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Chat with retiring GM research VP Larry Burns today at 3pm EDT

Larry Burns has served as General Motors Vice president of research and development for 11 years, a tenure longer than anyone else since the original holder of that office, Charles Kettering. This fall however, Burns will be strolling off into the sunset as he has opted for retirement. Before he exits the building for the last time, he will sit down at the computer for a web chat with the online masses. Burns has been been one of the major advocates at General Motors of taking personal transportation into the future with technologies like ... Read more →

GM's hydrogen proponent, Larry Burns, set to retire Sebastian Blanco

One of the most public proponents of hydrogen-powered vehicles at GM, Larry Burns, will announce that he is retiring soon, according to the Detroit Free Press. Burns has worked at GM for 40 years, and ...

GM hopes to give Chevy Volt battery 10 year/150,000 mile warranty Sam Abuelsamid

In an interview with Design News, GM Vice President for R&D and Strategic Planning Larry Burns reiterated the company's intention to have the lithium ion battery pack last essentially the life of ...

Larry Burns promotes natural gas as an alternative Sam Abuelsamid

Natural gas has a lot of potential advantages as a fuel because its simple molecular structure and gaseous form at ambient temperatures helps it burn very completely. Unlike gasoline and diesel fuel ...

Audio of Larry Burns speech to the National Hydrogen Association Sam Abuelsamid

A couple of weeks ago, GM VP for Research and Development Larry Burns spoke to the National Hydrogen Association. The focus of his talk was to encourage energy companies to get moving with deploying ...

Toyota chimes in to support Larry Burns' call for hydrogen investment 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota published a post on their Open Road Blog today officially supporting statements by GM Vice President Larry Burns. At the recent National Hydrogen Association conference in Sacramento, Burns called on the energy industry to invest more in developing a national hydrogen fueling infrastructure. ...

Larry Burns says H2 cars are ready, calls on government and energy industry to provide hydrogen supply 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

During a keynote speech at the National Hydrogen Association conference in Sacramento, CA, GM's VP for Research and Development declared automotive fuel cell technology ready. However he said it can't move forward without a supply of hydrogen to feed mass quantities of cars. Between General Motors, ...

TechKnow: Alternative Fuel Cars session audio files 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As promised, here are the audio files from Tuesday's TechKnow: Alternative Fuel Cars forum in Ann Arbor. You can read my write up of the event here, but if it's direct-from-the-horse's-mouth information you're looking for, this is the post for you. Each of the individual presentations is between 8 ...

Chevy Volt could end up with radically different engine! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

By now plenty of people have seen concept vehicles like the Chevy Volt and Ford HySeries Drive Edge. One of the biggest advantage of the series hybrid drivetrains in these machines is the flexibility they provide in choosing an auxiliary power unit. With the battery system providing the primary ...

GM is determined to put the Chevy Volt in production as early as 2010 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It appears as if everyones favorite series-hybrid may make it into production as early as 2010. This news comes courtesy of General Motors Larry Burns, GM's vice president for research and development and Jim Queen, group vice president of global engineering. It is no secret that the Volt was a ...

Shanghai Motor Show: GM unveils fuel cell E-Flex 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

click on the image for a high-res gallery of the fuel cell E-Flex platform digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Chevy_Volt_version_1_5_GM_unveils_fuel_cell_E_Flex_in_Shanghai'; In the last few months General Motors has been on real energy diversity kick. They seem to have bought wholeheartedly ...

Autoblog Green Podcast #2 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sebastian and Sam discuss what's coming out at this weeks Alternative Fuel Vehicle conference in Anaheim, and New York Auto Show as well as some of this weeks news. Prior to the recent GM battery technology briefing, Sam, Ed Ring, David Houle, and Jeff McIntire-Strasburg got to sit down with Larry ...


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