The first version is still yet to go on sale, but engineers at General Motors are already hard at work developing the second and third generations of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.

With the first Volt still over twelve months away, GM has decided to start work on successive generations of the car in an attempt [...]

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After having spent an undoubtedly gruelling two weeks with President Obama’s automotive task force - most of it, most certainly, on ‘the rack’ - GM and Chrysler will now play host on home turf in Detroit.

The US Government task force has been sent to Detroit to get a closer, on-the-job look at the inner workings of America’s struggling giant [...]

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Chevrolet’s long awaited Volt electric vehicle has until now, been without a confirmed battery supplier. LG Chem and A123 Systems have been supplying prototype battery packs to GM during the Volt’s development but which supplier would be granted the potentially lucrative contract, has until today, been up in the air.

GM CEO Rick Wagoner has now [...]

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