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GOING DIRECT; GM embraces high-tech injection.(News)(Brief article)
Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON
"Based on where we spend our money, yes, fuel economy is our No. 1 priority,'' said General Motors Powertrain group vice president Tom Stephens. To that end, the company is rolling out its new hybrids for the 2007 model year, beginning with the Saturn Vue Green Line in August, followed by hybrid variants of the Chevrolet Malibu and Saturn Aura sedans.
Six-speed automatic transmissions in front-, rear- and all-wheel-drive versions, gasoline direct injection, variable valve timing and Active Fuel Management (the new name for the cylinder-shutoff technology GM formerly called Displacement on Demand) also figure prominently in the company's offerings for 2007-08.
AFM, first applied to V8s, will make its first appearance on a GM V6 this fall in the 3.9-liter Chevrolet Impala.
The poster child for the influx of advanced technology engines at GM is the 2.0-liter Ecotec turbo going ...
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- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer March 5, 2001 700+ words
...involves selling some $600 million of bonds by mid-decade. The state has "a very ambitious project" ahead of it, said Tom Stephens, director of the Department of Transportation. Nevada is selling the debt and the department supervises the spending of...
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- Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics November 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 13, 2006 700+ words
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Stephens, chairman and CEO of Boise Cascade, will speak at the annual UBS Global Paper and Forest Products Conference to be held at the...
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- Magazine article from: Industrial Engineer Cross, Candi S. February 1, 2008 700+ words
...renewable, low cost, and efficient. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A voice behind many of the industry's policies and practices, Tom Stephens, CHO of Boise Cascade, offers a crisp description of the industry he was introduced to at the age of 14 as a logging truck...
- Manville chairman issues statement on Judge's comments. (Tom Stephens, Jack B....
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 6, 1990 700+ words
...District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein today, Manville Corporation (NYSE: MVL) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Stephens issued the following statement: As a company and as individuals our record of concern about the liquidity of the trust speaks...
- Manville CEO addresses World Economic Forum. (Manville Corp.'s Tom Stephens)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 5, 1990 700+ words
...corporate executives and economic leaders at the 1990 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tom Stephens, president and chief executive officer of the Manville Corp. (NYSE: MVL), candidly shared the lessons Manville learned...