GM Announces Chevy Volt Will Launch In California
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It has been twenty years now since GM unveiled its Impact electric concept, which ultimately led to the EV1 electric car. Not everybody heard about the EV1 though, because it was confined mostly to California on limited leasing agreements. We all know how the EV1 turned out. But with bankruptcy behind them, it is a new day for GM, and a new day for electric cars . The much ballyhooed Volt is making marked improvements as it moves from mule to
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Posted on 08.28.2009 16:00 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: | video | electric cars | Chevrolet Volt Electric cars like the Chevy Volt may not have to worry about the mounting fuel prices all over the world, but is it presumptuous to believe that they should worry about the weather, especially when it rains? It is after all general knowledge that water...
What would happen if your Chevy Volt’s battery pack got wet during a carwash? What if you tried to drive it through a foot of standing water after a rainstorm? What would happen if you lost control of your Chevy Volt and drove it into a canal? Water and electricity do not go hand-in-hand, exactly, and despite the excitement and energy...
GM has announced that it is investing another $336 million to fix up its Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit, now bringing its total Detroit plant investment in building the Volt extended-range electric car to $700 million. First they’ll clear out the cobwebby remains of the Cadillacs and the Buick Lucernes they used to build there, and...
Posted on 12.3.2009 17:00 by kirbygarlitos Filed under: Chevrolet | USA | electric cars | Chevrolet Volt | Cars | Car News If you recall some time ago, Chevrolet came out with a paint color contest to name the official color of the Chevrolet Volt . And now, after what has seemed like an inordinate amount of time, the winning color has finally...
It wasn’t bad enough that someone in the General Motors marketing department, or its advertising agency, came up with a catchy song for the Chevrolet Volt . No, they had to come with a dance for the Chevrolet Volt. Think of the worst reject from that ridiculous So You Think You Can Dance? show and then multiply it by a factor of, oh, about...
This November the first production Chevy Volts will begin rolling off production lines. As I’ve already noted, a lot is riding on the Volt’s success or failure. In many ways, it is a measuring stick for GM’s commitment to hybrid and electric cars in the future. While GM has made a few missteps prior to launch, they’ve...
Popular Mechanics gets behind the wheel of the pre-production Chevy Volt and first experiences the car in pure-electric and sustained-charge modes. This post is an excerpt of an article from Popular Mechanics . You can read the full post (with video) on their website . Written by Barry Winfield. LOS ANGELES— We’ve been following the Chevy...
Like the iMiEV electric car before it, climbing another steep Japanese mountain range , the Chevy Volt has just demonstrated that it can do the hard stuff. It can get you up a long steep mountain climb in the snow. And like the Japanese iMiEV—which works for the Japanese Post Office—our own “Government Motors” electric vehicle...
Bring on the war of words. In a frank conversation with MSN writer Lawrence Ulrich, Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen has said that the Chevy Volt will fail and that anybody who buys the car is an idiot
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