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Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers

With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
In Pictures: Opening day of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show
Ideas for a better world in 2011

To start the new year off right, the Monitor asked various thinkers around the world for one idea each to make the world a better place in 2011. We talked to poets and political figures, physicists and financiers. The results range from how to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world to ways to revamp Hollywood.
Got Volt sticker shock? Here are the five cheapest hybrids.

News reports suggest that some GM dealers might sell the all-electric Chevrolet Volt for $20,000 over the $41,000 suggested retail price. If you want to be green – but don't have THAT much green – here are five hybrids that will be a bit easier on the wallet, according to HybridCars.com.
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In Gear
Considering a plug-in, electric car? Consider your lifestyle.

Buying a plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle is more than just buying a car. It's choosing a lifestyle.
In Gear
Why I bought a Nissan Leaf

Nissan Leaf will save $1,000 a year in fuel bills. But the real reason I bought one? 9/11.
Are EVs worth it? Study helps calculate savings on emissions, fuel.

How much an EV saves on fuel or cuts greenhouse gas emissions depends on many variables, including gas prices and whether the local electric grid is fed mainly by coal power. The Union of Concerned Scientists helps out with the calculations.
Electric cars, hybrids see record sales

Electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt and hybrids like Toyota's Prius C and Camry are selling better than ever. Automakers sold a record 52,000 hybrids, electric cars in March.
GM: Explosion at battery research facility ‘unrelated to the Chevrolet Volt’

One person was hurt at the GM research site in Michigan during ‘extreme testing on a prototype battery’ unrelated to the Volt ‘or any other production vehicle,’ the company said.
Chevy Volt comeback: gas prices spur best-ever monthly sales

GM had temporarily closed a Chevy Volt plant because of slack demand. But that changed in March with a record 2,289 units sold. GM's new target: 3,000 a month.
Chevy Volt: Why is production being halted?

Even though expectations were high for the Chevy Volt this year, things aren’t looking all that electrifying for the vehicle right now. High gas prices might change that.
Chevy Volt sales so slow, GM idles production

Chevy Volt sales should be perking up with high gas prices. Instead, General Motors has decided to stop producing the Chevy Volt for five weeks.
Is Obama 'dangerous' because he wants you to buy a Chevy Volt? Newt says yes.

Newt Gingrich is railing against President Obama for using federal money to subsidize hybrid plug-ins like the Chevy Volt, likening the vehicle to 'cultural warfare.' Some Republicans agree.
Electric cars: 'Plug-ins' look for spark in 2012

Automakers in 2012 will launch 13 plug-in vehicles, running on electricity alone all or most of the time. This is the year that will tell whether the electric car market has a roaring liftoff or a slow-rolling start, analysts say.
Car of the year award: prestige. But more sales?

Car of the year is Hyundai Elantra, while Range Rover Evoque named truck of the year at Detroit auto show. But car of the year winner doesn't always see a boost in sales.
Electric cars 101: What does MPGe mean, exactly?

Electric and dual-fuel cars need a new calculation: MPGe. But the EPA's new measurement doesn't tell the whole story.
Chevy Volt: Worried about fire? Sell it back.

Chevy Volt battery fires in lab tests may have some owners spooked. So GM offers to buy back any Chevy Volt.
Chevy Volt battery fires prompt probe

Chevy Volt batteries catch fire after government crash tests, but no reports of fires from any Chevy Volt in a highway crash.
Post oil: Boom in electric car sales fuel gas-free dreams (VIDEO)

More than a dozen new plug-in electric car models will hit the market by 2012, offering drivers a true post oil experience.
Tesla Model S California factory hosts electric car fans

Tesla Model S: People who preordered the electric vehicle got a chance to see it up close over the weekend. The company's CEO pleaded with fans to talk up the Tesla Model S.
Green Economics
Will we adapt to climate change?

As natural resources become more scarce and their prices rise higher, some companies will profit from catering to the desperate
The New Economy
Nissan Leaf: Cute ad, but will it backfire?

Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt are neck-and-neck in sales. A new Nissan Leaf ad portrays Volt as an ordinary gas-powered hybrid, but the all-electric car has its own vulnerability.
Hybrid cars: Does environment or price matter most?

Hybrid cars are generating much of the buzz, but cost still matters most to car buyers. So hybrid cars have to compete with traditional high-mileage cars.
Electric cars? Sales are blah. But other 'green' cars surge.

Electric cars aren't selling well. But Ford and GM get boost from fuel-efficient models that aren't electric cars.
Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers

With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
Car of the year: a sign of US comeback

Car of the year award went to GM. Ford grabbed truck of the year. US automakers are rebounding.
In Pictures: Opening day of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show
Car of the year? Volt. Truck? Explorer.

Car of the year is awarded to the Chevy Volt, GM's cutting-edge hybrid.
GM cars: Good December sales can't make up for poor 2010

GM cars sold better in December than November – up 8.5 percent – but all of the Big Three had a rough year. 2010 was the second-worst year for domestic car sales since 1982.