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Chevy Sail EV renamed Springo for China debut
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM, China Sail, we can translate: Springo. That's the renamed version of the Chevrolet compact electric vehicle that will debut in China later this year after its...
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GM ready for 500,000 electric* vehicles by 2017
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM It's a big number, and one that needs a bit of a disclaimer. Speaking (via satellite) to journalists at the General Motors Electrification Experience in...
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Electric-bus maker Proterra gets $23 million in latest financing round
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Transportation Alternatives, GM This fast-charging bus maker got some fast money, as Proterra has raised $23 million in a recent round of equity financing. Proterra, which says...
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GM officially unveils Sail Springo EV at China auto show
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, China First, we thought it was going to be called the Sail EV. Then we thought it'd be the Springo EV. Now we know that the first electric vehicle developed by Shanghai...
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Nissan Leaf (1,539) outsells Chevy Volt (1,519) for first time since January
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Nissan Last month, GM sold 1,519 Chevrolet Volt vehicles, up from 1,139 in November 2011 but way down from the record-setting 2,961 Volts sold in October...
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The Electrification of Detroit: A look Ford C-Max Energi, GM's EV efforts
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End It was lucky for me that GM's recent media forum on its electrification efforts was in San Francisco, since I...
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Is there hope for affordable lead-acid EV batteries?
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz EndWhy Not Improve The Cheap Chemistry? When General Motors launched its pioneering two-seat EV1 in 1997, its batteries were "advanced"...
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Vauxhall Ampera gets 'love it or return it' offer in UK
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, UK General Motors' Vauxhall division in the UK is looking to spur sales of the Chevrolet Volt sister vehicle by giving prospective buyers a chance to drive the...
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Chevy Volt sales jump to 2,633; Nissan Leaf steady at 1,489
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, Nissan It wasn't the best Chevrolet Volt sales month ever, but GM's plug-in hybrid climbed out of the November slump of 1,519 sales back up to 2,633...
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Bob Lutz: Volt plug-in powertrain should have gone into Escalade first
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, USA Now he tells us. Bob Lutz, who helped spearhead the development of the Chevrolet Volt at General Motors, told UK's Autocar that the Volt's extended-range plug-in...
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With Chevy Silverado, GM promotes low cost-of-ownership instead of high MPG
Filed under: MPG, Chevrolet, GM General Motors has a couple of problems to deal with: a glut of pickups on dealer lots and the inability to claim best-in-class fuel economy for its usually...
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PSA Peugeot Citroen, Bosch working on compressed-air, battery-free hybrid
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hybrid, GM, PSA, Citroen, Peugeot Nike single-handedly popularized the term "swoosh." If a new and unexpected project works out as planned, PSA Peugeot Citroen might...
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Q&A: John Lauckner, General Motors chief technology officer
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End John Lauckner, one of the masterminds behind General Motors' breakthrough Chevrolet Volt EREV, has a full...
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GM CEO Akerson confirms 200-mile EV in the works, says death of the V8...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, MPG, Chevrolet, GM, Lightweight General Motors isn't talking about how far the 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV can go before it needs a charge, but par...
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Q&A: Larry Nitz says GM "committed to electrification as a long-term...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End Anyone who still doesn't believe that General Motors is serious about advanced technology in general, and vehicle electrification in...
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Mascoma backs away from IPO plans
Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, GM Mascoma, a cellulosic ethanol maker, has been working on gaining capital investment from just about every funding source out there. But now it looks like the...
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Chevy Volt fleet racks up 150 million electric-powered miles
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM Chevrolet says those on-board gas-powered generators in the Volt extended-range plug-ins are getting kind of lonely. The General Motors division estimates that...
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2014 Chevy Volt available in two new colors, Brownstone Metallic and Ashen...
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chevrolet, GM General Motors is adding two rather businesslike color choices for potential buyers of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in: Brownstone Metallic and Ashen...
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GM's Opel may add electric side to diesel engines
Filed under: Diesel, EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, Opel, Europe/EU General Motors' Opel division is confident that its slate of diesel engines will allow it to meet stricter European emissions standards set...
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Tesla questions if Chevy is first OEM building electric vehicle motors in US?
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants, Chevrolet, GM, Tesla Motors, AutoblogGreen Exclusive Astute readers and Tesla Motors took issue with a line from a General Motors press release yesterday...
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