That is if GM is solvent enough to build the car! I wonder if GM will be around next year, or how much more tax payer money it will take to keep the company...
During a low-key ceremony just over a week ago, the first public high-voltage charging station for electric vehicles was inaugurated at the Gateway Center in...
A new power packed performance super car has been designed in California that can run at the speed of 155 mph without conventional fuel. For startup this car...
DETROIT – General Motors Corp.'s board of directors met for a second day Saturday to make the final decision on whether the automaker would complete its...
(NAPSI)-In light of tougher federal fuel economy and emissions standards, automotive engineers have found what may be a surprising way to wring an extra mile...
I know GM wants to use the term "Extended range electric car" but I was thinking "Flex Fuel Hybrid" might be a better selling point in corn country or wherever...
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... It isn't a hybrid, though, because the gas engine never powers the wheels, only the battery. Chevy has been very careful to maintain that distinction in...
Linda, their distinction as an extended range electric car is not important at this point in time. It's not like everyone drives electric cars and the volt is...
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After GM filed for bankruptcy this past Monday morning, a spokesperson for the company said that the filing will have no impact on its plans to start selling...
... That's because the electric motor *does* provide motive power directly to the wheels, which is part of the DOE's definition of hybrid-electric vehicle. ......
Linda, you're right maybe I should have used a diesel locomotive as an example. A lot of people don't realize a diesel powered train is a hybrid which the...
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Docking station link: http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/06/16/witricity-charges-up-for-electric-vehicle-market/ Here's an idea. Put a track of this technology...
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A new hydrogen car designed for use in cities and backed by a relative of the founder of German luxury sportscar maker Porsche was on Tuesday unveiled in...
BALTIMORE – The nation's first all-electric car-sharing program debuted Tuesday at the city's Inner Harbor, with manufacturer Electrovaya hoping urban...
Nationalized health care is not the answer. The nationalizing it you get efficiency of a Soviet Union Bread Line with the compassion of the IRS. One of the...
This distinction is very important now and going forward. This is what separates the Voltech from all other technologies now. It is good from the start to...
-- Toyota Motor Corp. may offer to supply a version of its Prius hybrid car to General Motors Corp. A version of the world's top-selling hybrid car may yet...
Most of the big car companies have been promising car HHO (Hybrid Hydrogen Oxygen) systems for years. However, where are they? Where are all these cars that...
Maybe because it isn't a great system. My friend had to wait over 2 1/2 years for his turn to get a knee replacement in Canada which has a national health...
All-new hybrid gets good fuel economy.The all-new, Honda Insight is virtually a carbon copy of that market leader. Read more at http://autoblitz.blogspot.com/...
GM's long, hard, bumpy road to the Chevrolet Volt WARREN, Mich. -- General Motors Corp. made it clear that there is nothing small or temporary about its...
... Yeah, and under our current system in this country, people have to wait, too! I have to wait until December 2010 for some medically-necessary surgery if I...
General Motors Corp. will assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car at a facility south of Detroit, creating about 100 jobs, a person...
Nissan's plug-free electric carThe Japanese carmaker's wireless system employs the same electromagnetic field technology used to charge an electric toothbrush ...
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It turns out BMW has more alternative fuels brewing than just clean diesel and hydrogen. BMW is also working on Project i--a code name for a tiny electric car...
The Chevrolet Volt plug-in series hybrid has received an EPA estimated 230 city miles per gallon.about the first 40 miles of driving on a full charge, the Volt...
DETROIT -- A battery-pack assembly plant being built here offers the clearest indication yet of the sales potential General Motors Co. sees for its plug-in...
The Fisker Karma, as it is called, has looks that rival a Mercedes-Benz roadster. Yet the key to what makes it different is emblazoned on the sides in chrome...
The final version of its prototype Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid at the Frankfurt Motor Show two weeks hence, one in a flurry of green concepts to be shown...
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