GM is doing it again

Damn. That didn’t last long. Remember the plug-in hybrid Buick that General Motors announced two weeks ago? The one that was basically a re-badged Saturn Vue? GM just killed it.

GM has a long, tired history of announcing or doing innovative things then killing them or backtracking

Chevy Volt. GM’s desperation gambit

GM is betting their company on the Chevy Volt. It’s a plug-in electric hybrid supposedly due in 2010. But reports are it will be late and the battery, which they are inventing as they design the car, remains a huge problem. It doesn’t exist yet and if and when it does, will probably be extremely [...]

GM may be betting their future on the Chevy Volt

Credit where credit is due. GM is feverishly working on a next generation hybrid,the Chevy Volt, which could make existing hybrids obsolete. The Volt would use a gas engine to supplement the electric engine, the opposite of what current hybrids do, and would use microscopic amounts of gas most of the time. It will [...]