Green Car Reports‘ own John Voelcker appeared on CNBC today to discuss Tesla Motors before the company’s earnings call at 5 p.m. John was interviewed about the challenges Tesla faces and what the company accomplished to date. Take a look at the clip — and then read John’s full article on Tesla’s Q1 Earnings.

From The New York Times:

Though G.M. has not released any official communication, the engineer sent a note to colleagues last week and confirmed his plans in an interview with Green Car Reports.

As Voelcker notes in his Green Car Reports piece:

After the departure of lead engineer Frank Weber (who now runs BMW’s plug-in vehicle programs), Posawatz was the most public member of the Volt product team–and always available to answers questions and educate consumers, media, and the rest of GM.

He brought enthusiasm, unflagging energy, and a genuine joie de vivre to the challenges of explaining the Volt, sketching the context for GM’s first-ever plug-in vehicle sold to the public, and shepherding the car through final development, into the market, and onto the lots of dealers who often struggled with the new and pricey extended-range electric car.

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The Car Connection, Motor Authority, and Green Car Reports are the places to check in with regularly, and of course you can find us all over the social web as well:

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Things are just getting started and already there is much to dive into and enjoy. Here’s but a sampling:

2012 New York Auto Show Preview
2013 Lincoln MKZ Debuts At 2012 New York Auto Show
2013 Lincoln MKZ: New York Auto Show Live Shots
2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel: 2012 New York Auto Show
2013 Mercedes-Benz GL Class Leaked: 2012 New York Auto Show

Much more to come!

The Car Connection’s iPhone app is new and improved, including a simplified and streamlined user interface and bug fixes. The format that so many of you love from the web has been translated into an optimal experience on The Car Connection app.

The Car Connection is your go-to source for car news and reviews, shopping tips, comparisons, and more. And we are constantly striving to make finding and enjoying our content better and easier.

You can download The Car Connection app from the iTunes App Store here. If you already have the app on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you can update it through the iTunes App Store on your phone or computer.

Check out reviews, walkthroughs, and on the scene coverage from the High Gear Media team, including video from the recent Detroit Auto Show.

As we say in our “about me” area: “The Car Connection is the car review site that makes car research easier.” And we are always working on ways to do just that!

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You can also find original video on The Car Connection’s video section as well.

And that now includes Google Currents, Google’s new magazine-like app for smartphones. Similar in nature to Flipboard, Currents is a riff on social readers. Available on both Android and iOS devices, Google Currents displays stories and updates from RSS feeds, Google+ streams, photos, videos, and other forms of media, creating a visually rich experience.

To add High Gear Media brands to Google Currents, just hop onto a mobile browser and click here to add The Car Connection, here to add Motor Authority, and here to add Green Car Reports.

This is great for our sites The Car Connection, Motor Authority and Green Car Reports — each of which will be contributing.  It goes without saying that The Washington Post represents journalistic excellence.  Syndicating some of the best work from our sites speaks to the quality of content our hard working team creates — automotive content that is credible and engaging.  We’re the first automotive content company to work with The Post like this.

Second, High Gear Media articles appearing in The Post puts our content in front of potentially millions of more readers. The Post, in turn, gains access to our breaking news, first drives and more.    Here are a couple of examples of this syndication in action.

Given that automotive news is also often business news, we’re especially proud to  join The Post’s  business news section, which features The Post‘s original reporting and columns. We’re joining  other great outside content sources like Bloomberg, VentureBeat, and The Verge.

The Washington Post is the latest to join High Gear Media’s list of syndication deals, which already includes arrangements with Yahoo!, VentureBeat, Fox News and Business Insider, among others.

Stay tuned, we’re just getting warmed up.

Be sure to stay tuned to High Gear Media, where you’ll find full blown Detroit Auto Show coverage on The Car Connection, Motor Authority, and Green Car Reports.

For example, check out but a sampling of recent stories:

2013 Lincoln MKZ Preview: 2012 Detroit Auto Show
2013 Acura ILX Compact Hybrid: Detroit Auto Show Preview
2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Live Pics: 2012 Detroit Auto Show
2013 Ford Fusion: Live Detroit Show Photos
Acura NSX Concept Live Photos: 2012 Detroit Auto Show

And of course we’re all over Facebook and Twitter as well:

Facebook: The Car Connection | Motor Authority | Green Car Reports
Twitter: The Car Connection | Motor Authority | Green Car Reports

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