General Motors Takes Top Honors At 2004 Michelin Bibendum Competition

SHANGHAI October 15, 2004; General Motors Corp. took top honors in several categories at the 2004 Michelin Bibendum Advanced Technology competition in Shanghai, the tire company announced Thursday.

The competition pitted seventy-four (74) hybrid, diesel and fuel cell vehicles, measuring everything from acceleration to fuel efficiency to C02 emissions.

GM won in the following categories: range, braking, local emissions, CO2 emissions and noise.

As part of the overall event, which was held from October 12-14, GM showcased a range of near-, mid- and long-term solutions for cleaner, sustainable transportation, including the revolutionary Hy-wire and HydroGen3 hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles, and the GM Hybrid Pick-up Truck. All of these technologies can dramatically reduce emissions and improve efficiency.

Earlier in the week, General Motors China announced the first joint hybrid bus program with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group (SAIC) for the China market.

The joint hybrid bus program will utilize a hybrid powertrain developed by GM's Allison Transmission Division that uses dual electric motors to launch the bus from a stop and regenerative braking to capture energy in an advanced battery system. It will be packaged in a bus manufactured by Sunwin, SAIC's joint bus venture in Shanghai.