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First off, my hat off the fine folks at GM, OnStar, and The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for setting up and implementing a nationwide training program of First Responders on the new technologies in the Chevrolet Volt. This week is the final stop on a nationwide tour where more than 1,600 fire and emergency service leaders have been trained.

The project has some major legs and $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

General Motors (GM) has set a new bench mark for US automakers and all foreign automaker.  General Motors has been very proactive with training First Responders on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.  There is an awareness training program that is visiting ...

The core structure of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze is a unitary construction fabricated from steel beams, pressings and box sections, with an overall torsional rigidity of 17.66 KNm/degree of deflection. About 65% of the structure is composed of high-strength steels ...

vrolet Corvette Body Structure

General Motors has already conducted more than 50 crash tests of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. Chevrolet expects Volt to achieve high safety ratings in government tests. With the Volt’s body structure made up of nearly 80 percent high-strength steel I would say ...

The redesigned 2010 Chevrolet Equinox shares its’ body structure with the 2010 GMC Terrain which has a little UHSS. The side door impact beams (13) and the rocker panel (14).

The GM Goodwrench site has finally updated with some new vehicle body structure information. Take a look at the image of the picture below to find where UHSS is used on this vehicle platform. No surprise that the body side ...

The 2010 Chevrolet Malibu safety features include high-strength steel safety cage as seen below. Additional features related to the safety cage include: Side-door beams that help reduce penetration into the passenger compartmentduring shallow-angle side collisions Side-impact, cross-car beams are designed ...