Image via Wikipedia General Motors, for all its hype about the Volt (which won’t run on ethanol), has announced that E85 (ethanol, up to 85%) is the “best near-term” alternative fuel solution. This comes from their FastLane blog on which it’s touted that GM will be moving forward with an “ambitious” expansion of its flex-fuel [...]
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GM Panders to the Midwest and Big Agra – Loves Ethanol
August 19th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Alt-Fuel 
Tags: Corporate Average Fuel Economy, E85, Ethanol, Flexible-fuel vehicle, Gasoline, general motors 
2 Comments »AutoNation to Dealers: Sell the Volt at MSRP Or Else…
August 16th, 2010 Aaron Turpen The largest new car dealership chain in the U.S., AutoNation, has informed its dealerships that they are to sell the Chevy Volt at manufacturer’s retail ($41,000) or face immediate termination. AutoNation has 27 dealerships selling Chevrolets nationally. This comes after reports that a lot of dealerships appear to be planning to make up for huge [...]
Posted in Car Company, Hybrids Tags: AutoNation, Car dealership, chevrolet, ChevroletVolt, general motors Comments OffGM Creates Venture Funding From Thin Air, Invests in Bright Idea
August 11th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Government Motors has been busy lately, getting themselves in the news (for good or ill) as they pimp their new government-funded car that will save the world – the Volt. Meanwhile, with dealerships apparently planning to make up for two years of losses by jacking the price on one Volt sale, GM wants to keep [...]
Posted in Car Company, Hybrids Tags: Bright Automotive, Financial Services, general motors, Venture capital 1 Comment »Got Plans for That $80-odd Billion Investment?
May 23rd, 2010 Aaron Turpen The Government Accounting Office, which is (supposedly) non-partisan and may or may not have a stalwart track record in accurate accounting,* has released some information that is a little less than reassuring to those banking on the auto industry’s bailout billions being recouped. The GAO interviewed a bunch of experts in the financial and auto [...]
GM Recalls 1.3 Million Cars, Nobody Cares
March 3rd, 2010 Aaron Turpen Most people know about the Toyota recalls for faulty brakes and accelerator pedals. It’s been all over the news, the CEO of Toyota had to appear before Congress to explain his company’s (supposed) lack of response to this “serious safety concern” and whatever else. Meanwhile, Government Motors has recalled 1.3 million vehicles for a potentially [...]
Posted in Car Company Tags: chevrolet, general motors, gm, government motors, pontiac, recall, toyota 3 Comments »Opel Ampera To Make 370-mile “Cross Country” Road Trip
February 28th, 2010 Aaron Turpen For some reason, this headline is “news.” Probably only to GM-Volt.com, who are all about the Chevy Volt (the Opel Ampera is the Volt’s European sibling). If you didn’t see anything in the headline above to make you wonder why this is news, then… well, I guess I’ll have to spell it out. I was [...]
