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Green LEAF, Shocking VOLT -- GM Doesn't Get It, Again

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Electric Car, Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf, Carbon Emissions, General Motors, Gas Prices, Chevrolet, Gas, Chevy Volt, Chevy, Nissan, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

The Nissan LEAF is bringing the next generation of low- and zero-emission vehicles to market. The Chevy VOLT still runs on gasoline, and goes less than half the distance of a fully charged LEAF.

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Plug-In Hybrid Prius in US in 2012, Says Toyota

Steve Parker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Nissan, Chevrolet Volt, Ford Focus EV, Bmw, California, Tesla Motors, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Cars, Plug-in Hybrids, Bloomberg News, The Los Angeles Times, RAV4 EV, Business News
Steve Parker

"Toyota Motor Corp. has joined the growing ranks of automakers planning to bring advanced battery-powered vehicles to consumers in the next few years."

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Will the Electric Volt Recharge GM?

Michael Rose | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Gm, Chevrolet Volt, Global-Warming-Bob-Lutz, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, General Motors, Auto Industry, CAFE Standards, Electric Cars, Home News
Michael Rose

The EV1 car's torquey, smooth performance is unlike the halting, wimpy ride of my beloved Prius. Can I say -- it's electrifying?

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Chevy's 230 MPG Volt: What Do YOU Think?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Ebay, Lithium-Ion Battery, Chevrolet Volt, General Motors, Electric Cars, Cars, Nissan Leaf, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Extended Range Hybrid, Business News
Steve Parker

But let's get right to it: What about the Volt? Will you be in the market for one? If so, why, and if not, why not? Believe me -- top people from GM will be reading your comments.

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GM: New Chevy Volt To Get 230 Miles Per Gallon

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Epa, General Motors, Chevy Volt, Electric Cars, New Volt, Gm, Chevrolet Volt, New Chevy Volt, Rechargeable Electric Cars, 230 Mpg, Gm 230 Mpg, Environmental Protection Agency, Volt 230 Mpg, Electric Car, Sustainability, Green Technology, Business News

WARREN, Mich. — General Motors said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car could get 230 mpg in city driving, making it the first American vehi...

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Nissan Leaf EV: One Man's Vision, Now Reality

Steve Parker | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Carson Daly, Nissan Design International, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Ev1, General Motors, Electric Cars, Detroit, Nissan Altima Hybrid, BMW Mini E, Howard Stringer, Yutaka Katayama, Nbc, Nashville, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Leaf, Tokyo-Japan, Renault Nissan Electric Cars, Soichiro Honda, Los Angeles, Sunderland Uk, Chevrolet Volt, Tokyo Motor Show, Yokohama, Datsun, Smyrna, La Jolla, David Letterman, Akio Morita, Sony, Business News
Steve Parker

When Nissan introduced their close-to-production Leaf electric vehicle yesterday, we caught a glimpse of transportation's future. You can bet that today oil companies are somewhat nervous.

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What!?! Bob Lutz back at GM!

Steve Parker | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, T. Boone Pickens, Chevy Volt, Ford Fusion Hybrid, John Z DeLorean, Chrysler, Buick, AT&T, Plymouth Prowler, Chevrolet, Dodge Viper, Tom Matano, Cars, All Things Considered, Gmc, Edward Whitacre, Hybrid Honda Insight, Robert Siegel, Npr, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Fritz Henderson, Dodge Challenger, Pontiac GTO, Mazda MX-5 Miata, Ford Flex, Pontiac G8, VVC Motors, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

Is it possible for a 77-year old to do a complete 180-degree turn from his life experience and philosophy? After all, among Lutz's major claims to fame are green-lighting the Dodge Viper and the Plymouth Prowler faux hot rod.

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Vehicle Hydrogen Fuel Cells Killed

Steve Parker | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Honda FCX Clarity, White House, Mercury Space Program, Rose Garden, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Washington DC, Cars, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Clean Diesel, CAFE Standards, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Chevrolet Volt, Energy Department, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, General Motors Equinox, Steven Chu, West Los Angeles, General Motors Segue, BMW Mini E, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Business News
Steve Parker

Is there a White House technology double-standard, is it Obama-ish realism or are oil companies lobbying as they must to keep their black gold from turning into clean, abundant hydrogen?

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"Green cars" - Latest Automotive Marketing Scam

Steve Parker | Posted 05.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Ferrari, BMW Mini, Grimaldi Family, Honda Insight, Princess Grace, Cars, Green Energy, Renault Nissan Electric Cars, Epa, Paddy Hopkirk, Chrysler Fiat Alliance, Chevrolet Volt, Mitsubishi I MiEV, Cvt, Prince Ranier, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Mini Clubman, Corvette, Mini Cooper, Cadillac Converj, Monte Carlo Rally, Chrysler 300, Henry Liddon, Detroit, Tata Nano, Green News
Steve Parker

The numbers may tell one story, but because cars are still all about emotion, fun, sex and fashion, there's a large audience you'd have a hard time convincing that the Prius is "better" than the Mini.

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ExxonMobil -- Their "Hydrogen Plan" for Us

Steve Parker | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Charlie Rose, Wal-Mart, Ford Fusion Hybrid, TARP Money, Scion xB, Barney Frank, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, ExxonMobil Corporation, Grant Park, Pga Tour, Sheryl Crow, Chevrolet Volt, Northern Trust, Nissan Cube, Wall Street, Chevy Malibu Hybrid, Earth Wind and Fire, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Toyota Motor Corp, Banks, Cadillac Converj, Allard Lowenstein, Detroit Bailout, Ritz Carlton, Green News
Steve Parker

Between Wall Street and the banks and the oil companies, and saving Detroit, which has been going out of business on a daily basis for 35 years, is there some way we aren't getting screwed?

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White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota Camry, Chapter 11, White House, Thailand, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Flint, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Cars, Detroit News, Arizona, Facebook, Ford, Detroit Newspapers, Key Plastics, Los Angeles Auto Show, Mark Fields, Southern California, Larry King, Daewoo Lacetti, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Ford Flex, President Bush, Carl Levin, President-Elect Barack Obama, China Brilliance, Uaw, Bankruptcy, Gm, Minivan, Alan Mulally, Special Devices, Detroit Three, Gran Torino, Detroit Free Press, Washington DC, Sandy Levin, Clint Eastwood, Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze, Bill Ford, TARP and Auto Bailout, Henry Ford, Detroit Three Loans, South Korea, European Cars, Henry Paulson, Sabic, Detroit Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Unions, Auto Industry, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Unemployment, The Big 3, Labor Unions, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

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Los Angeles Auto Show -- Clean Diesels Clean Up

Steve Parker | Posted 12.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Saturn, Chrysler, Scion xB, Stick Shift, Cars, Ford, Clean Diesel, Nissan, Brad Pitt, Blue Drive Hybrid System, Los Angeles Auto Show, General Motors, Touareg TDI, Hyundai, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Los Angeles Auto Show Green, Climate Change, Computers, Hydrogen-Powered Cars, Volkswagen CC, Nissan 370z, Energy, Corvette ZR1, Infiniti G37, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Gm, Afghanistan, Nissan Cube, Carlos Ghosn, Chevrolet, 2010 Camaro, Porsche, Jetta TDI Cup, Daewoo, Green Car of the Year, Smart ForTwo, Manual Transmission, Continuously Variable Transmission, Ferrari, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Q7, Smart Car, Dodge, Datsun, Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid, Fuel Cells, Audi, Chevrolet Corvette, Bmw, Christianity, Jeep, Hyundai Genesis, Volkswagen Jetta Diesel, Brabus, q5, a3, Cvt, a4, Future Fuel, Business News
Steve Parker

At this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, the 205-mile per hour, $100,000, 2009 Corvette ZR1 is relegated to the very rear of the Chevrolet exhibit, like the "adults only" section in video stores.

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GM Pinning Its Hopes On Plug-In Hybrid

New York Times | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevrolet, Chevrolet Volt, Hybrids, Plug-in Cars, Gm, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Business News

The Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid, will not arrive in showrooms until late 2010. But it is already straining under the weight of an entire company....

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Journalist to GOP: You're 100 Percent Wrong About U.S. Automakers

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, George Bush, Harley-Davidson, Toyota, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Diane Tucker, Recession, Barack Obama, Ford Motor Co, Detroit Automakers, Chevrolet Volt, Bailout, General Motors, Economic Recession, Recession Fears, Tariffs, Financial Crisis, Peter De Lorenzo, Richard Shelby, Auto Industry, John McCain, GM Bankruptcy, Fuel Efficiency, Green Cars, Foreign Car Industry, Foreign Cars, Fuel Efficient Cars, Imported Cars, Gm Chapter 11, Congressional Bailout, Business News
Diane Tucker

"People who say the U.S. doesn't innovate are woefully out of touch with Detroit's standing in this business."

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Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Russia, Congress, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, The Huffington Post, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Honda, Dodge Viper, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Future of General Motors, Mike Pence, Ford, St. Petersburg, Automakers, Auto Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Los Angeles Auto Show, Green Cars, Southern California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, US Senate, Los Angeles Auto Show Green, Electric Cars, Congressional Oversight, Detroit, Greensburg Indiana, Nissan Motors, Detroit Auto Industry, Fuel Economy, Bankruptcy, Gm, Environmentalists, Detroit Three, Jeep Commander. Hemi Hybrids, Washington DC, American Honda, Daewoo, Honda Fit, Continuously Variable Transmission, Barack Obama, American Auto Industry, Las Vegas, Auto Industry Rescue Legislation, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Dodge, XTRONIC CVT, South Korea, Kirk Kerkorian, Harry Reid, Consumers, Jeep, Auto Industry Bailout, Europe, Auto Industry, Golden Parachutes, Lordstown, Detroit Automakers, Reid Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Automobiles, Business News
Steve Parker

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

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October car/truck sales reports - Fuel for Obama campaign

Steve Parker | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Chrysler, George W. Bush, Cars, Detroit News, Detroit Auto Show, Ford, Democratic Party, Robert Lutz, Mississippi, Bailout, New Jersey, General Motors, Paris Car Show, Tennessee, Nissan, Michigan, Renault, John McCain, California, Gm, Cnbc, Indiana, Detroit Three, Ohio, French, Washington DC, Chrysler Nissan Deal, Barack Obama, New York, Texas, Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze, Alabama, Politics News
Steve Parker

This Monday, the new car and truck sales reports for the month of October will be announced, and are expected to be the worst in 25-or-more years. T...

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Detroit's inferiority complex needs change before public will buy

Steve Parker | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Hot Rod, Tesla Motors, Gm, Rick Wagoner, Detroit Three, Lotus, Cerberus, Ford Motor Co, Motor Trend, Chrysler Cars, Cars, Car Craft, Chevrolet Volt, Santa Monica Daily Press, Sen. Carl Levin, General Motors, West Los Angeles, Jeep, Whipnotic, Business News
Steve Parker

An observation, or two: Last week, General Motors rolled-out the latest version of their plug-in gas/electric hybrid Chevrolet Volt for the corporati...

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Major car-maker haps: Detroit gets their bailout, Daimler selling their last 20% of Chrysler, world's largest Chevrolet dealer group closes

Steve Parker | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, House of Representatives, Automotive News, Plymouth Prowler, Detroit Three, Dodge Viper, Chevrolet, Cars, Indian Carmakers, Ford Motor Co, Just in Time Manufacturing, Camaro, Chevrolet Volt, Chrysler, GMAC, Kanban, Daimler, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Bailout, Electric Cars, Chinese Carmakers, President Bush, Business News
Steve Parker

Three major events involving the world of cars, politics and finance, both in the US and abroad. First, Automotive News reports, "Automakers and supp...

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Detroit Three Expect $25 Billion -- So Who Bails Out Americans' Missing Car Payments?

Steve Parker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

It used to be said that a house was the largest expenditure in any person's lifetime; but if someone buys five or more new cars over 40 or 50 years, those purchases could easily cost more, in total, than their home.

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THE LATEST: $25 BILLION FOR DETROIT; PRODUCTION CHEVY VOLT PLUG-IN HYBRID UNVEILED

Steve Parker | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Turbochargers, Boeing, Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, Automotive News, General Electric, Hemi Hybrids, Saturn, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Detroit News, FCX Clarity, Ford, Home Depot, Goldman Sachs, Equinox, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Charlie Rose, Flex, Gm, Alan Mulally, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Volvo, Washington DC, Cars, Chevrolet Volt, JPMorgan Chase, Chrysler Jeep, Ford Escape, Wall Street, Opel, Focus, Green News
Steve Parker

Today's Detroit News newspaper reports that, because big investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase own huge amounts of GM and Ford cor...

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

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 09.14.2008 | Business

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

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Saturn, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Malibu, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Honda, CAFE Standards, Dodge Ram, Plymouth, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Ev1, Mercury Mariner, Crossfire, Bob Nardelli, Jeep Wrangler, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit, Energy, Dodge Sprinter, Dodge, Gasoline, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ford, Detroit Three, Burbank, Chevrolet, Honda Hybrid, Hybrid Hemi, Cerberus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Bill Ford, Ford Escape, Hemi, Viper, Nhtsa, Volt, Jeep, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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Toyota To Offer Hybrid Plug-In Car By 2010

New York Times | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevrolet Volt, Hybrid-Electric Vehicles, Prius, Katsuaki Watanabe, Gm, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Motor Corportation, Detroit Auto Show, Business News

The Toyota Motor Corporation, which leads the world's automakers in sales of hybrid-electric vehicles, announced Sunday night that it would build its ...

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