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ces 2008

First Shots Under The Hood of the Chevy Volt Hydrogen

GM may have announced their Chevy Volt Hydrogen concept months ago, but attendees at CES are getting the world's first look under the hood of the eco-friendly beast. More than just a random rendering, one can see Chevy's direction with eco-cars in some very clear side-by-side trends when compared with the original Chevy Volt.

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2:44 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Mark Wilson
11,301 views, 35 comments

Latest by MightyJoe: I am in LOVE with the concept of using hydrogen as an altenative energy source, but one thing that concerns me is this: If we stop buying oil from foregn sources, won't the price of oil inflate beyond the avearge more »

remote control

OnStar Slams the Brakes On Car Thieves

Sorry, dudes—I just had to write that headline. But it's true: the 2009 OnStar systems in about 20 GM models will be able to access the brakes to stop a perp in his tracks. First, there would be a verbal warning, where the car, hopefully voiced by William Daniels, will tell the thief that it will slow to a stop. The thief has the option of pulling over to the side, or of course wheeling into oncoming traffic to go down in a blaze of glory. OnStar will also pop on the hazard lights and call the fuzz to report the car's whereabouts. Owners can opt out of the feature, presumably in the fear that cops or an angry spouse could use it on them. [AP] UPDATE: I AM AN IDIOT. IN MY ZEAL TO WRITE A CORNY HEADLINE, I OVERLOOKED THE TECHNICAL EXPLANATION. YOU ARE RIGHT, OAKCITYMIKE, IT'S NOT THE BRAKES, BUT THE ENGINE ITSELF, THAT SLOWS THE CAR DOWN.

12:24 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Wilson Rothman
2,606 views, 36 comments

Latest by jeffvdw: EarthSearch Communications have launched the AutoSearchGPS 1.4 car GPS tracker and remote manager which can be used for anti-theft and parental control purposes. EarthSearch has announced a roll out with Mazda. The genie is out of the bottle more »

chevy

LEAKED, Electric Meets Diesel in Opel E-Flex

We shouldn't know about the cars of the future yet, and let me be the first to say, I'm sorry they don't fly. But the Opel E-Flex is a European concept of the Chevy Volt unleaded/electric hybrid. Other than its propensity to drink more wine and go "on holiday," the Opel will use a 1.3lt turbo diesel engine to recharge the car's lithium ion batteries when they run out. More »

10:30 AM on Sat Sep 8 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,425 views, 30 comments

Latest by ackthbbft: Another reason this is better than the Volt is that modern diesels burn cleaner, can run biodiesel on the fly (though the smell of french fries can cause the munchies), and the fact that European turbodiesels are generally made to more »

sirius 2007 line show

Box Converts XM-Ready Cars to Sirius-Ready Temples of Howard Stern

The honkin' GM Sirius box, which replaces the XM box currently found in most XM-enabled GM cars 2003 and newer. This new Sirius box is compatible with about 8 million cars on the road. There are boxes from Directed that do the same for Hondas, Toyotas and Lexus autos, too. More »

7:10 PM on Wed Aug 15 2007
By Brian Lam
3,986 views, 5 comments

gadgets

High-Tech GM Car Accessory Concepts

Sure, we look at high-tech car concepts all the time and our blogging cohorts, Jalopnik do even more, but how often do we get a chance to see actual car accessory concepts. GE has a few with the key fob, luxury lighting and high-tech rearview mirror. More »

5:30 PM on Thu Feb 15 2007
By Travis Hudson
1,541 views, 17 comments

robots

GM Watches As Robot Commits Suicide, Does Nothing

You'd you think that since we love robots so much, we'd be moved at this GM car-manufacturing robot killing himself. Nope. Nothing but laughs here. – Jason Chen More »

7:45 PM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Jason Chen
1,103 views, 17 comments

gadgets

Leno and GM Roll Out EcoJet Supercar

SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) is underway in Las Vegas, and our esteemed compatriots at Jalopnik are there, where they saw Jay Leno rolling out the EcoJet, the latest supercar concept that he and GM VP of Global Design Ed Welburn (pictured with Leno above) sketched out on a napkin. Just in time for Halloween, it's a bio-diesel monster with 650hp under the hood, powered by a Honeywell LT101 turbine engine fueled by refined vegetable oil or even animal fat. More »

11:54 AM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Charlie White
1,067 views, 23 comments

Latest by thrillhouse: Hey, I'm all for hydrogen - especially because its going to kick Toyota in the crotch. I'm all for anything thats cleaner than what we have today. The point about electric cars is that the originals (10-15 years more »

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Jalopnik G-G-Gadget Car: Hydrogen Driven Chevy Sequel and BMW Hydrogen 7


This week saw the introduction of two vastly different concept cars running engines powered by people love hydrogen and since that's a pretty innovative deal, let's take a moment and walk through the technology behind these two technological wonders-on-wheels, and the two diametrically opposite ways they address bringing hydrogen fuel cell power to the people. How could two hydrogen systems be so different? Well the first one, by the 'merican Revolution of Chevy, is a fully hydrogen-powered system and the other, by the German luxe powerhouse of BMW, is a gasoline-and hydrogen-powered system. What are the chances of success of either or both of these technologies in actually making it to market? Will they be fuel efficient? Will they look cool? More »

10:40 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Brian Lam
830 views, 9 comments

Latest by MrVent: As a chevy owner...I think having this technology would greatly help GM in increasing their sale... As I have encountered in my sequel the quality of their work...I love my car, I work on it almost every day. It's been more »

portable media

GM Cuts XM Prices by 39 Percent

General Motors has announced a price cut for the optional XM factory-installed XM satellite radio. It is a pretty significant cut of 39-percent. Beginning with the 2007 year vehicles the factory-installed XM satellite receiver will go for $199, cut from $325. A GM suit explained the reasoning behind the cut: "XM Radio has become a must-have feature for many customers and demand continues to grow." Wait, so demand it up and the prices go down? I know I slept through a lot of my macroeconomics class, but that doesn't sound right. More »

4:15 PM on Wed Aug 16 2006
By Travis Hudson
282 views, 7 comments

Latest by MrVent: The price cut would surely be a good news for most of GM owners... Well, I can't wait to have one of their XM radio installed in my new GMC Sierra Classic... This has been one awesome truck so far, more »

portable media

Ford, GM, Mazda to see more iPod Integration

Apple has inked a deal with three major car manufacturers today to make it a bit easier to connect the iPod into car stereos. Apple has come to agreement with Ford, GM and Mazda to see that 70-percent of their 2007 model vehicles will offer some way of connecting iPods directly. The iPod integration seems to be as simple as a dock connection in the glove compartment. iPod control and navigation will be done through the already existing stereo controls. GM has already announced pricing regarding this issue. As early as October they will offer the iPod audio connection for $160 plus labor. I'll stick with my cheapy FM transmitter and 12V DC charger thank you very much. – Travis Hudson More »

10:59 AM on Thu Aug 3 2006
By Travis Hudson
3,081 views, 12 comments

Latest by MrVent: Scion with a an ipod integration is really cool...it's such a hot ride, very sporty and elegant at the same time, especially if purchased in the right color... mine is white, and I've got the Pedestal spoiler on it, it more »

gadgets

GM Builds Its First Hybrid Trucks

We like to follow hybrid vehicles around here, and now even pickup trucks are getting into the act. GM will reportedly roll out its first hybrid trucks—versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra—for its Fall 2007 launch. More »

10:16 AM on Thu Aug 3 2006
By Charlie White
1,704 views, 20 comments

gadgets

GM to Build Plug-In Hybrid?

As we keep you posted on the latest developments in hybrid vehicles, we can't help but notice that General Motors has been lagging behind, and has even discontinued building promising cars that run on anything but internal combustion engines. But now, our greasemonkey brothers at Jalopnik tip us off about how the me-too suits at GM might be thinking about building a plug-in hybrid, according to "someone familiar with the company's plans." More »

2:20 PM on Mon Jun 26 2006
By Charlie White
146 views, 4 comments

gadgets

Electric Car Removed from Smithsonian, Replaced by SUV

Is it a case of bad timing, or is it a little fishy that just a week before the documentary critical of GM, Who Killed the Electric Car? is to be released that one of the few examples of the EV1 electric car in existence has been removed from the Smithsonian's Museum of American History by its curators? Prototypes of the EV1, called an "engineering marvel," were the only mass-produced electric vehicles ever to hit the highways and byways of the US, and the leased cars were inexplicably removed from circulation and destroyed by GM. More »

10:26 AM on Tue Jun 20 2006
By Charlie White
838 views, 6 comments

Latest by MrVent: Economic factors certainly play a role, but ideological factors and vision are also important. If Toyota had stopped investing in hybrids in the mid 90s because gas was cheap, the early cars were too pricey and they expected low volumes, they'd more »

gadgets

Vauxhall's New Panoramic Windshields

Vauxhall (a European car brand) is introducing a panoramic windshield option to their new Astra GTC model cars. The windshield extends up and past your head, meaning you have a view of everything from in front of you to right behind your noggin. This eliminates the steel above the windshield, which means if you ever flip your vehicle there's less protection for your skull. That's the tradeoff you make to get the feeling that you're in an open space. That, and the sun directly shining in your eyes from above, but there's a power shade that can be pulled forward to shield yourself in case of a sunny day. More »

7:43 PM on Fri Jun 16 2006
By Jason Chen
324 views, 18 comments

Latest by MrVent: When I test drove an Astra it was really cool to have an open space experience in driving but with the expense in safety I don't agree with, anyway, it also fooled me into believing I was driving something bigger more »

gadgets

GM Files Patent for Car Multimedia Network

Lumbering carmaker GM has decided to bring itself into the 21st century by filing a patent for a multimedia infrastructure for cars. In its Rube Goldbergian patent application drawing above, the car company places a microprocessor and hard drive at the heart of this multimedia system, and has even taken into account digital rights management (DRM), figuring out a way to tie content to your vehicle identification number. There's also a video back-up camera plugged into the system, as well as an output to other vehicle systems. More »

3:36 PM on Fri Feb 10 2006
By Charlie White
275 views, 5 comments

Latest by davebach: They may have trouble patenting item no. 42 in that drawing. I think Apple holds the rights to that one. more »

portable media

GM to XM: "Hey baby, want to come over to my place?"

GM released some information regarding their recent collaboration with XM satellite radio to integrate the service into 1.55 million vehicles in 2006. For 2006 almost 90 percent of the GM vehicles being offered in the U.S. will either have factory-installed XM receivers standard or optional. So what do the die-hard Sirius fanboys like myself do? Bitch, moan, and keep using the mobile receivers. More »

9:31 AM on Thu Oct 27 2005
By Travis Hudson
194 views, 4 comments