by Ken Zino | Jun 22, 2010
The co-chairs of the bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling have selected a highly regarded Georgetown University law professor to serve as the commission’s executive director, the U.S. Department of Energy said...
by Ken Zino | Jun 22, 2010
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) will expand manufacturing capacity at its plant in Houston, Texas for production of drive motors for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), the Japanese company said...
by Ken Zino | Jun 22, 2010
General Motors Company announced today that it is creating a new regional organization “to meet rising customer demand” in South America by splitting it off from the existing International Operations division. GM South America will be headquartered in Sao...
by Bryan Laviolette | Jun 22, 2010
General Motors still has not announced pricing for the Chevrolet Volt, but there are indications that cost might come in lower than originally anticipated. Micky Bly, director of electric vehicle programs at GM, told an audience at last week’s Green Car Conference...
by Bryan Laviolette | Jun 22, 2010
There’s so much talk all across the automotive industry about battery electric vehicles, it would seem that the death of the internal combustion engine is imminent. But even the top proponents of battery power caution that the proven petroleum-powered internal...
by Ken Zino | Jun 21, 2010
Cadillac announced today that it would provide owners of all 2011 models with required maintenance services for the first four years or 50,000 miles. The latest marketing move follows an announcement yesterday that Lincoln, Ford’s luxury brand, would offer free...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 21, 2010
Barring some unexpected delay, General Motors hopes to ship its first extended-range electric vehicle, the Chevrolet Volt, to dealers in a handful of key markets by November, but expanding availability to the rest of the country could take longer than expected,...
by Ken Zino | Jun 21, 2010
Adults are just as likely as teens to have texted while driving and are substantially more likely to have talked on the phone while driving. These findings come from a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. The Pew survey also...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 21, 2010
Though it is credited with creating one of the industry’s most credible marketing campaigns, the independent Detroit-based ad agency, Doner, has learned that nothing is permanent in the automotive world. Doner has been notified it will lose the multi-million dollar...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 21, 2010
China’s Ministry of Commerce, hoping to forestall a potential slump in the country’s automotive market, have decided to extend their own version of the cash-for-clunkers program. The “old car for new” subsidy, which expired on May 31, will now run until at least the...
by Ken Zino | Jun 21, 2010
Volvo is recalling model year 2010-2011 C30, and model year 2010 S40 and V50 vehicles equipped with 6-speed manual transmissions. The gearshift lever stud-assembly may not have been tightened to the correct specification during assembly. If the gearshift lever cable...
by Jim McCraw | Jun 21, 2010
Cadillac’s burgeoning family of CTS-branded vehicles, the original four-door sedan, the high-performance CTS-V sedan, and the slick CTS sport wagon, now includes a radically edgy coupe. It’s been a long wait. Caddy’s last true coupe, the Eldorado, went out of...
