GM to Make Li-Ion Volt Batteries at Michigan Plant
13 Aug 2009, 14:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors today announced that Brownstown Township, Mich. plant will make lithium-ion batteries for Chevrolet Volt and other extended-range electric vehicles. The American manufacturer will inv...
Volt, A Risk for Both Chevrolet and GM
12 Aug 2009, 15:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet Volt, the flagship hybrid that General Motors hopes it will turn the company around, achieves, as we told you yesterday, a fuel consumption rating of 230 mpg. Quite impressive, we would sa...
Chevrolet Volt Will Achieve 230 mpg in Urban Traffic
11 Aug 2009, 13:46 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Yes, you heard right. General Motors expects the Volt to achieve city fuel economy of at least 230 miles per gallon (US gallon). This statement, however, is based on development testing that takes i...
Chevy Volt Much More "Sporty" Than Prius, Insight
30 Jun 2009, 14:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The battle for the best hybrid on the market is about to become even fiercer as General Motors sees Chevy Volt as a more advanced model than its two main competitors, Insight and Prius. Andrew Farah...
Chevy Volt Still Alive Despite Chapter 11 Threats
10 May 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is still keen on developing the over-discussed Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and the company should enter production, as scheduled, in 2010. This is what Tom Stephens, the automaker&#...
Transformers 2 Presents 3rd Trailer
4 May 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The third trailer of ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ was recently released, giving a short preview of the Audi R8-based Decepticon, by the name of Sideways. The new Decepticon is s...
Chevy Volt Funding in Doubt Due to Poor GM Survival Plan
13 Apr 2009, 14:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors' requested funding to support the development of Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid has been put on hold until the American car giant manages to demonstrate its viability and convince...
White House Auto Task Force to Test Chevy Volt
9 Mar 2009, 14:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The White House task force especially formed to supervise the restructuring process of the automotive sector will test drive GM's Chevrolet Volt and will also visit Volt's production facil...
Holden Volt Revealed in Australia
27 Feb 2009, 10:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just unveiled the Holden Volt, a rebadged version of Chevrolet Volt but exclusively addressed to the Australian market. Just as expected, the "new" Holden Volt is regard...
Goodyear Cuts 5,000 Jobs, Freezes Salaries
18 Feb 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another bad news comes from the US, this time from a tire manufacturer. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has announced it will cut nearly 5,000 jobs and will freeze salaries to the remaining ones. The...
New Photos Show Chevy Volt Interacting with the Real World
23 Jan 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet Volt is surely one of the models General Motors puts all hopes in and because of that, the American company does anything possible to create a favorable market for the upcoming hybrid. And...
Cadillac Converj in Doubt due to Insufficient Funds
21 Jan 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Cadillac Converj model displayed by General Motors at the 2009 North American may not reach mass-production due to insufficient funds, Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman of global product develop...
GM Plans to Spend $30 Million on Volt Battery Plant
21 Jan 2009, 10:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Although sales are not encouraging at all due to the credit crunch, General Motors seems not to give up its hope for a better future where electric cars will bring a change in the product-line...
Gov. Granholm Signs Legislation to Boost Michigan Car Batteries
16 Jan 2009, 10:26 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / It took them a while, the subject was intensely discussed, but US lawmakers have finally signed the incentive plan for the development of advanced batteries in Michigan. According to freep.com, a...