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Fuel-Cell Vehicles Are Likely Coming (A Few): Who's Winning?
We're on record with the analysis that electric-car production will far, far outweigh that of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles built over the next decade, and perhaps longer. Still several carmakers are pressing ahead with plans to build hydrogen-powered vehicles, and now Pike Research has ranked them...
First A Diesel, Now GM To Work On Natural-Gas Cars For U.S. (Report)
General Motors makes a lot of vehicles globally. And despite all the publicity around its 2011 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, most of them run on gasoline. Now, GM has agreed... July 6, 2011 by John Voelcker 1
Chevy Shows Fourth Electric-Car Project: Beat EV Minicar In India
Right now, the sole plug-in vehicle you can buy from Chevrolet--or indeed all of General Motors--is the 2011 Volt range-extended electric car. But that doesn't mean GM isn't... June 24, 2011 by John Voelcker 3
Will GM's 2011 Chevy Volt Evolve Or Become A Costly Dead End?
While the 2011 Chevy Volt will find its way to between 10,000 and 15,000 U.S. buyers, that's far from enough volume to make any car a production success--or to make it... June 20, 2011 by George Parrott 11
Gas Taxes Should Go Up To Boost Green-Car Sales, Says GM CEO Akerson
The CEO of General Motors, Dan Akerson, told a Detroit newspaper that the Federal tax on gasoline should be raised by 50 cents or $1 a gallon to encourage consumers to buy... June 7, 2011 by John Voelcker 19
What Really Killed The Cadillac SRX Plug-In? It's Complicated
When a major automaker cancels an innovative plug-in hybrid vehicle program, that's big news. If it's General Motors, that goes double, given the politics that continue to... June 3, 2011 by John Voelcker 3
Weak Battery Explains Death Of Cadillac SRX Plug-In Hybrid
Well, now we know a little more about why the Cadillac SRX Plug-In Hybrid project was killed by its development team at General Motors. The culprit, according to... June 2, 2011 by John Voelcker 6
Buick Envision Concept: Plug-In Hybrid SUV From Shanghai
The guessing games continue, with General Motors releasing more details about its Buick Envision concept car that give tantalizing hints of a concept stuffed with technology... April 18, 2011 by John Voelcker
EcoCar2 Will Challenge College Teams To Build Greener Cars
The winning team for the third and final year of the first EcoCar Challenge has yet to be announced, but the next three-year competition has already been unveiled. On... April 15, 2011 by John Voelcker 1
What's Good For GM Is...Good For The Environment?
We asked last year if the new GM would be a cleantech play. It’s looking more and more like that’s the case. Yesterday, the company announced it would be rolling... February 9, 2011 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat
Video: OnStar Previews New Energy Management Tools For EV Owners
As electric cars start to trickle into the market and public charging infrastructure grows, their drivers will need to know the best times to charge, the best places to... February 4, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Choice Of Electric-Car Battery Size? GM Investment May Make It Real
A recent investment by General Motors in a new lithium-ion battery cathode technology will give the automaker more pricing options for future generation electric vehicles. It... January 31, 2011 by Alysha Webb 6
GM Bets On Cheaper Electric-Car Batteries With Envia, Invests $17 Million
Riding high on a bout of good press of its Chevy Volt, GM is putting $7 million into its next big bet on electric cars: cheaper, higher-energy batteries. In his state of the... January 28, 2011 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 7
GM Says More Government Money Not Needed--Though Rivals Took It
Well, give them credit for resolve, anyway. General Motors said today it was withdrawing its applications to the U.S. Department of Energy for $14.4 billion of low-interest... January 27, 2011 by John Voelcker 8
2011 Chevrolet Volt Electric: North American Car of the Year
It's been quite a year for the 2011 Chevy Volt, GM's range-extended electric car that went on sale last month. It garnered a slew of awards from various car magazines and... January 10, 2011 by John Voelcker 1
GM EV1 Gets Another Shot At Smithsonian, 4 Years On
If General Motors' EV1 had featured in the Disney Pixar animated film Cars, we can't imagine it would have been the happiest of characters. It might well have spent a little... December 30, 2010 by Antony Ingram 3
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