Green Car Reports

MARCH 23, 2016

Today, the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid debuts at the 2016 New York Auto Show, General Motors begins pre-production of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car, and the 2017 BMW 330e plug-in hybrid is confirmed for a U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports. launch this summer.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hyundai and sibling brand Kia combined now rank second in EV sales after Tesla, meaning the two Korean brands are ahead of other established automakers like Ford and General Motors. 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 The Ioniq 6 is one of the best new EVs of the past year—and a Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024 finalist.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

A supplier tests a long-range, compact battery in a BMW i3 electric car. And General Motors plans to expand Chevrolet Bolt EV sales with more battery production in Michigan. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. We kick off National Drive Electric Week.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The inevitable arrival of Tesla Model S hacking, General Motors invests money and jobs in 2016 Chevrolet Volt, production and we drive the 2014 Mazda 3 compact hatchback. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

As it bids to break even at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles, General Motors has updated its Viability Plan which will deepen the cuts in its operations. General Motors North America structural costs are to decline by 25 per cent from $30.8billion in 2008 to $23.2billion in 2010.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2016

Today, we look at ambitious targets for Tesla Model 3 production, how General Motors will compensate owners who bought SUVs with inaccurate fuel-economy figures on window stickers, and why an electric-car advocate created the fictional Chevrolet Jolt EV. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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MAY 3, 2022

General Motors has fixed over 18,000 vehicles in Q1 2022, after initially beginning battery pack replacements in Q4 2021. Some parking lots would not allow the vehicles to be present as the risk of fire had some property owners unwilling to keep the cars on their premises.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. liter engine and automatic).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2009

The future may be green for General Motors, but it’s also green for an old General Motors plant. a new US vehicle manufacturer that plans to build environmentally friendly cars at the facility. A closed plant in Louisiana will reopen soon under the ownership of V-Vehicle Co.,

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Green Cars News

JULY 31, 2010

With strong public interest in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors (GM) has decided to ramp up production of the range extended electric vehicle. The company is expected to increase production capacity by 50 per cent – from 30,000 units to 45,000 units – in 2012. The news broke as part of US President Barack Obama’s [.].

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Baua Electric

APRIL 7, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 6, 2024. In a first drive of the 2025 Porsche Taycan , we found that with improvements to performance, efficiency, and charging, this grand-touring electric sports car lives up to its original mission—and much more.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2011

million) from the Green Car Innovation Fund to support fuel efficiency improvements for the next Holden Commodore. This is the second grant Holden has received through the Green Car Innovation Fund. The Federal Government of Australia is awarding A$39.8 million (US$42.5

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

However, as green cars become more mainstream could it mark the end for exclusive green car brands? It appears that it is no longer viable for companies to designate one of their brands as green because advanced fuel efficient technology is expected across their range.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The beleaguered automotive industry in the United States has taken its fair share of knocks over the last 12 months but none were more shocking than when one of the oldest and most well-respected brands in motoring – General Motors (GM) – slipped into bankruptcy earlier this year. How GM hopes to recover.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2010

Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt Chevrolet Volt production Chevrolet Volt release Electric cars extended range electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The strategic partnership between General Motors (GM) and PSA Peugeot Citroen has been taken in a new direction that sees plans for co-operation on a B-segment platform and a small petrol engine cast aside. The companies will work together on two products for the PSA platforms: namely the C-CUV cro[.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The Frankfurt Motor Show is open to the public, so if you’re heading to the event what can you expect to see? The first version of the vehicle is debuting in Frankfurt with a more complete production vehicle scheduled for next year’s Geneva Motor Show. Lexus LF-Ch – Considered a rival to the BMW 120d and the Audi A3 2.0

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

General Motors (GM) has certainly been at the forefront of the electrification movement, particularly with the Chevrolet Volt vastly outselling its competition – and now it has outlined the plans it hopes will help it to retain its position as the green car leader.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

In the US, Chrysler and General Motors fell into bankruptcy; while in Japan even its major automakers have been left reeling from significant profit falls. It seems a spark is needed to get us back to the showrooms – so are the leading manufacturers right to put their faith in green cars? Averting a slump.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 11, 2010

The Chevrolet Volt isn’t the only range extended vehicle under wraps from General Motors – now the company has announced plans to produce a Cadillac Converj in the same mould.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 29, 2012

General Motors (GM) is to idle its Michigan assembly that makes its range-extended Volt model. The plant will cease production of the Volt for four weeks from mid-September as demand for the electric-petrol car remains soft. It is the second time this year that the plant has halted production of the model.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In particular, we often see production delays and reduced volumes from what the market was initially led to believe and what may often be well below actual consumer demand. That phrase is a business principle that leaders of customer-centric companies live by. GM Stock Chart: Yahoo Finance. The “30 New EVs by 2025” Promise.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the news as the Government embarks on the Building Britain’s Future scheme – a plan for recovery based on low carbon, high technology industries, products and services. So is Britain really in a position to be a green car leader? Tags: MINI Nissan The Green Piece Toyota Vauxhall.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The Chevrolet Equinox has been “amped” up as Ohio-based Advanced Mechanical Products (AMP) revealed a full battery electric version of the vehicle. AMP specialises in converting new vehicles to full battery electric drive and its electric Chevrolet Equinox can achieve a top speed of 90mph and accelerate from 0-60mph in just eight seconds.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 5, 2013

General Motors has invested nearly $332 million in four manufacturing plants to produce more fuel efficient engines and transmission systems.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The Chevrolet Volt has been deemed by many automotive analysts to be General Motors’ great hope – and it appears the company is ready to throw its financial weight by its production.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 23, 2010

The Vauxhall Ampera could be the next pioneering electric car heading for production in the UK, a General Motors (GM) chief has hinted. The range-extended electric car could be set to make Ellesmere Port the home of its European production, an article in The Times suggests.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

As news about the future of General Motors, now mockingly dubbed Government Motors, continues to break, it has been confirmed that it will build a small car after reaching an agreement with the United Auto Workers union. He believes the car will prove a winner with both current and future customers.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Cadillac brand may be one of the most inspirational in motoring history, but its latest model promises to follow in the footsteps of a much more modern icon. The concept car originally made its debut earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle and its battery pack are both converging on the beginning of the product and process validation stage of General Motors’ development process, which is scheduled to start in February, 2010.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

Hitachi Limited in Japan is set to spend an estimated Y20-30billion to boost production capacity for lithium-ion batteries as it targets a 70-fold increase in production capacity by 2015. General Motors has contracted Hitachi to provide the cells for its second generation belt alternator starter mild hybrid system.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 29, 2010

Business minister, Ian Lucas paid a visit to Ellesmere Port this morning to tour the production line of the Vauxhall plant based there. After the UK made a £270m loan guarantee to the European arm of General Motors (GM)- which consists of the Vauxhall and Opel brands-the Government has been keen to see the investment [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

After months of speculation about its future, General Motors Corporation has reached agreements with the US Treasury and the governments of Canada and Ontario for the creation of a new smaller and self-sustaining GM. The New GM is expected to launch in 60-90 days as a separate and independent company from the existing General Motors.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

General Motors (GM) might be best know for its production of four-wheeled mode of transport, but it seems the car giant is also switched-on to pedal-power too. The carmaker has become the first car company in the US to implement a bicycle sharing program; which it will use to allow employees at it[.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 11, 2012

General Motors used the event to unveil the first two products from its joint Indian venture with SAIC – a Chevrolet Sail premium hatchback and a Chevrolet MPV Concept. The North American International Auto Show may be ongoing, but the 11th Auto Expo inNew Delhi is not to be forgotten either. The Chevrolet Sail hatchback [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 17, 2011

There have been plenty of aspersions cast over the reliability of electric cars whether battery powered or range extended – so it’s interesting to see how the Chevrolet Volt will fair during its first winter as a production model. According to General Motors, one of its key goals when developing the Volt was to create [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

Around $750million is needed for near-term Volt development according to General Motors with the vehicle expected to hold a price tag of $40,000 when it is launched in 2010. Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt.

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