by Bryan Laviolette | Oct 8, 2010
General Motors and supplier of home charging systems will offer a 240-volt home charging unit for the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle for $490. But GM said installation of the system is estimated to cost $1,475 — so to actually have a working...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 8, 2010
The world got a good look at the all-new Chevrolet Aveo during the Paris Motor Show, this week, but while the sheet metal is bound for U.S. showrooms, the name may stay in Europe, a senior General Motors official tells TheDetroitBureau.com. It’s not that Aveo name...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 8, 2010
If Alan Mulally decides he’s had enough of the auto industry he could find a new career in high-tech. The former Boeing chief, now Ford Motor Co. CEO, has been tapped for the third year in a row to serve as keynote speaker at the annual Consumer Electronics Show,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 8, 2010
General Motors plans to spend $145 million to re-tool an assembly plant outside Detroit to build a new compact car, dubbed the Verano, that will help nudge forward the apparent revival of its long moribund Buick brand, The $145 million dollars spent on re-tooling the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2010
Struggling to find a way to overcome the so-called “range anxiety” about electric vehicles, TheDetroitBureau.com has learned that Nissan is preparing a program that, if brought to market, would give Leaf buyers a longer-range alternative – at least for one week a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2010
With U.S. sales in a slump despite the use of some of the largest cash incentives in its history, Toyota Motor Co. is taking a two-pronged approach to rebuilding momentum. From Japan, the company has announced plans to add a number of new hybrids, plug-ins and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2010
Toyota is releasing a new system, dubbed Smart Center, that is says will reduce energy usage at home while making it easier to charge one of the maker’s upcoming battery-electric vehicles. Smart Center, one of the first so-called “smart grid” systems, could cut energy...
by Bryan Laviolette | Oct 7, 2010
While the Chevrolet Volt, due to hit dealerships in limited numbers later this year, is critical to General Motors’ resurgence, expanding use of the technology to other types of vehicles will be important for the automaker’s future. But concepts using what GM calls...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 7, 2010
Few cars are more emblematic of quirky French design than the classic Citroen DS9. Its sweeping curves predated by decades the coupe-like sedan styling that has become so popular today, and was echoed in the unusual technology within, such as the car’s hydraulic...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 6, 2010
Desperately struggling to reverse crashing sales, Smart USA has inked a memo of understanding with Japan’s Nissan to provide a new 5-door model to the Smart microcar line-up. The first clear product to emerge from a new partnership between Daimler and the Euro-Asian...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 6, 2010
Yet again, silver is the favorite choice of American motorists when picking the color for their new products, according to one of the industry’s top paint suppliers. For the tenth year in a row it has readily outsold such stalwarts as black, white, red and blue – as...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 6, 2010
It takes a bit of an effort to find for potential French buyers to find the Orlando crossover, one of four new models wearing the Chevrolet badge debuting at this year’s Paris Motor Show. Orlando and the rest are hidden in Hall 5, a good walk from the main pavilion...
