Chevrolet Volt

Fire Service joins Ambulance Service in trialling use of plug-in hybrid

Hull teenager uses Vauxhall Ampera to become UK's first learner driver to pass the practical test in an electric car

New model will go on sale in the US next year with a price tag of less than $25,000

Company exec reveals GM luxury subsidiary's first plug-in hybrid electric car will hit forecourts soon after

Members in Camden, Croydon, Islington, Wandsworth and Westminster can reserve the plug-in hybrid from today

Plug-in hybrid well on track to achieving sales target of 10,000 for 2012

Raft of electric and hybrid vehicles on show, including first mass-produced plug-in 4WD and an all-electric minibus

Three versions of the plug-in hybrid should be in showrooms by May, but production may be cut if sales are slow