Chevrolet News
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The 2017 Chevrolet Volt is arriving at certain dealers.
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Chevy Bolt EV To Be Sold In Europe As Opel Ampera-E Electric Car
The Opel Ampera-e should be mechanically identical to the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
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GM Willing To Sell Chevy Volt's Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain To Other Makers
The biggest challenge in introducing new technologies is getting to the volume production that permits economies of scale for expensive components. Toyota is now nearing 9 million hybrids produced, over almost 20 years--but it builds 10 million cars a year. General Motors, on the other hand, has...
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Bolt EV Powertrain: How Did GM And LG Collaborate On Design, Production?
In last fall's runup to the launch of the production 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV 200-mile electric car, GM discussed working together with Korean corporate giant LG on the Bolt's development. Mark Reuss, GM’s head of global product development said in October that the company's partnership with LG...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt: Gas Mileage Review
By now, it's hardly a secret that we're big fans of the redesigned second-generation Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid. We gave it our Best Car To Buy 2016 award, and we've written that it's better in pretty much every way than the innovative first-generation Volt. Last month, we were able to spend four...
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Is Chevy Bolt EV's Main Mission To Marginalize Tesla Electric Cars?
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV may be the most eagerly awaited electric car since the original Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt (plus everything Tesla). Its claimed 200-mile range and pre-incentive price of $37,500 will make it unique if it launches this December as expected. And there's been much press...
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The 2016 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid has received numerous accolades, including this site's Best Car To Buy 2016 Award. It's better-looking, quicker, quieter, and has a significantly longer all-electric range of 53 miles. It is not, however, certified to use E85, the fuel blend containing 85 percent ethanol, and so it's not classified as a Flex-Fuel vehicle. DON'T MISS: Chevrolet Volt: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2016 A couple of readers who are staunch biofuel advocates have asked why one of GM's greenest halo vehicles isn't capable of running its range-extending engine on...
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Carlos Ghosn's Face Shows Nissan's Reaction To 2017 Chevy Bolt EV
Carlos Ghosn has never really been known as a man with frequent warm and ready smiles for all comers. Under most circumstances, the man who runs not only global automaker Nissan but the Franco-Japanese Renault-Nissan Alliance displays a serious, thoughtful countenance. But as he inspected the 2017...
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GM Won't Fund CCS Fast-Charging Sites For 2017 Chevy Bolt EV
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has received largely positive reviews for the production version unveiled last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And as the first affordable 200-mile electric car, expected to go on sale before the end of this year, it will likely reset consumer...
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Specs Released: Battery Pack, Motor Power, And More
The production version of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV 200-mile electric car made its auto-show debut this morning in Detroit, after last week's global unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But while the car was familiar, Chevy provided some eagerly sought information on the car's...
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2017 Chevrolet Volt Details Emerge: More Features, Same Price (UPDATED)
The 2017 Chevrolet Volt will get some additional features, but will have the same price as the 2016 model.
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV: Production Electric Car Unveiled At CES
Chevrolet unveiled the Bolt electric vehicle as a concept car at last year's Detroit Auto Show and today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas it showed the production version. Most notably, the car, officially called the Bolt EV, promises more than 200 miles of range on a full charge...
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If the production version of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV lives up to the engineering development vehicles we saw and drove today, it will debut a new world of affordable, 200-mile electric cars that should be desirable to a broad mass market. Back in 2010, Chevy let journalists drive "integration vehicles" built to test the latest versions of software in the upcoming Volt range-extended electric car. GM's Bolt EV team is clearly as confident in their car as the Volt team was back then, so that's what we got to drive and ride in. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV: Production Car Spied Before...
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2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid: First Drive Of Sedan Using Volt Hybrid System
The second generation of GM’s Voltec plug-in hybrid system is now powering a car that doesn’t actually have a plug at all. The new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid uses essentially the same powertrain as the 2016 Chevy Volt, but with a far smaller battery pack. That makes it a new entrant...
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Chevrolet Volt: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2016
Every year, Green Car Reports picks a new car or model line that we feel is the best green car for that new model year. This year, we picked a car that's the all-new version of one that was revolutionary when it was introduced several years ago. The latest version improves on it in pretty much...
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Is Chevy Actually Testing New Marketing For The 2016 Volt?
The new 2016 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid keeps and expands on all the good points of the first-generation Volt, while fixing a number of the old car's quirks. As we wrote in September, "The new Volt's a great car, and brings practical electric drive to U.S. drivers without a shred of range...
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Green Car Reports 2016 Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2016 Chevrolet Volt
The first Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car won all sorts of awards in 2011, the year it was introduced. But it didn't win that year's Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy award, because we deemed the world's first mass-priced high-volume battery-electric car more significant. That car, the...
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2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Starts At $28,645
The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid starts at $28,645.
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The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will appear in production-ready form at CES, a new report says.
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Chevy Reports It Met 2010 Carbon-Reduction Goal: 8 Million Tons
Chevrolet says it's achieved the carbon-reduction goal it set for itself in 2010.
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Pickup Truck Fuel Economy For 2016: Diesels Take Top Three Spots
Which 2016 pickup truck is the most fuel efficient?
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV: Production Version To Appear At CES
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will appear in production-ready form at CES, a new report says.
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2016 Chevrolet Volt: Owner's First Impressions Of Car, Range, Dealers, And More
Along with the upcoming fourth-generation hybrid Toyota Prius, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt is one of the major green-car introductions of this year. It won’t be available nationwide until next spring, but new Volts are already being delivered in California and a few other states. To get an early...
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2016 Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon Take Truck Fuel-Efficiency Crown At 25 MPG
The 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon diesels are officially the most fuel-efficient trucks on sale.
Stephen Edelstein