GM has actually dabbled in electric vehicles for nearly a century. A timeline in the January edition of Automobile magazine laid it all out, from a 1912 electric truck to the experimental EV1 that ran ...

Brace yourselves, electric-car advocates, for another possible round of alarmism and superficial reporting about fires in plug-in cars. A Bloomberg story from Friday highlights a third fire involving ...

When General Motors and Chevrolet unveiled the plug-in-hybrid Volt back in the early days of the Obama administration, then-CEO Rick Wagoner said the car was "a great way to open our second century." ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp is pressing ahead with investment in a range of electric vehicles beyond its Chevy Volt even as the automaker slashes spending in other areas, sources with ...

Toyota’s preference for non-plug hybrids is by no means a new phenomenon. In 2007 when Chevrolet launched the original Volt concept, Toyota spokespeople were notable for some negative public comments ...

New cars and trucks are selling at a blistering pace in the U.S. right now, adding to a seventh consecutive year of volume growth for the industry. But with half the year gone, sales of plug-in ...

Sales of the Chevrolet Volt may be waning for now, but General Motors is investing big in the next generation of the plug-in hybrid. GM is setting its sights on a greater all-electric range for the ...

DETROIT, Nov 5 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp is pressing ahead with investment in a range of electric vehicles beyond its Chevy Volt even as the automaker slashes spending in other areas, sources ...