October 16, 2013

Akerson Announces Bi-Fuel Chevrolet Impala Sedan

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* GM to offer only manufacturer-produced full-size bi-fuel sedan in North America
* Designed to capitalize on plentiful clean, domestic natural gas
* Will be sold to retail and fleet buyers as a 2015 model 
* CEO repeats call for consumer-driven national energy policy

General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today.

It is the only manufacturer-produced full-size bi-fuel sedan and expected to go on sale next summer as a 2015 model. Akerson announced the car during remarks at an energy summit marking the 40th anniversary of the OPEC Oil Embargo.