GM’s Strategy

- Advanced Propulsion
Technologies
David Chen
Vice President
General Motors China
GM’s Technology Strategy

Reduced Increased
Vehicle Vehicle Hydrogen
Emissions Fuel Economy Fuel Cell

Hybrid Electric
Vehicles

Incremental
Internal Combustion Engine
and Transmission Hydrogen
Improvements
Infrastructure
y
Toda
Near-Term Mid-Term Long-Term
 Current/Mid-term Technologies

Gas Engine Diesel Engine Transmissions

• Spark Ignition Direct • Increased maximum • 6-Speed AT families
Injection cylinder pressure (P-Max) (FWD & RWD)
• Variable Valve Timing • Common rail • Manual Transmission
Automated
• Displacement on • Diesel particulate filter
Demand • Dual Clutch Transmission
• Reduced Compression
• Port Deactivation Ratio • Continuously Variable
Transmission
• Turbo/supercharge • NOX after-treatment
• Alternative fuels • Advanced turbocharging
• More … • More …
 GM Allison EP40/50 Hybrid System

Build and deliver more than 250 GM Allison

hybrid electric drives by December 2004
Seattle,
WA (235)
St. Paul, MN (3)
Portland, OR (2) Hartford, CT (2)
Philadelphia, Benefits
PA(12) New Jersey (4) • Up to 60 percent fuel
Salt Lake City, UT (3) economy
• Reduces emissions by
Orange County, CA (2)
Austin, TX (2) more than 90 percent
• Operation sound levels
Houston, TX (4) equal to passenger cars
• 50 percent faster
acceleration
13,000 buses in the nation’s nine largest cities • Extended brake, engine oil
and transmission oil life
could save 40 million gallons of fuel per year • Compatible with bus
assembly line production
GM China – SAIC Hybrid Bus Program

GM China and SAIC just announced a joint hybrid bus

program in conjunction with its participation in the Michelin
Challenge Bibendum.
• Apply GM Allison EP hybrid system to high-volume and
high fuel consuming mass transit buses, and in this way
save as many gallons of gas as possible
• Explore alternatives that have the potential to greatly
impact its public transportation system in Shanghai
• Drive the development of a sustainable automotive
industry in China through mutually beneficial
partnerships
Long-Term: Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Non-Renewable
Oil

Natural
Gas

Coal

Renewable Nuclear
H2
Biomass
Hydro
Wind
Solar

GM’s Fuel Cell Goals:

• Make fuel cell vehicles commercially viable by 2010

• First company to sell one million fuel cell vehicles profitably
Conclusions

• Energy and Environment issues are the major challenges for

China auto industry’s sustainable development

• GM has a single, integrated propulsion strategy with near-,

mid- and long-term technologies
• Deliver the near term strategy to reduce fuel consumption
and emissions on our products in China
• Strengthen and deliver the mid-term strategy of new hybrid
technology that will provide even greater fuel savings in the
largest fuel consuming vehicles
• Keep the focus on long term strategy of hydrogen fuel cells
which may help China take leapfrogging development