The Chevrolet Cruze is the gas-powered sister car to the Chevy Volt, riding atop the same global compact delta platform. It is also one of GM’s greatest hopes for its future, a feature-packed luxury-like small car in an affordable price range. It is designed to sell at high volumes and compete head [...]
When GM first introduced the Volt concept in January 2007, it was met with tremendous public enthusiasm. Indeed this very site was born of that sentiment. Faced with this strong public interest, GM’s communications department decided early on they would be very open and transparent with the Volt development process. [...]
Peak oil is the theory and study of the time when global oil production reaches its maximum rate and then declines terminally, despite growing demand. Peak oil is a fact of nature that either will shortly occur or is presently occurring; oil is a finite resource and at [...]
This week I took the next step in what has been a remarkable four year journey. I ordered my very own Chevrolet Volt.
Fortunately I live in an early launch market in the metro New York City area and work only a block away from Englewood Auto Group, a dealership [...]
Lets start off by saying the obvious. GM needs the Cruze to be a winner in the US. It has never been more clear given GM’s August results. The bulk of GM’s 25% downswing was because of not being able to compete in the compact and mid-size [...]
China is officially the world’s largest automotive market, growing the most rapidly, and poised to continue doing so for years to come. As oil demand grows there and world production declines, China, like many other countries will be faced with considerable difficulties. As such the Chinese government has been strongly [...]
