Chevrolet News
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200 Miles for $100,000 or 40 Miles for $40,000?
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Lutz sets Letterman StraightSome time ago, when Tesla founder Elon Musk appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, he told Letterman the Chevrolet Volt had a maximum range of only 40 miles, which is completely incorrect. Regardless, once Dave Letterman starts bad-mouthing the range of the Volt, true or not, people start...
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Lutz To Appear On The Late Show This Wednesday
General Motors has confirmed that former vice chairman, Bob Lutz, will bring the Chevy Volt to the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday. This comes after Letterman ripped the Volt during an April 29 episode which featured Tesla Motors CEO, Elon Musk, and his all-electric Model S Sedan. The...
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GM’s CEO Answers More Questions: We Find Out If GM Is Planning Fuller Line-ups
We Muse About the Future of GM
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2010 Opel Astra: Could This Be the Small Car Buick Is Missing
What Brand Will the New Astra Land Under
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2009 Chevrolet Aveo: Small, Cheerful, Green
Four days with a rented 2009 Chevy Aveo led us to think it's adequate and gets the job done, but not top of the class
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High highway mileage is a laudable metric, but only if lots of those cars actually make it onto customers' driveway
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2011 Chevrolet Cruze: GM Steps Up With This New Addition, But Will It Be To Late?
The 2011 Cruze Primed to Help Save the Floundering GM
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2013 Chevrolet Volt SS: The Next Model (In Our Dreams)
Electric performance is great, so more electric performance would be even greater, right? In Chevy performance tradition, we got to thinking about the Volt SS ....
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1st and 2nd 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS Models to Roll Off the Line Arrive At Dealership
Find Out Where These New Pony Cars Were Delivered
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GM and Daewoo Combine to Bring Volt and Spark to Broader Audience
GM and Daewoo's combined efforts on next generation cars comes together in a group they refer to GMDAT. Their combined efforts were shown at the Seoul Auto Show. The Chevy Volt along with a production version of the upcoming Chevrolet Spark was front and center at the show as part of a launch of...
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk Critical of the Chevy Volt
Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla Motors, the company that has jump started the electric car revolution. Tesla already offers a 2-seat superfast Roadster electric car, and has recently unveiled a more moderately priced 4-door Model S sedan. Tesla has never publicly admitted intentions of building an...
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Another Year With Emphasis on Green Technology
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2010 Chevrolet Camaro: Splendidly Competent, Utterly Irrelevant
The new Camaro is a wonderfully executed 40-year-old design that has nothing at all to do with the future
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Sparking a Revolution in GM’s Lineup: 2013 Chevrolet Spark to Shape the Future?
Giving Way to Suburbans Are New Concepts Like the Spark
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Try This In Your Prius: Chevy, GMC Hybrid Pickups Tow 3 Tons
The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid and 2009 GMC Sierra Hybrid go where no hybrid has gone before: into the full-size pickup truck segment
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GM to Build Chevy Volt Engines in Exisiting Flint Michigan Plant
An important sidebar to the story of the Chevy Volt extended-range electric car is its gasoline generator. This is used to generate electricity extend the car's driving range beyond the 40 mile capacity of its battery. When GM finally decided it would use a 1.4 L 4 cylinder engine for that role, it...
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2011 Chevrolet Volt-alike Spied in Opel Ampera Drag
Euro-Volt to get airing at the Geneva motor show.
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Included in the restructuring plan GM provided to the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday was mention of their intent to build two new Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREVs) using the same technology as their much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt. The Volt, which will be available for purchase late next year, will run for 40 miles on a single electric charge, without using a drop of gas. Details are sketchy, but one of the two future EREVs may be the Opel Ampera, which will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor show next month. In the restructuring plan, GM states that they plan to significantly invest in...
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2011 Chevrolet Spark: The smallest Chevy ever
Chevy's upcoming global Spark takes the blue bowtie into mini-car territory
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GM: Give us plugs, we'll sell you Volts
The Chevrolet Volt will launch in cities that provide EV infrastructure: public charging points, lower electricity prices, and more
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Small Cars: Is It the '80s All Over Again?
Economic downturns and small hatchbacks seem to go hand-in-hand.
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Next Generation Chevy Volt MSRP Targeted at $20,000
GM-Volt.com has reported an original interview with GM advanced technology engineer Nick Zielinksi. Zielinski was asked if the second generation Chevy Volt would have a price goal around $20,000 and stated "you’re pretty much describing our plans for Gen 2. Looking to improve efficiency, maintain...
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Nominees for the 2009 Green Car Vision Award
The Green Car Journal has announced the five nominees for their 2009 Green Car Vision Award: the Chevrolet Volt, Fisker Karma, Honda FCX Clarity, Mitsubishi iMiEV, and the MINI E. It's worth noting that despite the fact that so many critics have declared the electric car revolution won't be...
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