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As part of its plan to once again become financially viable, the beleaugered automaker General Motors has been shedding some of its various brands in order to focus on their core vehicle lines.  One consequence of this is that Saturn is being dropped, even though that particular brand accounted for 28% of GM’s hybrid vehicle [...]

Electric drivetrains are nothing new, but finding a way to effectively power that drivetrain over long distances is a Holy Grail for automakers.  The development of the Voltec electric vehicle platform by General Motors, which will first hit the streets in the Chevrolet Volt in November 2010, is focused in large part on battery technologies.  [...]

For the most part, the green car movement has left pickup trucks on the sideline.  There have been plenty of midsize and even large SUVs that offer a hybrid option, but the number of hybrid pickups has been limited.  One of the main concerns is that while a hybrid drivetrain may be perfectly suitable for [...]