Wagoner, GM commited to advanced technologies like the Volt

The Volt and the Provoq are GM's future

$12 billion in losses. That's a staggering number. Yet, that's the amount of money GM lost in 2005 and 2006 according to the DetroitNews.

Nonetheless, GM realizes that advanced technology will drive the future of the automobile, and much of that technology will be driven by electronics and electricity. That means battery power and fuel cells, which means hybrid vehicles such as the Chevy Volt and the Cadillac Provoq.

Thus, GM and Rick Wagoner chose the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the place to debut the Provoq plug-in fuel cell hybrid vehicle.

"That's the role of the automobile in energy security and environmental protection," GM's CEO Rick Wagoner stated at CES. "And the role that electronics, and electricity, can play in reinventing the automobile to address these concerns."

Cadillac Provoq Fuel Cell Vehicle

Another E Flex Concept from GM

GM has now added another vehicle to its portfolio of E Flex Drive concept vehicles, the Cadillac Provoq. The new five passenger crossover concept was debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show today in Las Vegas.

However, unlike its more famous relative, the Chevy Volt, the Cadillac Provoq is planned as a fuel cell vehicle. Read more...

Flex Brothers: Chevy Volt and Cadillac Provoq

E Flex is about more than the Volt

The Chevy Volt is over-rated. Why? Because the car, rather than the technology, is always the focus. For example, while the Toyota Prius is a great car, it's the Hybrid Synergy Drive that matters most, and the same can be said of the E Flex Drive.

Most important, the E Flex drive is not limited to the Volt. Already, GM has showed off the Opel Flextreme which is also an E Flex vehicle. And GM is now ready to show off another E Flex vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tomorrow, the Cadillac Provoq. Read more..