GM has announced plans to install solar panels on the roof of its White Marsh, Maryland, transmission assembly plant, making it the first North American factory to get them (GM has solar panels on top of its Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana, California parts warehouses as well.) The plant produces six-speed and Two Mode hybrid transmissions for the company's light-duty trucks. It will be equipped with over 8,700 solar panels covering 300,000 square feet, which will cut the plant's electricity (...)

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