GM went with a 1.4 L four cylinder normally aspirated gas engine for the first generation Chevy Volt generator. Though perhaps not optimized for efficiency within the serial hybrid model, the engine...
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Lear is one of the world’s largest automotive parts suppliers and has been mainly focused on the production and sales of complete seat systems and electrical power management...
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Arguing over the merits of the pure EV versus the extended range electric car rages on, though we are aware and indebted to Tesla for bringing the idea of electric cars to the mainstream...
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Pike’s Peak has been a cornerstone of advanced Chevy Volt developmental engineering. The road is so important to Volt development because it represents a continuous long grade uphill. This...
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Just slightly more than a year after emerging from bankruptcy protection and giving the US government 61% ownership stake in exchange for survival, General Motors has officially filed with the US...
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Recently, I and the rest of my Sales Team completed the first of several ‘training modules’ from General Motors to get us prepared to demonstrate and sell the 2011 Chevrolet VOLT here at...
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We already know the Volt offers normal mode, sports mode, and mountain mode. There will also be a fourth mode of operation called maintenance mode.
The purpose of this function is to maintain the...
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Dan Akerson will step into his role as CEO of General Motors on September 1st. He replaces Ed Whitacre who held the position for about ten months.
Whitacre apparently never planned to keep the job...
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Rather than oil companies, electric cars rely on electric utility companies to supply them with power. Not only does this give electric cars the advantage of running on home-grown domestic energy,...
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The first batch of Chevrolet Volts will be in very limited supply and highly sought after. As a result, individual dealers have the opportunity to make a few extra bucks by marking up the price...
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Here we are once again standing agape watching yet another executive take the helm as Gerneal Motors’ CEO.
Daniel Akerson will take over from Ed Whitacre on September 1st. He has been a member...
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On the same day GM announced one of its greatest quarterly profits in a long time, CEO Ed Whitacre dropped a bombshell; he is stepping down as CEO effective September 1st. He will continue on the...
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This morning GM reported quarterly earnings of $1.3 billion dollars for the second quarter of 2010 on revenue of $33 billion, up 43% from a year ago. If you like your earnings expressed as EBIT...
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The Chevy Volt is a brilliant solution that allows mainstream drivers the opportunity to execute the majority of their driving using electricity as fuel.
Though GM believes in Voltec technology and...
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An interesting attribute of the Chevy Volt is the fact that gas in its tank may rarely if ever get used. GM has recommended the tank be kept about half full though some people who drive less than 40...
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Along with pricing and ordering information, GM recently announced that fact that premium fuel will be required for the Volt. Although the engine-generator may be used on few or no occasions, it is...
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The saga of the EPA determining the Volt’s fuel economy sticker winds on. We’ve heard the EPA may or may not make the deadline of issuing a sticker by the time the Volt launches in...
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Ed Whitacre is GM’s CEO. He took over last year from Fritz Henderson who had replaced Rick Wagoner who himself was replaced by the Obama administration. Whitacre used to be the CEO of...
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It is rare that I have to issue a clarification, especially in recent years, but in this case it is necessary.
In the last post I reported a New York Times piece in which the author wrote that GM had...
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Earlier this week we took an informal survey of GM-Volt readers experiences attempting to purchase Volts from dealers in the early launch markets. There were 1312 respondents when the poll was...
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