After yesterday’s big announcement about the expansion of the Volt initial markets to New York, Texas, New Jersey, and Connecticut, Volt marketing director Tony DiSalle took some questions...
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We thought California, Michigan, and Washington DC were going to be the only initial Chevrolet Volt launch markets, but apparently GM had other plans in mind.
Today in a speech in Austin Texas, GM...
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GM CEO Ed Whitacre is scheduled to make an announcement at 1PM Eastern time tomorrow. He will be speaking at the Austin Texas Chamber of Commerce. GM has also announced the Volt will be in Austin...
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Recently there has been a lot of Internet controversey with at least a dozen articles covering a story out of the Telegraph in England. Of course, GM-Volt.com was the first to notice this claim and...
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We are about four months from the date of the first Volt deliveries, and you can just feel the excitement mounting. GM remains quiet about the rollout process and pricing but we will soon know the...
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A simple question that GM has always refused to answer publicly since the beginning is what the size of the Chevrolet Volt’s gas tank will be.
Long ago, then vehicle line director Frank Weber...
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The Opel Ampera is the identical sister car to the Chevy Volt only sporting Opel design cues. It will be built side-by-side with the Volt in Michigan for export to Europe where it will go on sale in...
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Honda was the first automaker to sell a mainstream hybrid when it launched the first generation Insight in 1999 ahead of Toyota releasing the first Prius.
That car, being a tiny 2-seater,...
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Of the many fascinating topics surrounding the Chevy Volt, probably none evokes as much passion as the car’s price.
The car is likely to MSRP anywhere from low to high 30s but buyers will be...
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It seems likely there will be great demand for the Volt when it arrives. Those of us who are hoping to be among the first drivers are what GM calls the early adopters.
As GM VP Jon Lauckner has...
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The Chevrolet Volt offers gas-free driving for the majority of trips, the flexibility of limitless driving when needed, and the latest automotive technology. In addition to that GM is referring to...
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GM has already announced a partnerhsip with Google to enable the use of Google Maps on the screen-based nav systems in their vehicles, including the Chevy Volt. Now the company has announced plans...
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It remains to be seen which vehicle class becomes more popular, the pure electric or extended range electric car.
A new report from Automotive News looks at the view from both sides, with comments...
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GM has told us exactly which markets they will roll out the Chevrolet Volt initially. These are statewide California, Michigan, and Washington DC.
We expect dealerships in those areas to take...
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Electric car enthusiasts often laud automakers for making bold production volume forecasts for electric cars. After all, the more EVs there are the less oil the world will consume.
Even though...
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It is no secret that the Mitsubishi i-MiEV has had a special place in my heart. Five years ago it re-introduced me to the notion that someday I could actually own my own electric car; a thought that...
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After a long three and a half year watch period we can finally make the following statement “work on the Chevrolet Volt is nearly completed.”
From concept to production design, from...
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Having a 240 volt home charging station will allow Volt owners to fully recharge their car from a depleted state in about 3 hours. Though not essential because the car can recharge in 8 hours at...
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GM has partially lifted the veil on how they go about testing cars in hot weather environments in the latest example of Volt development transparency. This week engineers have been putting a fleet of...
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Sometimes people complain when we don’t cover only the Chevy Volt here, but this site is also about the bigger issue of electrification of the automobile. The Volt, in part spurred on by us,...
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