LOS ANGELES – General Motors will help lead a joint demonstration project — along with the state of California, Chevron Technology Ventures, and Pacific Ethanol — to learn more about consumer awareness and acceptance of E-85 as a motor vehicle fuel by demonstrating its use in GM's flexible-fuel vehicles.
Read More →DETROIT — Police in Wisconsin are crediting General Motors' OnStar system and the AMBER Alert program with the successful rescue of a 17-month-old child taken from his mother's home.
Read More →LITTLE ROCK, AR – Col. Steve Dozier, state police commander for the Arkansas State Police, ordered 41 patrol cars from General Motors Corp. due to the legal dispute between Attorney General Mike Beebe and Ford Motor Co., according to the Associated Press.
Read More →PARADISE VALLEY, AZ – General Motors has announced that it will provide 28 state governments with Chevrolet Avalanche demonstration vehicles that can run on a fuel blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, according to the Arizona Republic.
Read More →GILBERT, AZ — With Ford and General Motors stopping production of compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane-fueled vehicles at year's end, many valley municipalities have been left wondering how to keep their alternative-fuel programs alive, according to the Arizona Republic newspaper on August 19.
Read More →DETROIT — General Motors’ Chevrolet and GMC gasoline-electric hybrid pickup trucks — which double as mobile power generators — got their first real-world test helping hurricane victims in Florida, according to Automotive News on August 16.
Read More →PHOENIX — Ford and General Motors, two major suppliers of vehicles that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane, are discontinuing production of some models after the 2004-model year to focus on gas/electric hybrid vehicles and hydrogen-fuel research.
Read More →DETROIT -- General Motors Corp.'s advanced hybrid technology will be used on transit buses in the Seattle area beginning in June, eventually creating the nation's largest fleet of diesel-electric hybrid buses, according to The Associated Press.
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