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Buick eAssist, Chevy Eco Hybrid Recall For Control Module Check

General Motors announced today that it will recall more than 38,000 Buick and Chevrolet sedans fitted with its eAssist mild-hybrid system, to check for a possibly defective electronic component. The vehicles, from both the 2012 and 2013 model years, are the Buick LaCrosse and Buick Regal sedans...

May 6, 2013 by John Voelcker

GM Becomes First Automaker To Sign Call For Action On Climate Change

May 2, 2013 3

GM Now Building Chevy Spark EV Electric-Car Motors In Maryland

April 16, 2013 14

$55,000 Kit To Build Electric Camaro Offered By GM

April 1, 2013 13

2014 Chevrolet Spark EV prototype, Sausalito, CA, Nov 2012

GM Working On 200-Mile Electric Car, Says CEO Akerson

Last summer he dropped a hint that it might be possible. Now Dan Akerson has confirmed it: GM is working on an electric car with a 200-mile range, according to its CEO. The... March 7, 2013 by John Voelcker 22

Ed Begley Jr. arrives at pre-Oscar event in a Chevy Volt

GM Electric Cars Carry Stars To Pre-Oscars Green Carpet Event

Stars and green cars are nothing new--several have admitted to owning Toyota Prius in the past, while others have been spotted in Tesla Roadsters or Fisker Karmas. At Global... February 21, 2013 by Antony Ingram 3

General Motors' plan for powertrain expansion and work consolidation (February 2013)

GM Moves Electric, Fuel-Cell Work To Michigan From CA, NY

General Motors has announced more shuffling of its future-tech facilities. Back in October, the automaker shut down a fuel cell center in Honeoye Falls, New York and shifted... February 1, 2013 by Richard Read 1

GM: 1 Million 30 MPG-Plus Vehicle Sales In 2012

General Motors is celebrating being the first U.S. automaker to sell more than one million vehicles in a single year capable of 30 mpg or more on the highway. Sales of 13... January 3, 2013 by Antony Ingram 5

Official: GM Quietly Drops Hybrid Pickups; Are SUVs Next?

GM's full-size hybrid pickups, the Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid and GMC Sierra Hybrid, for much of the time they've been on sale, have offered the highest gas mileage of any... December 18, 2012 by Bengt Halvorson 1

GM Ups Investment In Electric-Bus Maker Proterra

General Motors' venture capital arm GM Ventures has invested for the second time in Proterra Inc, an electric bus maker. The Greenville, South Carolina company makes the... November 21, 2012 by Antony Ingram 3

GM To Concentrate On Plug-In Electric Cars, Downplay Hybrids

General Motors has narrowed its portfolio of future technologies, and will focus on plug-in and electric vehicles over the coming years. The company will build on the success... November 15, 2012 by John Voelcker 16

GM May Kill Two-Mode Hybrid Pickups, SUVs: Report

"We can't provide you with any information related to future product technologies or timing." That's the standard response from carmakers--in this case, from Kevin Kelly... September 11, 2012 by John Voelcker 5

Bob Lutz: Huge Chevy Volt Cost Estimates Are Wrong, Here's Why

Yesterday, we ran a story sourced through Reuters, asking how much money GM was losing on every Chevy Volt it builds. The Reuters article was based on figures from several... September 11, 2012 by Antony Ingram 12

How Much Money Is GM Losing On Every Chevy Volt?

Compared to its electric contemporaries, Chevrolet's range-extended Volt is currently proving the most popular plug-in, posting its best-ever sales figures during August... September 10, 2012 by Antony Ingram 19

First 2011 Chevrolet Volt built on production tooling at Detroit Hamtramck plant, March 31, 2010

2013 Chevy Volt Production To Halt For 4 Weeks From Mid-September

Yesterday, Automotive News (subscription required) reported the news that the Detroit Hamtramck facility, where the 2013 Chevrolet Volt is made, is to pause production of the... August 28, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 8

2013 Chevrolet Volt: Already At Dealers (If You’re Lucky)

Sometimes, automakers mark the switch between one model year and the next with some pomp and ceremony, especially if the new model year is significantly better than the... July 24, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 15

Tony Posawatz, Chevy Volt Product Line Director, Retires From GM

The Chevrolet Volt electric car, now in its third model year, has survived the bankruptcy and government-led restructuring of General Motors, politically motivated attacks on... June 29, 2012 by John Voelcker 6

BMW To Dump GM, Chooses Toyota As Fuel-Cell, Hybrid Partner?

It's hard to keep things secret in the auto industry. So when Bloomberg reported yesterday that German luxury maker BMW had broken off talks with General Motors on joint... June 28, 2012 by John Voelcker 1

GM Announces Bi-Fuel Pickup Truck Pricing

If you want a green truck at the moment, your options are limited. By their nature, trucks require large engines, and large engines use a lot of fuel. Until electric and... April 20, 2012 by Antony Ingram 1