General Motors Boost EV Sales With New Smartphone Apps
General Motors decided to increase their range and sales of Electric vehicles by introducing new Smartphone Apps that will bring down the cost of...
Chevy Spark EV – Just the Beginning, says General Motors
General Motors has a number of electrification projects currently in production, including the light hybrid eAssist system, such as found on the Chevy...
How General Motors Plans for an Electrified Future
While pure electric vehicles are having somewhat of a difficult time hitting their market stride, electrified vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in...
General Motors’ 100 mpg Car – The Platinum Anniversary That Could Have Been
In 1992, I built my first PC, the same year Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Works hit the market. Bill Clinton became President of the...
Tesla Motors CEO Foresees EV Battery Prices Will Soon Drop Under $200 per Kilowatt
Electric car batteries are going to get cheaper, or at least that's what Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, said in a conference call...
LG and General Motors Getting Together To Develop Electric Vehicles
Nowadays, more and more companies are trying to develop different eco-friendly vehicles. Be them electrics or hybrids, they all try to reduce the fuel...
General Motors Could Release Crossover Plug-In Hybrid At The 2012 Detroit Auto Show
According to some rumors, General Motors plans to launch its new plug-in hybrid Crossover at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show. This year, one of GM's brands, Chevrolet, has presented a similar concept, the Volt MPV5. GM's latest plug-in hybrid vehicle is likely to follow the concept of Chevrolet Volt 2011 model.
General Motors Greens Up By Installing 512 kW Solar Plant on Detroit Facility
Looks like GM is going to go greener starting with the end of this summer, as it has signed an agreement with DTE Energy that will put 512 kW of solar power onto six acres located at the south of the Detroit-Hamtramck facility. The power will feed some 54,750 energy-hungry Volt plug-in hybrids per year.
Tesla Motors Official Discloses Interesting Information About Their EV Battery
In an interview given to TechOn!, Kurt Kelty, Director of battery technologies at Tesla Motors, explained a few historic facts which led to the Roadster's success. One of them was the adoption of laptop lithium ion batteries, and building a safe and robust energy storage out of them.
Oil Recycled From BP Spill Used to Make Chevy Volt Plastic Parts
The BP spill has definitely caused a lot of environmental damage and people spent a lot of money and energy to clean it. To make themselves a greener image the General Motors company has, for marketing purposes, announced that they will use recycled BP spilled oil to make the plastics in the iconic Chevy Volt... which is a half-blood electric.
