Looks like GM is planning to compete even more directly with Nissan's all-electric LEAF. According to reports, GM is supposed to announce on Wednesday that it will...
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U.S. missing out on energy from trash, study says
Columbia University researchers assert that tech breakthroughs in recent years now make sending trash to landfills a waste of energy
White House blasts bill to override EPA coal ash rules, stops short of veto threat
The White House blasted House Republican legislation that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing stringent regulations on harmful waste produced...
Clinton: Keystone pipeline review is fair
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is defending the State Department’s review of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline against green group allegations that...
London OK with nuclear energy
LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A report on the British nuclear energy sector, using lessons from Japan's disaster, concluded nuclear safety measures were sound, an...
Australia carbon price plan passes lower house vote
CANBERRA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Australia's plan for a sweeping national carbon price cleared its biggest political hurdle on Wednesday when a series of 18 bills to set...
X Challenge winners blow old oil recovery tech out of the water
$1.3 million in prize money went out to two winners of the Wendy Schmidt Oil Recovery X Challenge, both of which far exceeded the current standard of oil cleanup...
Report: GM will make next electric car in Korea; expected to be bigger than Spark EV
GM reportedly will produce next-generation electric vehicles in South Korea, alongside the Chevrolet Spark EV (pictured), due to arrive in American showrooms by summer,...
GM says 2012 Volt has saved a supertanker (around 2M gallons) worth of gas since launch
We all know electric and plug-in hybrid cars can help cut down consumption of gasoline, but just how do you measure how much gasoline savings can be made? Normally, we...
GM finalizes set of modifications for Volt battery intrusion fire issue
GM finalized a set of relatively simple Chevy Volt modifications designed to protect the vehicle's battery from the rare possibility of a fire occurring after a...
False claim that each Volt cost taxpayers $250,000 goes viral
Oh, how easy it is to go viral on the Internet. All you have to do is be really, really bad at math. Or have an agenda. Here's how to play the game:Start with a car...
GM willing to buy back Volts from worried owners
NEW YORK — General Motors will buy Chevrolet Volts back from any owner who is afraid the electric cars will catch fire, the company's CEO said Thursday.
Lithium-ion EV batteries examined after Chevy Volt fire
Federal regulators said they are looking at lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars after a Chevrolet Volt that had undergone a crash test caught fire.
G.M. aims the Volt at China, but Chinese want its secrets
TIANJIN, China — For General Motors and the Obama administration, the new Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid represents the automotive future, the culmination of decades of...
Nissan LEAF sales overtake Chevy Volt’s in April
It's still way too early to establish long-term market trends on competing electric vehicles, but based on April sales numbers, the Nissan LEAF has for now overtaken...
GM: 90% of Chevy Volt customers are new to GM, most trading in a Prius
General Motors says customers love their new Chevy Volts - and the number one vehicle they are leaving behind is the Toyota
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’s Volt to reach first customers right after Thanksgiving
The first dozen customers of GM's electric car the Volt, are expecting their cars shortly after Thanksgiving. The green car that GM hopes will help revive its brand...
Chevrolet statement looks to clear the air on how Volt works
After yesterday's media inferno surrounding whether or not the 2011 Chevrolet Volt is a true electric vehicle, General Motors is out to set the re













