President Barack Obama looks over the new Chevy Volt, with Assembly Manager Teri Quigley, second from right, and others, as he tours the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Friday, July 30, 2010, where the ...
The White House intends to boost government subsidies for wealthy buyers of the Chevy Volt -- GM's electric lemon. The subsidy began at $7,500.00 to $10,000.00 per buyer. That mammoth subsidy would cost taxpayers $100 million each year if it...
In my recent piece on the hysterical reaction to the Chevrolet Volt that caught fire after a crash test (and the attendant right-wing, anti-GM, anti-Obama administration propaganda assault), I posed a rhetorical question: Where is the outrage ...
A 2011 Chevy Volt has been part of Cars.com's Chicago-based fleet for more than a year now. It was purchased to see how the Volt performed in the city's four seasons. Follow Cars.com's coverage of the Volt here. When a 2012 version showed up at ...
Tickets on sale for Honda Grand Prix of St. PetersburgTickets to the 2012 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg are on sale. The event returns to the streets of downtown St.
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:59:09 GMT2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ 5.3 Lt V8 with Flowmaster Exhaust
2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ 5.3 Lt V8 with Flowmaster Exhaust
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The Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in costs more than the Nissan Leaf battery-electric vehicle up front, but it's less expensive to own during the first five years of driving. So said Kelley Blue Book in its first-ever Total Cost of Ownership study.
A Volt will cost the driver $40,629 during the first five years of ownership, or almost $1,500 less than the $42,089 it will cost to own a...
Sometimes you read the most interesting things in those supposedly boring trade publications. One such item of interest comes from an article in Manufacturing News (HT to an emailer) written by Richard A. McCormack which is primarily about the Mainland China’s designs on the worldwide auto parts industry, including the U.S. Some of the larger [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced today that Chevrolet Volt purchasers are now eligible for the states $2,500 electric vehicle (EV) rebate. The rebate requires that consumers qualify for and participate in The EV Project, a national study on EV use and charging infrastructure deployment. The EV Project will provide participants with a free Blink® 240V networked charge station and a...
For now, they're the only two mass-market electric vehicles on the road. So, which one should you buy: the Chevrolet Volt, or the Nissan Leaf? While both are electric vehicles, there's an asterisk applied to the Chevy Volt, and for some buyers, the side ...
For Californians, news about the Chevrolet Volt nearing HOV lane entry is probably more significant than any ads, even Super Bowl ads. Still, California is just one state, and Chevy needs to interest more than just the Golden State if the Volt is to be a success.
The Panda Mamy is a new limited edition version of Fiat’s city car aimed at young mothers. Based on the 1.2-litre Panda Dynamic, the new Fiat Panda Mamy attempts to allure UK mommies through the use of specific colours and materials as well as its useful standard equipment that includes a second internal rear-view mirror for viewing any children on the rear seat and bag hooks in the boot. -Continued Moreover, the Mamy gets new front seat covers with pockets at the back, washable front and...Read Full Story
GM announced this week that their venture capital arm called GM Ventures will invest $5 million in a small company called Powermat. The company makes a charging system that uses wireless technology to charge smartphones and other devices, and is considered a pioneer in the filed. What is Powermat? If you’ve recently visited your local Best Buy, you’ve probably seen the Powermat product in the ‘Mobile’ section. The product allows you to place your cell phone and other mobile technology on a...Read Full Story
GM announced this week that their venture capital arm called GM Ventures will invest $5 million in a small company called Powermat. The company makes a charging system that uses wireless technology to charge smartphones and other devices, and is considered a pioneer in the filed. What is Powermat? If you’ve recently visited your local Best Buy, you’ve probably seen the Powermat product in the ‘Mobile’ section. The product allows you to place your cell phone and other mobile technology on a...Read Full Story
Posted by best sport car on January 21st, 2011
Bob Lutz GM’s 72-year-old Vice Chairman sits on the cutting edge of new hybrid technology. It is in fact Mr. Lutz and his belief in hybrid technology that has led Chevrolet to create some interesting new hybrid models due out soon including the Silverado, Tahoe, Malibu and Equinox. Under Mr. Lutz’s guidance, Chevrolet even produced a fleet of transit buses powered by their Allison Electric Drive Transmission system for King County, Washington...Read Full Story
Thanks to induction technology, mobile electronic devices, such as phones, can be wirelessly charged, just by placing them on special pads. At the 2011 CES in Las Vegas, General Motors announced plans to introduce the wireless charging technology in many future Chevrolet , Buick , GMC and Cadillac products, beginning from the second half of 2012. The Detroit automaker revealed that is has signed a commercial agreement with an Israeli company called Powermat that specializes on the new...Read Full Story
The Chevy Volt is scheduled for release in late 2010 and is rated at 230 mpg. You can drive a Volt 40 miles using just lithium-ion batteries, then begin to use gasoline beyond 40 miles. The overall mpg rating is calculated by making assumptions about how many miles the average person drives on each trip.
Besides the Chevy Volt, GM has been developing a 2-mode plug-in hybrid vehicle program since 2006. Originally set to debut in 2010 as a Saturn VUE, that particular vehicle was ...
The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to be produced by General Motors, expected to be launched as a 2011 model. Sales are scheduled to begin in November 2010, [5 ...