The Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt are both going to debut at around the same time on the sales floor. So which one should you choose (if you can find one available)? Lets start out by pointing out the differences. The Leaf is an entirely electric car with a stated range of 100 miles [...]

Most of us that follow the Volt have expected the retail price of the Volt to come in between forty and fifty thousand dollars (with most of the estimates being in the mid forties). Well GM announced the price of the Volt and I’m surprised (and delighted) to say it has come in at $41,000 [...]

General Motors Co. will build a pure-electric vehicle by expanding the Chevrolet Volt’s battery pack and removing its internal combustion engine, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Monday. It’s the next step for the Volt, a car the company says can run 40 miles on a charge from a standard home power outlet. After the battery [...]

Here is the Volt being run through the paces by Leno at his garage:

South Korean battery make LG Chem says it will spend more than $300 million over the next three years to build a manufacturing plant in Michigan for advanced technology batteries. The company is one of four battery makers approved for generous state tax incentives this summer  as Michigan bids to become the nation’s battery-making center. [...]

General Motors on Monday opened the doors to the OnStar EV Lab in Detroit, a testing center for in-car communications the company hopes will give its electric Chevy Volt more high-tech appeal. The OnStar EV Lab, housed in GM’s downtown Detroit corporate headquarters, is now using the OnStar communications system to gather data on 19 [...]

Every time I start to read about cars there’s a new hybrid announced.  Suzuki is the latest auto maker to announce a plugin hybrid, this one is made from their Suzuki Swift model. The Swift is already sold in Japan and Europe and comes with a little 1.3-liter diesel engine.  The concept uses a 660 [...]

Lyle over at GM-Volt was able to interview the CEO of Compact Power about the costs involved in making the lithium batteries that will go in the Chevy Volt. Here’s an excerpt: I recently had the chance to ask him about the cost of lithium-ion batteries.  As some sources suggest cost could be as high [...]

Bob Kruse, who recently led a critical Chevrolet Volt team and devised the automaker’s long-term electric vehicle strategy, has resigned months before the vehicle’s debut, The Detroit News has learned. Kruse’s resignation, effective end of September, comes at a crucial time for General Motors Co., which is banking on the Volt to change public perceptions [...]

GM gets a lot of media attention for the Volt. But the Volt isn’t the only green car GM is making in the near term. The Chevy Cruze, a small car that will be built in the same plant as the cobolt, is a 5 seater that GM says will pass the 40 MPG mark. [...]