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GM To Assemble Volt Battery Packs In Michigan

AP | DAVID N. GOODMAN | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business


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

How Does The 2011 Chevy Volt Get 230 MPG? By Making Assumptions

GreenCar Reports | GreenCar | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home


A number like [230] seems outlandish, absurd. How can the US Environmental Protection Agency possibly measure fuel consumption that low? The answer, i...

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

treehugger.com | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green


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'...

Words That Worked in 2008 (and Some That Didn't): A Report Card

Michael Maslansky | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics


Michael Maslansky

The following is our admittedly subjective ranking of the top ten words of 2008 and how well people used them.

Wall Street Credit Crash Threatens To Tank U.S. Auto Industry

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

"Every job lost on Wall Street impacts two-to-three jobs on the outside. By comparison, every job lost at an auto plant impacts nearly 10 jobs on the outside... We don't want to know what happens if the domestic auto industry gets away from us."

GM Jam: Keeping Parts Moving Proves Difficult

Reuters, AP | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business


Even as CNBC aired a documentary this week called "Saving General Motors" -- in which GM's Bob Lutz drives a Chevy Volt and seems almost relieved it w...

Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business


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.

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

Steve Parker | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business


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.