Chevrolet Volt News

  • John Duncan takes delivery of one of the first 2011 Nissan LEAF EVs, near Portland OR, 12/15/2010

    Amidst supposedly slow sales--actually limited mostly by low production--one benefit to automakers of offering electric cars has nothing to do with cars that plug in. Not only do electric cars attract radically different buyers to the brands that offer them, they also help sell conventional gasoline cars. Plug-in cars, it turns out, are "halo vehicles" that attract shoppers into showrooms--and those shoppers may end up buying another vehicle, sans plug. Stories in The Detroit News and other outlets have reported on data showing that the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf plug-in vehicles attract...

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    GM Makes 2012 Volt Production Line Tweaks, Delays 2nd Shift

    Earlier this year, General Motors announced that it would start a second shift at its Detroit-Hamtramck factory some time towards the end of 2011 to meet its production goals for the 2012 Chevrolet Volt. But on Friday the company announced that it was shelving plans to introduce a second shift...

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    Electric-Car Sales: Does GM Have A Chevy Volt Sales Problem?

    It's that time of month again. Car sales reports spewed forth from the High Gear Media teletypes yesterday (September sales were up), and analysis stories followed. On the electric-car front, Nissan sold 1,031 Leaf battery-electric vehicles and Chevy shifted 723 Volts. While that's an improvement...

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    Yes, The 2012 Volt Uses Gasoline (When You Need To Pee)

    Remember Apple’s popular Mac Vs PC adverts, in which John Hodgman’s haggard PC was constantly bettered by Justin Long’s smug Mac? After a while, Microsoft -- the firm to which the Get A Mac campaigns were so obviously targeted against -- chose play off Apple’s criticisms and...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt on test in Little Rock, Arkansas, July 2011
    Woman Buys Two, 2012 Chevy Volts, Gives One Away

    When the second ever 2011 Chevrolet Volt made rolled off the production line at General Motor’s Detroit Hamtamck facility last year, it was destined to be auctioned off in order to help raise funds for the public school system in Detroit. In that particular auction, a brand-new Chevrolet Volt...

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    Chevrolet Volt: Ultimate Guide To Everything You Need To Know

    The Chevrolet Volt is now here, on sale in most states, and ready to plug in--and to answer all your questions about what it is, how it drives, how to buy it and how to wade through all its new technology, there's only one solution. Here, you'll find High Gear Media's comprehensive coverage of the...

  • Chevrolet Volt arrives in China for use at World Expo 2010 Shanghai

    It's been the official policy of the Chinese government-industrial complex for a while now that the country wants to dominate the electric-car business. While only a handful of highway-capable plug-in cars are sold today in China, the country's industrial overseers are nothing if not ambitious. Enter General Motors, which will put its Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car on sale in China toward the end of the year. The 2012 Chevrolet Volt will be the very first electric or plug-in vehicle built outside China to be sold in noticeable numbers in the country. Hand it over, buddy But...

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    2012 Chevrolet Volt: Subtle Changes Surface, Keyless Entry Included

    The 2012 model year has brought some subtle changes to the 2012 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car, despite "decontenting" that makes a comparably equipped 2012 Volt cost more than the 2011 model.

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    Reporter Borrows 2011 Chevy Volt During Hurricane Irene, Both Survive

    Imagine, plug-in electric cars can survive hurricanes just like they survive snow, sleet, rain, and car washes!

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    GM Riles CA Electric-Car World (Again) Over AB475 'Charger Sharing' Ban

    California's electric-car advocates are often "true believers," and they can be single-minded in the pursuit of what they believe is right. But the nuts-and-bolts experience they've gained during the state's 15 years of electric-car use can be invaluable--which is why policy-makers and car...

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    Aug Electric-Car Sales: Nissan Leaf Rises, Chevy Volt Creeps Back

    New-car sales overall weren't great in August. The economy continues to be shaky, consumer confidence is down, and Hurricane Irene kept buyers away from dealerships. But electric-car sales last month improved on July's numbers, although they were far from their spring heights due to continued...

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    Las Vegas Gambles On Chevrolet Volt For City Fleet

    Las Vegas is better known for its excess than its frugality, but city bosses are turning that image around by trialling a fleet of electric cars, the first of which is GM's range-extended electric vehicle, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. The trial will make the city the only government agency in the state...

  • NASCAR champs and Volt drivers Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon

    Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon and five-time champ Jimmie Johnson might earn their living in gas-guzzling V8 Chevy Impalas, but on the roads it's a different story. In contrast to the champions' high-octane lifestyles, on a day off you're more likely to see them cruising around silently in a brace of 2011 Chevrolet Volts. Cynical marketing perhaps, but both champs seem to enjoy their daily drivers. Johnson describes the range-extended electric car as "A cool car... it's an efficient car, and it works". Jimmie's fans don't just approach him for autographs either, with many...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt in IIHS crash test
    How Much More Does It Cost To Repair A Crashed Chevy Volt?

    The 2011 Chevy Volt is a remarkably complex automobile, so crash damage is likely to cost more to repair than with a conventional automobile. This difference in price, however, is likely less than you think.

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    GM, LG Group To Design, Engineer (Unspecified) Electric Cars Together

    General Motors announced this morning that it would jointly design and engineer "future electric vehicles" with Korea's LG Group, in a statement that raised more questions than it answered. The announcement, the company said, will "help GM expand the number and types of electric vehicles it makes...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt on test in Little Rock, Arkansas, July 2011
    2012 Chevrolet Volt: The Plug-in Hybrid Basics You Need To Know

    The 2012 Chevrolet Volt will soon be arriving at Chevrolet dealers nationwide as General Motors makes the plug-in hybrid electric car available to all fifty states before the end of this year. But on year on from the launch of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, what are the differences between the 2011 and...

  • 2011 Nissan LEAF in Boulder, Colo. for BolderBoulder
    Five Electric Cars You’ll Still Be Able To Buy In Five Years

    The electric auto industry -- more than the conventional auto industry -- is an extremely volatile and competitive place. And unlike the mainstream auto industry, small-scale and boutique companies like Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive actually compete for the custom of electric car buyers...

  • 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid, road test, Spring 2011
    Our MPGs Vs Consumer Reports: Volt, Civic Hybrid, Jetta TDI, Lexus CT 200h, Fiat 500

    The good folks over at Consumer Reports are the ultimate rationalists when it comes to testing and buying cars. They don't use media-fleet cars, but buy their test vehicles anonymously. Their rigorous assessments make hard-nosed fleet buyers look like flighty schoolgirls in comparison. In the...

  • Cadillac ELR

    When the Cadillac ELR extended-range plug-in car goes on sale, probably in 2013 as a 2014 model, it's a given that it will cost more than the 2012 Chevy Volt. But how much more? In the spate of reports late yesterday covering GM's announcement yesterday that its 2009 Cadillac Converj concept would be built as the Cadillac ELR, one sentence from a Bloomberg story stood out. That story said, "GM plans to price the ELR less than the $57,400 Model S by Tesla Motor Inc.’s, said a person familiar with the plans." In other words, the base price of a 2014 Cadillac ELR will be less than the...

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    Volt-Based 2014 Cadillac ELR Electric Car Confirmed By GM

    General Motors has just confirmed what this site reported last week: The Cadillac Converj concept car from 2009, based on the running gear of the Chevrolet Volt electric car, will go into production. Cadillac's electric sports coupe will be called the ELR, joining the current CTS mid-size sports...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt on test in Little Rock, Arkansas, July 2011
    Five Reasons Why The Chevrolet Volt Isn’t Losing Popularity

    According to a recent research article by CNW Marketing Research, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt isn’t as cool as it once was. As reported by USA Today, the research firm claims that interest in Chevrolet’s plug-in hybrid electric car is at an all-time low. CNW blames the car’s high...

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    2011 Chevrolet Volt Enters Palin Country In Alaskan Test-Drive (Video)

    It may not be available in the northernmost of the 50 states, but the 2011 Chevrolet Volt is no stranger to Alaska. Last winter, a team of engineers from Chevrolet spent many weeks in the frigid north to see how well its range-extended plug-in hybrid would fare with the extreme cold and heavy...

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    When Does a 2011 Chevy Volt Save You Money? Consumer Reports Answers

    Consumer Reports conducted a wide array of use tests on its 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car to determine its costs of operation. The answer? It depended on how the car was used.

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    Live in Idaho and Want an Electric Car? You’re In For a Long Wait

    If California is the undisputed capital of electric cars in North America, which state is its antithesis? According to the Idaho Business Review, Idaho could be that state, with both the 2012 Chevrolet Volt and 2012 Nissan Leaf unavailable at present. Worse still, Nissan won’t be even making...

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