Quick response designed to reassure Volt customers.
Seeking to avoid a public relations crisis on par with Toyota and its unintended acceleration debacle, General Motors has responded quickly to reports that its extended-range Chevrolet Volt is …

Volt problems and Cruze success — how the latter can help the former.

I have no idea how the recent Volt battery-related fire incidences will impact GM, particularly its Chevrolet brand. Seven out of 10 GM …

GM resurrects its luxury Voltec offering.

According to Green Car Reports, the General Motors Company is resurrecting it Cadillac Converj coupe, an electrified model based on the same platform and technology powering the Chevrolet Volt, but …

Our time at Plug-In 2011 Conference and Exposition was much too short, although spending 10 hours on Monday at the Raleigh Convention Center and another 14 hours on Tuesday meant that we got to meet …

By Harrison Card
Toyota introduced the Prius over 10 years ago. Since then they’ve become the poster child for the hybrid movement, selling a lot of cars. However, the Prius is becoming something of a grandfather …

A desire for broader market availability prompts plant overhaul.
DETROIT — The General Motors Company is shutting down the factory that produces the Chevrolet Volt, but the Detroit-Hamtramck facility will be offline for only four weeks …

Electrified Chevy resale projections have been released.

Imagine paying $41,000 for a car and after three years it is worth just $17,000. That first number represents the sticker price of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt; the second …

With the 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit outpacing 2010′s attendance by a large margin, you may be asking yourself:
What is new and notable this year?
The exciting annual car …

Car of the Year awards are a dime a dozen. Or at least it may seem that way.
Starting in November, just as the upcoming model year kicks into gear, through the early weeks of the …

Three years after the hype first began, General Motors has officially started to mass market the Chevrolet Volt. Despite the car being available only in limited quantities when it goes on sale in November 2010, …

General Motors’ PR team has been busy the last few days. I take that back — GM’s PR team is always busy, but they have been in “damage control” ever since critics asserted that the …

It seems like forever since General Motors announced its all-new electric vehicle project, an effort designed to produce an extended range electric vehicle called the Chevrolet Volt.
Volt Reveal
Nearly three years ago I was on hand …

EV Models
Before the year is out, several all-new electric vehicles are slated to make their debuts.  Ford will be rolling out its electrified Ford Transit Connect, GM will formally introduce its much-hyped Chevrolet Volt with …

General Motors is still trying to keep its upcoming Chevrolet Volt in the news even as other models, including the Chevrolet Cruze, take center stage. For most of the past three years GM has used …

Free chargers in exchange for your personal usage data.
General Motors has announced an important incentive for prospective Chevrolet Volt buyers: the first 4,400 buyers will be eligible for a 240-volt charge station, receiving home installation …

Nissan announced on March 30, 2010, that its Leaf battery electric vehicle will retail for $32,780 when it goes on sale in the US this December. That price will be further reduced by a $7500 …

Maximum Bob is retiring. Again.
Robert A. (Bob) Lutz, the larger than life Swiss-born auto industry personality who is widely credited with reviving the electric car, announced that he was stepping down from his position at …

We’re right at the middle of the year which is a good time to take a look at the auto industry and what is coming down the pike over the coming 6 to 18 months. …

Earlier this month General Motors declared bankruptcy in a move that the company hopes will ultimately save the automaker. Right now, GM is busy making plans for its future which means that it is attempting …

The quest to bring electric transportation to the masses will be getting a boost when North Carolina State University hosts a conference to help alert the general public to what is being done to accomplish …

General Motors is in the process of a historic reorganization, one that could help the one-time global automotive leader pare excess brands while rolling out a number of new models. You probably have heard of …

Forget for a moment that the Toyota Prius is the best selling hybrid vehicle sold in the United States.  That car is currently duking it out with the all new Honda Insight for hybrid supremacy, …

It took approximately ten years to sell one million hybrid vehicles in the US, a number that is probably far below what advocates envisioned when the technology began to be mass marketed in the late …

Well, sort of.
General Motors announced on Tuesday that the replacement vehicle for the Chevy Cobalt will be called the Cruze, pronounced cruise. The car is expected to make its worldwide debut at this October’s Paris …