General Motors Co. (GM) is developing a Buick brand car using the Chevrolet Volt’s plug-in hybrid technology as the automaker expands its line of fuel-efficient vehicles,...
Articles from 3.31.2011
Algae holds promise for future nuclear clean-up
Common freshwater algae might hold a key to cleaning up after disasters such as Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident, scientists said yesterday at a meeting of the...
Coburn's amendment to cut ethanol tax credit makes Midwestern GOP senators uneasy
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is engaged in a high-stakes feud with fellow conservatives who are doing whatever they can to protect a home-grown interest: ethanol.Coburn has...
White House affirms opposition to EPA riders in spending bill
The White House restated its opposition Thursday to GOP spending bill riders that would thwart administration environmental policies, comments that come amid rising fear...
Sarkozy wants global nuclear reform
TOKYO (Reuters) - France called for new global nuclear rules as Japan's atomic crisis reached three weeks on Friday with widening radiation from its crippled power...
IAEA suggests Japan widen exclusion zone near nuclear plant
TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog suggested Japan consider widening an evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear plant as French President Nicolas Sarkozy was...
Pennsylvania limits authority of oil and gas inspectors
Oil and gas inspectors policing Marcellus Shale development in Pennsylvania will no longer be able to issue violations to the drilling companies they regulate without...
Murkowski signals she's open to some fees on oil industry
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources, signaled she is open to the idea of charging oil companies additional fees...
Senators press U.S. officials on storage of spent nuclear fuel
A Senate subcommittee pressed federal officials on Wednesday on the safety of long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel in pools, a common practice at nuclear reactors in...
Molycorp works with Ames Lab on rare-earth metals
(03-30) 12:55 PDT GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) -- Molycorp Inc. and a federal energy lab in Iowa have agreed to collaborate on developing commercial-grade, high-strength...
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Fox News finds some love for the Chevy Volt
Looks like Bob Lutz gave up criticizing the way Fox News talks about the Chevrolet Volt just in time. Lee Spieckerman of Spieckerman Media was on Fox & Friends this...
Chevy Volt, Opel Ampera are jointly named European car of the year
GENEVA — In a ceremony Monday that opened the 82nd Geneva auto show, the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera, the European version of the Volt, were jointly named the European...
Republicans charge delay in Volt fire announcement
WASHINGTON — House Republicans accused the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday of trying to keep secret a battery fire in a Chevy Volt out of fear...
GM says very few Volt owners selling car back, taking out loaners
A small number of Chevy Volt owners (around 50, at last count) have signed on to a letter saying they are perfectly happy with their cars and feel safe driving them. An...
GM says some Volt drivers going 1,000 miles between gas tank fill-ups
General Motors Co. (GM), the biggest U.S. automaker, said drivers of its Volt electric cars were traveling 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) before they need to fill up
GM doubling output of Chevrolet Volt as gas prices rise
General Motors now plans to more than double its production of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car.And GM is adding a second shift and 1,000 jobs at the...
GM said to plan doubling 2012 production capacity of Chevrolet Volt
General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson plans to double the 2012 production capacity for the Chevrolet Volt to 120,000 as he works to boost the plug- in...
GM to put Volt drivetrain in minivan "In the next few years"
Are minivans/MPVs the next big thing in the world of hybrids and electric vehicles? Based on the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, it would certainly seem so: Toyota unveiled a new...
GM bets on Powermat for wireless charging in cars
The Volt and wireless charging is an early adopter power match made in heaven. At CES, GM said it will offer wireless charging in some cars -- including the Volt -- via...
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First Chevy Volt ad plays up ‘range anxiety’
General Motors starts the advertising blitz for the Chevrolet Volt tonight, and the first ad plays to consumers' range anxiety by calling the Volt 'an electric...
Was GM's attempt to trademark 'range anxiety' a bad move?
General Motor's attempt to trademark the term "range anxiety" is generating some critical heat. The first to attack was Tesla Motors, which basically...
GM’s Volt heads for China
Ceremonial handshakes offer photo opportunities the world over, and so it is with the arrival of the first running Volt range-extended electric car in China.And despite...
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