This week in the Automotive Industry – 3/9/12
March 9th, 2012 | by John O'Neil
This week we're discussing Morgans new retro-electric, Bentley's EXP 9 F SUV Concept, real-life flying cars, and the new car that gets 50MPG.
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This week in the Automotive Industry #1 – 11/4/11
November 4th, 2011 | by John O'Neil
Our new intern John O'Neil takes a spin around the top 10 stories from the automotive industry in our new column "This week in the Automotive Industry." This week we're talking Saab's new buyers, the death of the manual transmission, fuel mileage myths, and how the Chevy Volt is seeing a surge in sales. Take it away John and welcome to the team!
Volt Owners to Get iPhone, Droid, and Blackberry Apps
January 6th, 2010 | by Eric Moretti
Techies get another reason to love the Volt. Chevrolet and OnStar have developed apps for the Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid and Blackberry Storm. Presumably there will be apps for other phones running Android or Blackberry OS but for now only those three phones are supported. The app will do a range of things including allowing users to monitor their driving stats, remotely start the car and schedule charging intervals. The car maintains contact with the phone via OnStar's real-time data connection
Pre-production Chevy Volt takes a bath in GM’s universal water chamber
August 25th, 2009 | by Zane Merva
Development on the Chevy Volt continues to progress at neck-break speed and GM has been sharing bits and pieces of the vehicle's testing and engineering along the way. This new video caught our interest for the sheer fact that it combines the "electric" Volt undergoing leak testing in GM's Universal Water Chamber
Saturn VUE Plug-In Hybrid to be resurrected as a Buick in 2011
August 6th, 2009 | by Zane Merva
From the very first day General Motors announced it would sell off Saturn, much debate and speculation has been floated surrounding the technology behind the highly anticipated, yet now dead Saturn VUE plug-in hybrid. What brand would get the hybrid goods and when? Today it turns out the answer is Buick, 2011.
GM opens Global Battery Systems Lab to help drive Volt into production
June 8th, 2009 | by Zane Merva
General Motors expanded its significant battery research and development capabilities today by opening the largest and most technologically advanced battery lab in the United States on its Technical Center campus here
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