"WARREN, Mich. -- It is tempting to write that, as far as the electric car is concerned, GM has been standing in the wrong place on the automotive court for a long time while other companies, particularly Toyota Motor Corp., scored all the points. But that is not entirely true. The GM experience in making electric-drive vehicles goes back at least 50 years, and the fruit of all that effort is finally beginning to emerge."

John J. Fialka reports for ClimateWire in the New York Times July 10, 2009 (1st of 2 parts). [2]