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Mike: Ensuring quiet rides in GM compact crossovers

Mike: Ensuring quiet rides in GM compact crossovers

Mike McGuire is a noise and vibration engineer for GM and works at Milford Proving Grounds. He is responsible for testing noise and vibrations in GM compact crossovers — Cadillac SRX, Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain. Though Mike’s job is an important part of vehicle engineering, it doesn’t prevent him from having fun with toys. [...]

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Micky Bly: Reinventing the Automobile with Chevy Volt

Micky Bly: Reinventing the Automobile with Chevy Volt

 Editor’s Note:  Micky will be sharing his love for advanced propulsion at the Year 2 Finals of EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a three-year collegiate automotive engineering competition that challenges 16 North American universities to reduce the environmental impact of vehicles by minimizing the vehicle’s energy consumption, emissions and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining its utility, [...]

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Steve: GM Blue Meets Air Force Blue

Steve Harrison: GM senior manufacturing engineer and retired US Air Force Master Sergeant
It was an obvious connection, at an opportune time.  I work on a team of maintenance folks from many areas within General Motors – pipefitters, truck repairers, electro-mechanical operators and more. You can’t build great cars and trucks if you don’t have excellent [...]

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Debbie: passionate about quality and healthy-living

Debbie Jones, UAW Local 362 (GM employee for 33 years!)
Family: Married to Dennis with one son – Matt, who is 15 years old.
Hobbies: Enjoys walking with my husband, bicycling and going to gourmet food stores
Passions: Staying healthy. I’m also the UAW Local 362 Alternate Benefits Rep and I see what happens to people when they [...]

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