General Motors and SAIC to jointly develop small engine and dual clutch transmission

Filed under: China, Technology, GM

General Motors has reached an agreement with one of its primary Chinese partners, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. (SAIC), on the joint development of powertrains for small vehicles.

GM and SAIC will develop and produce a family of four-cylinder engines ranging from 1.0- to 1.5-liters with direct injection and turbocharging. The…

Rumormill: Toyota, Tesla to jointly develop electric prototype by year’s end

Filed under: Toyota, Rumormill, Tesla, Electric

Just a few days back, we glanced over Tesla’s amended IPO statement and discovered some well-buried words that suggested Tesla and Toyota may never work together on the development of an electric vehicles. The words from Tesla actually read, “We have not entered into…