GM is Boosting Its Production of Plug-in Hybrid Models This Year

It's being reported that GM is boosting production of its Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid models this year by 20 percent to a total 36,000 units.

Posted on February 28, 2013

Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera Voted 2012 European Car of the Year

The Chevy Volt and the Opel Ampera today won the European "Car of the Year 2012" award voted by a panel of 59 judges from 23 European nations. The Ampera/Volt received 330 points against the Volkswagen Up! with 281...

Posted on March 6, 2012

GM Fires Back at VW CEO for Talking About a Possible Opel Sale

It looks like GM is not happy about recent comments that VW's CEO Martin Winterkorn made about the possible sale of GM's Opel division. In Wednesday's edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn commented on rumors...

Posted on July 14, 2011

GM Announces Plan to Build Next-Gen Chevy Impala in Detroit Plant

GM has announced this morning that it is is adding two shifts and about 2,500 hourly and salaried jobs at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant. The plant will build the new 2013 Chevy Malibu and the next-generation Impala as well as...

Posted on May 25, 2011

GM is Working on a Buick Version of the Opel Ampera aka Chevy Volt

According to the latest sources, GM is currently working on a Buick version of the European Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid (Chevy Volt in the US). GM's engineers and designers are currently working on a Buick version of the Ampera...

Posted on March 30, 2011

Geneva 09': Opel/Vauxhall Ampera is More Stylish than the Volt

GM is set to unveil two more versions of the Volt at the Geneva Motor Show. In Europe the Volt will be called the Ampera and sold under the Opel and Vauxhall brands. The Ampera is essentially the same...

Posted on March 2, 2009