Chevy Volt

by Clifford F. Thies Liberals think the Chevy Volt has a low carbon footprint because the energy that makes it go comes out of an outlet. Not from a nasty internal combustion engine. Liberals, unable to comprehend things like electricity, don't know that the Chevy Volt has a carbon footprint twice or more of a conventional automobile. (Video at TruthaboutCars.com ) And just because the Volt requires a government subsidy of about $250,000 per car is of no concern to liberals. That's because...Read Full Story

General Motors has lead the sales front in China, which is the world’s single biggest car market, for the past six years, with the automaker expecting to break the 2 million sales mark for the second year in a row in 2011. Therefore, it makes perfect sense for China to be one of the first overseas markets to receive the Chevrolet Volt . GM’s extended-range hybrid will be available in eight cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan, through 13...Read Full Story

The North American based automotive giant General Motors is planning a future generation of its zero-emission vehicle Chevrolet Volt, which will be cheaper and more efficient than the current one. After failing with its current Chevy Volt generation and losing some customers on the way after the sudden fire problems which are investigated by the NHTSA, General Motors is planning to introduce a new generation of its zero-emissions vehicle which, theoretically, should be more efficient and...Read Full Story

From Eric Dondero: A newly-released study from the libertarian-conservative Macinac Center in Michigan finds that the actual cost, when subsidies are included, of production of the Chevy Volt is upwards of $250,000 a vehicle. You read that right. From MichiganCapitolConfidential.com "Chevy Volt Costing Taxpayers Up to $250K Per Vehicle": Each Chevy Volt sold thus far may have as much as $250,000 in state and federal dollars in incentives behind it – a total of $3 billion altogether... [The...Read Full Story

The Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle will be shown.By msnbc.com news serviceVolt the Chevy was a political punching bag on Wednesday, with Republicans accusing the Obama to hide administration fire hazards from the public and General Motors say his signature electric vehicle wrong caught in political crosswind.Jim Jordan, Chairman of the Subcommittee House supervision regulatory, said it wasRead Full Story

by Clifford F. Thies Not that there's anything wrong with the Volt, but if, just saying, you should want to exchange your Volt for a loaner car while GM works on whatever is not wrong with it, they'll accommodate you. Just because two Volts exploded following crash tests is, really, nothing to worry about. And just because, using the OnStar program, GM now sends out a team to drain the battery of any Volt that's been in a crash, is nothing to get excited about. And, certainly, nobody should...Read Full Story

The Chevrolet Volt is an interesting car that GM touted as an extended range electric vehicle that has been under investigation recently after one Volt caught on fire. The first Volt to catch fire happened in the parking lot of a US crash test facility. That Volt caught fire three weeks after a crash test and the fire was caused by a ruptured battery pack. The fire sparked an investigation into the Volt and other EVs made by major automakers. So far, the investigation into the battery packs...Read Full Story

General Motors on Monday has officially announced that the Volt electric car will go on sale at 13 Shanghai GM Chevrolet dealerships in eight Chinese cities. The vehicle will start be priced at RMB 498,000 ($75,533) and will be available in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan. GM will be the first of the world’s largest automakers to sell a plug-in car in China, with Daimler and Nissan planning to follow in its footsteps. With its onboard engine...Read Full Story

Meet the Roberts electric car. Built in 1896, it gets a solid 40 miles to the charge — exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt, the highly touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called “not a step forward, but a leap forward.” The executives at Chevrolet can rest easy for now. Since the Roberts was constructed in an age before Henry Ford’s mass production, the 115-year-old electric car is one of a kind. But don’t let the car’s advanced age let you think it...Read Full Story

Chevrolet Volt is in Europe and will be available to the customers from November 3. The electrically driven sedan will start at € 41 950 - or about 1,000 euros less than the technically identical Ampera costs. “Our price in Europe is based on the U.S. Volt price adjusted for transportation cost, import duties, exchange rates and homologation,” said Wayne Brannon, CEO of Chevrolet Europe. The electric powered Volt will come fully equipped with all the safety features you would expect and a...Read Full Story