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GE Plans to Buy 25,000 Electric Vehicles
By Chris Haak Giant industrial conglomerate General Electric has announced plans to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its fleet. These purchases represent fully...
Who Killed the Electric Car? Economics.
Chris Haak In spite of the relentless hype that the electrification of the automobile has generated over the past few years, culminating in the nearly-simultaneous launches of...
smart USA Signs Memorandum of Understanding With Nissan to Develop Larger Car
By Chris Haak Hot off this morning's newswire is news that smart USA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nissan for the collaboration of a new B-segment (subcompact)...
Chrysler, GM, and Ford Dominate YTD Fleet Sales
The auto industry's paper of record, Automotive News, did a nice piece of reporting in this week's issue (link here , via TTAC) on the explosion in fleet sales at Ford, GM, and...
Chevy Volt Price Confirmed at $41,000
By Chris Haak We're not quite sure why this is even news today, since former GM vice chairman Bob Lutz told reporters two years ago, in 2008, that the Chevy Volt would sell for...
GM Hires Joel Ewanick from Nissan to Lead Marketing
By Chris Haak GM announced today that its head of marketing, Susan Docherty, is now its former head of marketing. Prior to that, Ms. Docherty had previously been head of...
2009 Nissan Altima 2.5SL Sedan Review
By Chris Haak 02.26.2009 Just below the Nissan logo and the words "2009 Altima 2.5 S" on the Monroney (window sticker) of the 2009 Altima that I just finished testing is the...
Nissan Asks Dealers Not To Display Vehicles at Detroit Show
By Chris Haak 01.06.2009 In November, Nissan announced that it was pulling out of the 2009 NAIAS in Detroit. Unlike Chrysler, which had to ask its Detroit-area dealers to chip...