If GM is smart, they would push Google's new OnStar-integrated offerings into as many vehicles as possible. The Volt will initially be a very slow seller (unless the projected cost comes way down), so pushing a new partnership to a very limited audience is somewhat distressing. And no, this won't push people to buy a Volt if any GM research states that. All that is needed is a Google-powered smartphone to replace with GM will bring to its $30K+ Volt sometime in the next few years.

This is better news for Google, though. Having its brand and product integrated with a global auto manufacturer can do nothing but help Google become even more integrated into consumer lives than it already is. But if Google were smart, it would provide incentives to every potential GM owner to rake people into the GM-Google fold. The Google products integrated with GM's OnStar will already (of course) be free -- but that's not enough. People actually have to buy the cars. With Google TV just being announced and this new partnership being public, Google could be on the way back to its January level of $625 per share instead of the $480 it sits at this afternoon.