(May 28, 2014) DALLAS — It’s fitting that another major milestone for the Nissan Leaf was created by a family — with the last name “Bolt” — that decided to drive electric.

“We needed a fourth car (with) three drivers, so we started doing the math and it just made sense,” said Todd Bolt, a pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas.

Todd and Lisa Bolt live in Dallas, and their purchase of a Nissan Leaf put the car over the 50,000-sales mark in the U.S.

(May 27, 2014) DETROIT— Dreaming up ideas that benefit drivers is interesting; commercializing those ideas into real product features is when customers take notice. An indicator of General Motors’ commitment to creating customer-driven innovation can be found in the results of two leading studies — the Patent Board and Clean Energy Patent Growth Index. Together they show that GM is a leader in overall patent filings and those focused on clean energy technology.

GM finished first in overall industry patent filings for the 11th consecutive quarter, according to the Patent Board.

(May 27, 2014) GOTEBORG, Sweden — One of Volvo's most anticipated car launches in years — the all-new XC90 — begins today. Volvo Cars has created a launch program that will unveil the car from the inside out, meaning that it will start by disclosing the many new interior features of the car and culminate in the full external reveal in August.

(May 26, 2014) LONDON — The Live Test campaign for Volvo Trucks’ new truck range received a Black Pencil and three Yellow Pencil awards at the revered D&AD Awards - the world’s toughest advertising competition. The honors are the latest accolades for the campaign which also received Best in Show at The One Show and The Black Cube award at the ADC Awards advertising competition.