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GM’s Aluminum Welding Process Means Lighter Cars, Better Gas Mileage

As long as the auto industry has existed, various automated and non-automated processes have been developed to bond two or more pieces of metal together through the art of welding. Normally, how a car is welded together would be of little interest to the average car buyer. However, improvements in...

September 25, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3

Coda Signs Deal For Electric-Car Plant in Benicia, California

September 14, 2011 6

Sun Shines on GM’s New Solar Panels at Chevy Volt Factory

May 12, 2011 1

Why Silicon Valley Won't Be Detroit For Green Carmakers

April 13, 2011 12

Think City assembly plant, Elkhart, Indiana, Jan 2011

Photo Gallery: Think City Assembly Plant Tour, Elkhart, Indiana

During the Detroit Auto Show in January, we visited the Think electric-car assembly plant in Elkhart, Indiana. It's not necessarily a place you'd expect to find electric cars... March 7, 2011 by John Voelcker 5

Ford Rouge Assembly Plant, Michigan, where Ford F-150 pickup trucks are built

Greening The Rouge: Ford's More Sustainable Pickup Plant

A green roof is not at its most photogenic in a Michigan winter. In fact, it's hardly green at all--more like gray and brown--though it still insulates the building below... January 18, 2011 by John Voelcker 3

Nissan Will Build Leaf Electrics Among Altima, Maxima Gas Cars

It's one of the most radical cars ever to be built in this country, the first all-electric vehicle to go on sale in many decades. So you'd expect that when the Nissan Leaf... November 10, 2010 by John Voelcker

EVs All The Way Down: EV Tractors At Ford's Michigan Plant

Car assembly will never be the cleanest of processes, despite the efforts of people like Gordon Murray whose i-Stream production method for his T25 and T27 microcars is said... November 4, 2010 by Antony Ingram 3

Brighton Earthship Solar Panels by Flickr user Dominic's Pics

Solar Array, Lithium Cells To Power Part of Ford Focus Plant

Many houses, stores, and factories across the U.S. now have arrays of photovoltaic solar cells mounted on their roofs. These days, that's hardly news. But Ford's announcement... August 13, 2010 by John Voelcker 2

The 2011 Chevy Volt: Made Alongside GM's Gas-Guzzling V8s

Think of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and very little seems conventional about it. With a range of 40 miles per charge and a range-extending gasoline engine used to provide extra... August 4, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 12

Next Toyota Prius To Be Built in U.S.--But Not Until 2016

The convoluted twists and turns of possible Prius production in the U.S. have taken another unexpected bend. A Toyota executive has now told Reuters that the company intends... July 27, 2010 by John Voelcker

General Motors Brownstown Township factory for assembly of Chevrolet Volt battery packs

2011 Chevrolet Volt Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Goes Into Production

The lithium-ion battery pack for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicles officially went into volume production today. The 16-kilowatt-hour battery pack... January 7, 2010 by John Voelcker 3

Flower developed by Toyota to offset emissions from its Prius facility

Toyota Creates New Flower Species To Cut CO2 From Prius Production

You may already associate the 2010 Toyota Prius with flowers, courtesy of its "Harmony Between Man, Nature, and Machine" ad campaign, complete with human flowers in the... November 9, 2009 by John Voelcker 2