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GM confirms plans to sell ER-EVs in Europe in 2011, 50 Volt prototypes this fall

GM Europe president Carl-Peter Forster said again this week that the company would launch E-Flex-based extended range EVs on the European market in 2011, about a year behind the Volt launch in North America. In his remarks, Forster referred to both petrol- and diesel-powered ER-EVs, although the last time we checked with GM they said they had no plans yet to produce diesel-powered E-Flex vehicles. The Opel/Saturn Flextreme concept that the company displayed at the 2007 Frankfurt motor show used a diesel engine in place of the gas/E85 ... Read more →

We can't let the market decide the fate of global warming as Detroit News columnist Winton wants you to believe Derrick Y. Noh

Neil Winton, a columnist for the Detroit News' Auto Insider, wrote a piece arguing that we should leave automakers alone and let market forces determine the outcome of emissions and global warming. ...

GM confirms plans to sell ER-EVs in Europe in 2011, 50 Volt prototypes this fall 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

GM Europe president Carl-Peter Forster said again this week that the company would launch E-Flex-based extended range EVs on the European market in 2011, about a year behind the Volt launch in North America. In his remarks, Forster referred to both petrol- and diesel-powered ER-EVs, although ...

We can't let the market decide the fate of global warming as Detroit News columnist Winton wants you to believe 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Neil Winton, a columnist for the Detroit News' Auto Insider, wrote a piece arguing that we should leave automakers alone and let market forces determine the outcome of emissions and global warming. He states his case in a clever way by not actually stating it at all. He paints the media, ...


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