Gm Volt

Production Suspended

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.02.2012

DALLAS — General Motors Co. is suspending production of its Chevrolet Volt electric car for five weeks amid disappointing sales. A GM spokesman...

GM Will Buy Back Chevrolet Volts From Owners Afraid Car Will Catch Fire

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 01.31.2012

NEW YORK — General Motors will buy Chevrolet Volts back from any owner who is afraid the electric cars will catch fire, the company's CEO said T...

GM Hurrying Its Electric Volt To Market

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — General Motors' top car designer says the company will accelerate distribution of the Chevrolet Volt electric car so it's sold in e...

Jumpstarting the Real Electric Car Revolution

Dr. Winfried Wilcke | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Winfried Wilcke

The real electric car revolution won't happen until we solve questions about range, how to recharge them and make cars that everyone can afford.

Getting LA Off Oil

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Antonio Villaraigosa

Yesterday I joined leading environmentalists and documentary filmmaker Josh Tickell to declare "Get LA Off Oil Day" and showcase the City's alternativ...

GM To Assemble Volt Battery Packs In Michigan

AP | DAVID N. GOODMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

DETROIT — General Motors Co. has confirmed it will assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car at a new factory in southeastern...

What Does GM's Bankruptcy Mean for the Chevy Volt?

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

A couple of months ago, GM said that it would keep the Chevy Volt even if it lost money. Now, post Chapter 11, they're saying that the bankruptcy won'...

Is The Hybrid Car Battery Problem Solved?

New York Times | Matthew L. Wald | Posted 05.25.2011

AFS Trinity Power, a small company in Bellevue, Wash., says it has the problem licked. In January, the company rolled out a small S.U.V. that uses lit...

Chevy Volt Exec Bob Lutz On Colbert Report (VIDEO)

Comedy Central | Posted 05.25.2011

Colbert gets faux-outraged that an electric car is tantamount to admitting that humans have to do something about climate change. COLBERT: "Why not j...

Chevy Volt: Batteries Charge Fine, It's Carrying, Cooling And Using Them Them That's Not Ready

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Early versions of the Chevrolet Volt's battery packs are powerful enough to run the high-stakes rechargeable car, but doz...