7日在2007年北美國際汽車展會場上，通用汽車總裁瓦格納（Rick Wagoner）展出雪佛蘭Volt概念車，並宣佈汽車製造工業進入全新的電動車時代，對於住家鄰近工作地點的美國民眾來說，未來將不需再到加油站加油了。
Volt在通用稱為E-flex電力系統的平台上建造，是以電池產生動力的電力車，以家用插電座充電6小時後，行駛可達40英哩。通用表示，這對美國每天通勤單程距離20英哩或更近的人來說，是個可行且不需購買汽油的辦法。根據通用生產部門副董事長魯茲（Bob Lutz）所言，這個族群佔了全美工作人口的78%。
這種車同時也有汽油動力引擎，最多可行駛640英哩。然而這汽油引擎並非供應汽車行駛所需，而是供應電力系統發電產生動力。
用氫做為汽車燃料是許多環境問題的解答，因為氫使用後沒有有害物質釋放、沒有能源損秏問題、對大氣層沒有污染，還可以從多種再生資源中製成。
豐田汽車即將推出一款FT-HS混合動力運動型概念車，將在車展中展出。FT-HS是Calty、豐田汽車位於加州新港灘的研究設計中心和豐田加州先進產品及策略集團的聯合計劃。此設計團隊被交付的的任務是創造一款中價位並且融合生態與情感概念的跑車，來回答「什麼是最符合21世紀的舒適跑車？」這個問題。
來自交通部、國家公路交通安全管理局和環保署的官員與通用、福特、克萊斯勒和豐田等製造商在展場上會面。今年參加的還有航空局、華盛頓國外媒體、國務院公共事務局，及密西根州的再生燃料委員會。
密西根州在11月成立了再生燃料委員會，是一個協助發展該州替代能源工業的公私營合作團隊。密西根州長葛蘭荷姆（Granholm）說：「再生燃料委員會是我們重要努力成果，讓密西根成為全國發展和製造替代能源的領導者。當有越來越多E-85和電力車製造出來，我們必須讓生質柴油和乙醇的產品更加普及且鼓勵民眾使用。」
At the 2007 North American International Auto Show Sunday, General Motors' head Rick Wagoner unveiled the Chevrolet Volt concept sedan and announced that production work has begun on a new generation of electric vehicles that could eliminate gas stations for Americans who live close to their workplaces.
Built on a platform that GM calls the E-flex System, the Volt is a battery powered electric car that has a range of 40 city miles after a six-hour charge from a household electrical outlet. GM says it would be a viable, gas-free daily driver for Americans whose one-way work commute is 20 miles or less. That's 78 percent of all American workers, according to GM Vice Chairman, Product Development Bob Lutz.
The car also has a flex-fuel gasoline engine that extends the range to up to 640 miles. The gas engine does not drive the wheels – instead, it creates electricity that powers the wheels.
Hydrogen as a motor fuel is the answer to many environmental problems since there are no harmful emissions, no depleting of resources, no danger to the atmosphere, and it can be produced from a variety of renewable resources.
Toyota will unveil a hybrid sports car, its FT-HS concept, at the North American International Auto Show, NAIAS 2007. The FT-HS concept was a joint project of Calty, Toyota's research and design center located in Newport Beach, California, and Toyota's California-based Advanced Product Strategy Group.
The design team was assigned the task of creating a mid-priced sports car that integrates ecology and emotion in a concept that addresses the question "What is a suitable sports car for the 21st Century?"
Officials from the Department of Transportation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the EPA are meeting with manufacturers GM, Ford, Chrysler and Toyota while at the show. Also attending in 2007 are the Office of Aerospace, the Washington Foreign Press, Department of State's Bureau of Public Affairs and the Michigan Renewable Fuels Commission.
In November, Michigan launched the Renewable Fuels Commission, a public-private team to help develop the state's alternative fuel industry. "The work of the Renewable Fuels Commission is a critical part of our effort to make Michigan the nation's leader in developing and producing alternative energy," said Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. "As more E-85 and flex fuel vehicles are produced, it is essential that we make biodiesel and ethanol products more widely available and encourage their use."
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