Opel Ampera-e
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It's been six months since General Motors completed the sale of its Opel division in Europe to PSA Group, the French parent of the Citroën, DS, and Peugeot brands. With the sale came licenses to run out the model life of GM-designed vehicles sold as Opels (and Vauxhalls in the U.K.) while PSA developed successors on its own underpinnings. Now the electric-car piece of that puzzle has come into clearer focus. DON'T MISS: Strong demand for Opel Ampera-e in Norway moves up launch date (Feb 2017) It appears that the Opel Ampera-e battery electric car, essentially a Chevrolet Bolt EV with a...
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Latest Popemobile is Opel Ampera-e electric car made in MichiganAll sorts of vehicles have been pressed into service to carry Popes, from simple Fiats to giant Mercedes-Benz luxury landaulets. Francis, the current Pope, has a preference for small, simple, environmentally friendly cars—and largely does without the bulletproof glass enclosures found in some...
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Strong demand for Opel Ampera-e in Norway moves up launch date
Just as the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car is launching in North America, its European cousin is beginning deliveries across the Atlantic. In Europe, General Motors markets the U.S.-built Bolt EV as virtually identical Opel Ampera-e under its German Opel brand. An example of what is known in...
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GM Europe exec sees 10 to 15 percent electric cars by 2030
Opel's head of electrification anticipates a relatively slow ramp up for electric cars.
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LG Chem: GM to sell 'more than 30,000' Chevy Bolt EVs next year
A very brief article on a single sentence uttered on Tuesday by an executive at Korean battery maker LG Chem has reverberated around electric-car circles for most of this week. The executive was vice president Kang Chang-beom, and he spoke on a conference call for financial analysts on the topic of...
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Was Paris a tipping point for electric cars? We mull it over
Auto shows are sometimes hot, sometimes not. A lot of it has to do with what cars are shown, whether they're pure design studies, concepts pointing toward future vehicles, or actual production cars. And whether a show has "buzz" largely depends on the cadence of when automakers choose to release...
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A new Opel Ampera-e ad pits the electric car against gasoline models in a drag race.
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2017 Opel Ampera-e (nee Bolt EV) to debut at Paris Motor Show
The 2017 Opel Ampera-e debuts at the 2016 Paris Motor Show this fall.
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