GM accelerating electric vehicle technology development, in China

Jon Lauckner spoke in Beijing today about GM’s research into vehicle electrification, and the expansion of GM’s electrified vehicle research and development operations in China. In Beijing on Tuesday, Jon Lauckner, GM Chief Technology Officer, vice president of Global Research & Development, and president of GM Ventures, told the FISITA…

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Oil rig explosion and fire off Louisana coast

One day after BP agreed to a $4 billion settlement over the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, we have news of another oil rig blowing up off the coast of Louisiana. On Friday (today) an explosion and fire ripped through an oil platform owned by…

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Tesla Model S named Automobile of the Year by Automobile Magazine

Tesla Model S, Roadster

Start-up automaker Tesla Motors has won a prestigious award for the company’s first self-designed self-manufactured electric car, the Tesla Model S. One of America’s top automobile magazines, er Automobile Magazine, has awarded it’s top honor, Automobile of the Year 2013, to a brand new electric car, the Tesla Model S.…

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