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GM's Tom Stephens elected member of NAE

Group Vice President of General Motorsfuel economy, enhanced performance, reduce
Powertrain, Tom Stephens was elected as theemissions and increase customer choice. In
new member of the National Academy ofaddition, Stephen's team is also working on a
Engineering  (NAE).number of future technologies that will
provide customers with far more options
NAE or National Academy of Engineering wasincluding plug-in hybrid technology and GM's
established in 1964 and operates under therange-extending hybrid electric drivetrain
Congressional Charter granted by the Nationalequipped  in  the  Chevrolet  Volt  concept.
Academy of Science in 1863. The members of
this organization are comprised of theStephen occupies a position in General
nation's premier engineers who are voted byMotors' Energy and Environmental Strategy
their peers for their extraordinaryBoard and serves on the automaker's North
contributions  to  engineering.American and Automotive Strategy Boards. He
also serves on the board of directors for
The election in NAE which is attended byFIRST or For Inspiration and Recognition of
about 2,200 US members is among the highestScience and Technology Robotics Competition.
professional merit afforded to an engineer.Add to his long list of positions hold at the
The Academy members pay tribute to those whomoment, is his membership at the Detroit
have shared outstanding contributions toScience Center Board of Trustees. He also
engineering research, practice, or education,holds a position on the University of
pioneering and developing new fields ofMichigan  National  Advisory  Council.
technology, and sponsoring major advancements
in  traditional  fields  of  engineering.General Motors Corporation is the world's
largest automaker and has been the leader in
The global powertain organization thatthe global industry sales for 76 years. It
Stephens is heading is comprised of 52,000was founded in 1908 and currently employs
employees working at more than eightyabout 284,000 employees around the world. Its
manufacturing plants and engineering centersglobal headquarters is in Detroit. General
in 17 countries. The organization can produceMotors manufactures cars and trucks in
about thirty-six thousand engine andthirty-three countries. GM is used not only
thirty-two  thousand  transmissions  a  day.as an acronym for the company itself but also
used to refer to its line of auto parts like
According to Automotive EngineeringGM parking light, GM oxygen sensor and more.
International's editor Lindsay Brooke,
Stephen's powertrain team is launching a newGeneral Motors has sold nearly 9.1 million
wave of gasoline and clean diesel engines,vehicles last year under the following
six-speed transmissions, hybrids andbrands: Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, GM,
alternative-fuel powertrains for GeneralDaewoo, Holden, HUMMER, OPel, Pontiac, Saab,
Motors' cars and trucks that will improvedSaturn, and Vauxhall.



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