Electric Car Blogging

Auto industry publications are reporting that an upcoming Buick Crossover due out in 2011 will be the first application of GM’s two-mode plug-in hybrid system—technology that was originally intended for the Saturn Vue. “Those reports are pure speculation,” GM spokesperson, Dayna Hart, told Hybridcars.com. “There are plans to implement the system into a future vehicle, [...] [...]

Just what America needed
Why did America put bailout money into Chrysler? To save auto jobs of course.
Thus, the first thing Chrysler plans to do right of a government-manipulated bankruptcy is restart production on the Dodge Viper.
I know saving Chrysler and General Motors was about saving the US economy, but this isn’t a good omen for [...] [...]

Can the Volt buck the trend?
Many times I’ve read that GM is going to set the new standard of hybrid and electric vehicles with the Chevy Volt. It will be the most innovative technology on the road many have claimed.
While I find the Volt to be revolutionary, at least in concept, I’ve long worried that [...] [...]