Amidst stories of tragedy on the luge track, and complaints that NBC isn’t giving enough coverage to athletes from countries than the USA, it may have gone largely unnoticed that VANOC, the organizing committee for both the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has been pushing to make this year’s games, “…the greenest Olympic Games ever…” [...]
HybridCars.com, one of the leading authorities on trends in hybrid technology, is reporting that on Tuesday General Motors announced plans to open a $246 million facility dedicated to the construction of electric motors destined to power future hybrids. The first of these will likely appear in 2013 in two-mode, rear-wheel drive vehicles.
Tom Stephens, GM vice [...]
Despite the ongoing Pontiac, Hummer and Saturn fire sale, news out of Detroit yesterday morning is that GM is halting the production of Hummers at the end of the week, while it waits for Chinese regulator approval of the pending sale of the brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Insdustrial Machinery Co.
According to a report [...]
General Motors has announced that when the Chevrolet Volt goes on sale late in 2010 it’s going to have a government mileage rating of 230 mpg. CEO Fritz Henderson kinda went for the understatement on the statement, “Having a car that gets triple-digit fuel economy can and will be a game changer for us.”
Of course [...]
Late again this week because I wanted to sort out this GM / EBay business for our readers and it’s so bloody hot in Texas, analytical thought is second to flopping in front of the nearest fan. I will say I was surprised and pleased at the speed with which GM pulled itself out of [...]
