G.M. To Speed Electric Car Roll-out; Increase Hybrid Offerings

General Motors announced new contracts with vendors that will help speed production of its planned Chevy Volt electric car. In addition, they have announced intentions to release more hybrid models for their Saturn, Chevy and GMC lines as well as for large city buses (using a diesel/electric hybrid).

Two for Tuesday - GM's Electric Car and Using Algae for Energy

Here is an article stating that GM has a goal to produce an all-electric car in 2010. The article says that some question whether GM truly is looking to produce the car or just take in the positive press that comes with such an announcement.

This article is about a start-up managed by two experienced venture capitalists who are researching the potential to use the photosynthesis process from algae to produce biofuels. Their company, LiveFuels, is not the only company with this idea - see GreenFuel Technologies Corporation.