General Motors's Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept plug-in hybrid is unveiled during the second press preview day of the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) at Cobo center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., Jan. 12, 2010.(Xinhua/Zhang Jun) Photo Gallery>>>

    DETROIT, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. automaker General Motors Co. plans to build a plug-in hybrid, but probably not until 2011, the company's Vice Chairman Bob Lutz told reporters at North America International Auto Show (NAIAS) on Tuesday.

    GM unveiled a concept plug-in hybrid Cadillac XTS platinum at the auto show.

    Lutz said the automaker will build a plug-in hybrid before it brings the Cadillac plug-in concept to market. "There will be others that will launch before this," he said.

    GM announced in January 2008 it would build a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid, but scrapped those plans last year when it decided to kill the Saturn brand. Then in August, GM said it would build a yet-to-be-named Buick plug-in crossover vehicle. Eight days later, after negative reviews from the customers, GM canceled the plan again.

    Those vehicles figure into GM's plans to meet new fuel efficiency standards by 2016. GM is launching its extended range Chevrolet Volt, which will travel up to 40 miles on electric power. But the plug-in vehicle uses different technology.

GM hopes to be profitable in 2010

    Detroit, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. automaker GM, which exited bankruptcy in June last year, will repay the loans to the U.S. government by mid this year and will be profitable in 2010, GM leaders said at the North America International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit on Monday.

    In an exclusive interview with Xinhua just after the opening ceremony of the auto show at the COBO Center in downtown Detroit, Tim Lee, president of GM International Operation (GMIO) said he is confident that GM will come back soon. Full story

GM announces more electric car markets to open in U.S.

    DETROIT, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The major U.S. automaker GM announced Monday at the North America International Auto Show (NAIAS) that two U.S. states will launch markets for its Volt extended-range electric car.

    Chevrolet boss Jim Campbell told reporters in Detroit that Michigan will join California as launch markets for the Volt extended-range electric car, which goes on sale late this year. Full story