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Chevy's Got the Volt; Will Cadillac Be GM's Hybrid Leader?
Among car buyers, none of the four surviving General Motors brands are really associated with hybrid vehicles. Now that customer deliveries have started for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, GM's other brands will need some green cred too. What's the future of GM's Two-Mode...
GM Doubles Down on Electric Cars, Will Hire 1,000 Engineers For Them
It doesn't really matter whether GM sells the first Chevrolet Volt electric cars at a loss or not. The company announced yesterday that it plans to hire 1,000 new engineers... December 3, 2010 by John Voelcker 5
GM Confirms, Yes, We're Losing Money on Every Volt We Build
Doug Parks, vehicle line executive for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, GM's range-extended electric vehicle, confirmed Tuesday that the company loses money on every Volt it sells... December 2, 2010 by John Voelcker 34
GM Looks Local For $40M Carbon-Reduction Initiative
General Motors [NYSE: GM] stock might be up for initial public offering today under the same stock symbol as before, but the company is trying hard to show that it's not the... November 18, 2010 by Bengt Halvorson
GM Mild Hybrids: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt has gotten all the attention lately, including a narrow second-place finish in our GreenCarReports 2011 Best Car To Buy award, but General Motors also... November 16, 2010 by John Voelcker 4
GM Exec: Chill, Volt Electric Cars Won’t Bring Down The Grid
NOTE: Your faithful editor, John Voelcker, moderated this panel at VentureBeat's GreenBeat 2010 conference. As electric cars move towards the smart grid, there’s been a... November 5, 2010 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat
GM To Show All-Electric Car Next Year...In India, Not Here
While General Motors is focusing its U.S. electric-drive efforts solely on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, a range-extended electric car, elsewhere in the world it's experimenting... October 29, 2010 by John Voelcker 3
GM To Develop Compact Engine And Dual Clutch Transmission With SAIC
General Motors is calling on Chinese partner SAIC to help develop a new downsized gasoline engine family and an advanced dual clutch transmission, one of the first major... August 18, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1
Not-A-Big-Surprise Dept: Bright Confirms Switch to GM Engines
When GM Ventures announced it would invest an unspecified amount of money into startup hybrid truck-maker Bright Automotive, several of us noted that the prototype Bright... August 17, 2010 by John Voelcker
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
GM Confirms Return Of Mild Hybrid Models In 2011
With the demise of Saturn, GM was left with only one model featuring its mild hybrid system, the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid sedan, but sadly even that green vehicle was... August 4, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
GM Invests In Plug-In Hybrid Truckmaker Bright Automotive
General Motors announced today that it will invest in startup Bright Automotive, which hopes to start final production engineering of its Idea plug-in hybrid delivery van... August 3, 2010 by John Voelcker
GM Greens Its Auto ACs With Greenhouse-Gas-Friendly Coolant
Among the many substances emitted by autos back in the "good old days" were the refrigerant gases that would leak from older auto air conditioners. Freon, also known as R-12... July 23, 2010 by John Voelcker
2011 Chevy Volt Doesn't Impress Leno; World Yawns, Ignores Him
Talk-show host and comedian Jay Leno has long been known as a car fan and collector. And car companies often play nice with him to get their products onto his show. While GM... July 19, 2010 by John Voelcker
Remember the 2011 Chevrolet Volt's 230-MPG Claim? Forget It.
Almost a year ago, General Motors launched a little marketing campaign connecting its 2011 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car to the figure "230 mpg." As we pointed... July 16, 2010 by John Voelcker 1
No, Electric Vehicles Won't Bring Down the U.S. Power Grid
Last week's heat wave prompted another eruption of that perennial question: Won't electric cars that recharge from grid power overload the nation's electricity system? Or put... July 12, 2010 by John Voelcker 15
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