Currently the federal government is offering a $7500 tax credit to purchasers of electric cars with batteries as large or larger than the Chevy Volt. This tax credit was signed into law last year an...
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When the Chevrolet Volt concept was first unveiled in January 2007 it illustrated the use of a 1-L 3-cylinder combustion engine. Other variants of the Voltec propulsion system, then known as E-Flex,...
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The plugin war between GM and Nissan is well underway. Of course at this point its all PR as no saleable vehicles are on the road. Theres’ no escaping the fact its Leaf versus Volt for the...
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Carlos Ghosn is steering his company headlong towards the electrification of the automobile. Nissan will begin retail sales of its LEAF EV at the end of this year and will be competing for US early...
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Recently GM announced the Volt would have a Mountain Mode that allows users to turn the generator on eariler allowing a deeper battery reserve for steep mountain climbing.
This led some commentators...
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The nearly four years it is taking for the Volt to go from concept to retail delivery has seemed painstakingly slow for a good reason, GM is being painstakingly careful to get the car just right. As...
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As the days fall off the calendar counting down to when General Motors is expected to start delivering the first Volts into the hands of eager customers, we have been left to wonder about one of the...
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Sherry Boschert is an electric car advocate who is affiliated with the California-based Plug-in America group. She has also authored a leading book on EVs which was published in 2006.
She and her...
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