Chevrolet Volt News
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When it was unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, the Cadillac Converj concept was widely lauded for its looks. That was likely the last time the car that became the Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe won any praise. After an on-again, off-again, on-again history and a launch at the breathtaking price of $75,000, the ELR languished in the market from Day One. DON'T MISS: 2016 Cadillac ELR: More Performance, More Range, Lower Price It's been on sale for two years now, but only a couple of thousand have found buyers--and while updated 2016 models are now available at a few...
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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 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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Discounts On Brand-New 2016 Chevy Volt, But Only In A Few Regions
General Motors is already offering discounts on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt.
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Ads: Attacking Prius, Leaf...And Bolt EV?
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt, for which deliveries began just this week, is going into attack mode against the Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius in a set of new ads. But in one of those ads, it almost feels as if GM is attacking its own (upcoming) product. They build on focus-group-themed ads that Chevy has...
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Beginning in late fall 2016, if you’re lucky enough to visit the Warren Technical Center campus of General Motors [NYSE:GM], in Michigan, you might find your shuttle quite intriguing: a 2017 Chevrolet Volt, driving itself. The automaker plans to deploy a fleet of Volt extended range electric cars to drive people autonomously within the campus. ALSO SEE: Tesla Model X Spreads Its (Falcon) Wings: Production Details Revealed To use the service, employees would use a smartphone application, reserving the vehicle and then selecting a destination. Using autonomous technology under...
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2016 Chevy Volt: Limited Markets Only, Nationwide Rollout In Spring For 2017 Volt
The second-generation Chevrolet Volt won't become available nationwide until next year.
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2016 Chevrolet Volt First Drive: Plug-In Hybrid Home Run
The all-new 2016 Chevrolet Volt is just about here, and it builds on all of its predecessor's virtues while resolving most of that car's vices. It's got a lot more electric range--53 miles--and at 42 miles per gallon, it's more fuel-efficient on those rare occasions when the range-extending engine...
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Should I Buy A Used Chevy Volt Electric Car?
The Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car scores higher on owner satisfaction than any other vehicle GM has sold since it began surveying its buyers. It has attracted new buyers who'd never otherwise haveconsidered a Chevy. And GM data reveals that 80 percent of all Volt trips, and two-third...
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2016 Chevy Volt EPA Ratings: 53-Mile Electric Range, 42 MPG On Gas
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid has been rated by the EPA at 53 miles of electric range, a nice boost on Chevy's earlier promise of "at least 50 miles." The EPA also rates the 2016 Volt at 42 mpg combined when the engine is running, and 106 Miles Per Gallon Equivalent combined when operating...
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2012 Chevrolet Volt Racks Up 250,000 Miles, One-Third Electric, Rest At 39 MPG
An Ohio owner claims to have covered nearly 250,000 miles in his Chevy Volt.
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It's one of the most common questions about electric cars: What happens to the battery packs after the car is junked? Do they just get thrown away? Will any of them be recycled? What happens to their components? The answer is electric-car batteries will largely be recycled--but that they will have a second life after they're taken out of the car they were supplied in. DON'T MISS: Chevy Volt: Battery Pack Housing Today, Owl's Nest Tomorrow? (Mar 2011) Even after the pack can only store 70 percent of its original energy capacity--the point at which it's considered no longer usable in a car--it...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Configurator Live, California Order Books Open
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt is now available to order in California.
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Fortune Puts Volt In 'Dustbin Of History' Despite New Model Coming (UPDATE)
Two carmakers sell plug-in electric cars; one is a pricey, sexy all-electric sport sedan, the other a range-extended electric compact hatchback. One (the Tesla Model S) is a huge success, with its maker "going from strength to strength." The other (the Chevy Volt) is "headed to the dustbin of...
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2016 Chevy Volt To Get California Carpool Lane Access
Access to the carpool lane in California with only a single occupant has proven to be one of the more effective incentives to get the state's drivers to buy electric cars. The first year and a half of Chevy Volt range-extended electric cars didn't qualify, but Volt sales in California surged once...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Priced From $33,995, Or $1,175 Lower Than 2015 Volt
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid will be priced from $33,995 when it goes on sale sometime this fall, a GM executive said this morning. The price, which includes delivery, is $1,175 lower than that of the outgoing 2015 Volt. The old Volt lacks the 50-mile range, 41-mpg fuel efficiency, and...
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How Similar Are Chevy Volt & Malibu Hybrid Powertrains? Very Much; Here's Why
In less than six months, General Motors has unveiled three separate 2016 vehicles that use its hybrid and plug-in hybrid Voltec powertrain. The Chevrolet Volt and Malibu Hybrid, and the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid, span three different vehicle segments. One's a compact hatchback, one's a mid-size...
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Chevrolet offers big discounts on the 2015 Volt ahead of the redesigned 2016 model.
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Order Guide: Options, Trim Levels...But No Prices Yet
General Motors releases the 2016 Chevrolet Volt order guide, but no prices.
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2015 Chevrolet Volt Production Ends To Retool For All-New 2016 Volt Launch
2015 Chevrolet Volt production will end next month for retooling and to clear inventory.
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2016 Chevy Volt In Pre-Production; Prices To Come Next Month
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt was officially unveiled at January's Detroit Auto Show, so there won't be a lot of focus on the new plug-in hybrid with the 50-mile range at this week's New York Auto Show. Instead, it'll be all about the new 2016 Chevy Malibu mid-size sedan, including the new Malibu Hybrid...
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Why We're Calling The 2016 Chevy Volt A Plug-In Hybrid
Since the launch of the Chevrolet Volt almost five years ago, a battle has raged over what to call it. Is it a range-extended electric car, as GM strongly preferred, or a plug-in hybrid as others insisted equally forcefully? GM's goal in calling the Volt a "range-extended electric" car was to...
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2011-2013 Chevrolet Volt Recall Limits Idle Time To Avert Carbon Monoxide Danger
GM is recalling older Volt models for a software fix that will limit idle times.
Stephen Edelstein