altitude performance.
Wilson was born in Minerva, Ohio, the son of Thomas E. and Rosalind (née Unkefer) Wilson. [3] After earning a degree in electrical engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1909, he joined the Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh, where eventually he supervised the engineering of automobile electrical equipment, and during World War I, the development of dynamotors and ...
The GMC straight-6 engine was a series of gasoline-powered straight-six engines introduced in the 1939 model year by the GMC Trucks division of General Motors.Prior to the introduction of this new engine design GMC trucks had been powered by straight-six engines designed by the Buick, Pontiac and Oldsmobile divisions of GM.
6.2L fitted to a 1987 HMMWV. The original 6.2 L (379 cu in) diesel V8 was introduced in 1982 for the Chevrolet C/K and was produced until 1993. The 6.2L diesel emerged as a high-fuel-economy alternative to the V8 gasoline engine lineup, and achieved better mileage than Chevrolet's 4.3L V6 gasoline engine of the 1980s, at a time when the market was focused on power rather than efficiency.
General Motors Diesel selected a site on the outskirts of London, Ontario, for this plant.It opened in 1950, eventually expanding several times to 208 acres (842,000 m 2) and branching out into building transit buses, earth movers (Terex 1965-1980) and military vehicles built at adjacent facilities. [1]