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Chevrolet Volt

Chevrolet Volt news. General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle in September 2008.

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The Chevy Volt will go head to head against cars like the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight by the end of this year or early next year... Fritz Henderson, CEO - General Motors , recently reiterated that the company will definitely launch its much-awaited hybrid, the Chevrolet Volt, by end-2010 or early-2011. He said the car will definitely go into production by November/December 2010. GM, which is now looking at ways of increasing market share in the US (currently at 19.7%), is also committed to improving the build quality of its cars. In India, GM recently launched its new sedan – the Cruze – ... Read Full Story
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The chief engineer for the Chevrolet Volt, Frank Weber, will transfer from General Motors to an as-yet-undisclosed senior position with Opel. Since March 2007, German-born Weber has served as the global vehicle line executive and chief vehicle engineer for GM’s electric vehicle development program. He is set to leave GM on December 1. Weber has held [...] Read Full Story
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Troubled US auto giant General Motors sought to trump Toyota by announcing that its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid will save four times more fuel than the Japanese carmaker's Prius. The former world leader in auto manufacturing, now 60 percent owned by the US government, said Tuesday that it would begin production in late 2010 on its new electric sedan, which will be marketed in 2011. The Chevrolet Volt will be the "first mass-produced vehicle to claim more than 100 miles per gallon (42.51 kilometers per liter) composite fuel economy," GM boasted. It said the Volt, whose prototype was first unveiled in early 2007, was ... Read Full Story
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Productivity rises in 2Q while labor costs plunge WASHINGTON (AP) — Productivity surged in the spring by the largest amount in almost six years while labor costs plunged at the fastest pace in nine years. The results point to a recession losing steam, but they do not bode well for the unemployed or those forced to work shorter weeks who were hoping for more hours. The Labor Department said Tuesday that productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, rose at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the April-June quarter, while unit labor costs dropped 5.8 percent. Both results were greater than ... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As American consumers abandon gas-guzzling SUVs for greener alternatives, they also face a new kind of sticker shock -- confusing claims about the energy efficiency of electric cars heading for showrooms. Federal fuel economy standards and household budgets have been built around relatively simple measurements of how many miles vehicles can travel per gallon of gasoline, a number that features on a sticker displayed in the windows of new cars in U.S. showrooms. So what should those stickers show for new battery-powered cars that will draw most or all of their power from the country's electricity grid? General Motors Co ... Read Full Story
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The defunct Honda Accord Hybrid proved that the world wasn’t ready for a “performance” hybrid in 2005, but General Motors could be planning to test the waters again next decade with performance versions of its Chevrolet Volt architecture. The Honda Accord Hybrid offered a rare combination good fuel economy and better performance than its gas-only [...]  
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GM board approves plug-in Cadillac hybrid -sources - ReutersPopular ScienceGM board approves plug-in Cadillac hybrid -sourcesReutersUL] has approved a plan to produce a plug-in hybrid for the luxury Cadillac brand that will adapt technology developed for the upcoming Chevrolet Volt, …Cadillac Reportedly to Build Electric CarFOXNewsGM\’s Second Electric Car After Chevy Volt To Be Cadillac [...]  
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Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Sedan, Performance, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Alternative Fuel 2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery Electric cars are for those who would rather drive slow, boring commuters that don't consume fossil fuels and therefore don't spew pollutants from their tailpipes. Gas-powered cars - and especially those wearing time-honored badges like SS, R/T or GT - are for those who prefer fire-breathing, tire...  
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM 2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery The Chevrolet Volt isn't scheduled to hit the market for another whole year, but there's so much anticipation for the vehicle that some are already asking if The General will try to make a brand out of the Volt name. The answer, according to Brent Dewar, Chevy's chief of global operations, is no: Our thought is to take the Volt technology...  
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A Fortune Magazine article by Alex Taylor points toqualifiers on claims of the performance of the forthcoming Chevy Volt pluggable hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Read the whole article. But I found the part about batteries most interesting. That's not all. Also under scrutiny is GM's oft-repeated assertion that the Volt will have an all-electric range of 40 miles. Critics point out that the car needs ideal conditions to do that. For one thing...  
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Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet Volt chief Frank Weber is leaving the automaker Dec. 1 to take a senior leadership post with Opel, where he previously developed sedans for the German brand GM is trying to sell. Weber, 43, has ...  
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