Chevy Volt Getting Updated for 2013
24 Apr 2012, 11:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Other automakers are moving into the plug-in hybrid market, so Chevrolet has decided to continue developing the Volt, despite the lack of sufficient market demand. For the 2013 model year, the ap...
Chevy Volt Production Restarting Early, New Sales Target Set
6 Apr 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The dust has not yet settled on the March sales figures, where Chevrolet’s extended range electric vehicle finally showed progress. Instead of the usual dismal sales figures, we got well over ...
General Motors Will Release Chevy Volt Demo Fleet in China
3 Apr 2012, 12:53 UTC · By: Alexandru Ungureanu / General Motors wants to make its plug-in Chevrolet Volt more popular in China and it will soon have this opportunity after GM’s Chinese division reached an agreement with the China Automotive ...
GM Engineers Close to Finding Cure for What Ails Volt Battery
7 Dec 2011, 15:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Chevrolet Volt is electric when you want it and gas when you need it, but the extended range EV is catching a lot of flack right now for a potential fire hazard from the battery, but which has n...
2011 Chevrolet Volt Is "Collectible Car of the Future"
7 Dec 2011, 08:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chevrolet Volt owners don’t seem to be affected by the potential fire, and are still holding on despite GM’s decision of offering a replacement in the form of whatever car they liked. S...
Chevy Volt Outsold Nissan Leaf in November
2 Dec 2011, 14:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The battle of the EV continues a second victory for the Chevrolet Volt that has been in the media’s crossfire for its battery. During the moth of November, The Volt’s delivery figures cl...
GM Is Considering a Cruze Plug-In Hybrid
24 Nov 2011, 13:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota won’t have the run of the eco market for long, as just about every major automaker is investing in electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Of the Big Three, General Motors seems to be th...
Chevrolet Volt Awarded Five-Star Euro NCAP Rating
23 Nov 2011, 17:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Chevrolet Volt was given a through inspection by Euro NCAP and was found to be identical to the Opel Ampera and has the same interior fittings. Chevrolet has informed Euro NCAP that the Volt als...
Chevy Volt Targeted at Tech-Savvy, not Tree-Hugging Customers
7 Nov 2011, 17:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while, it looked like the Chevrolet Volt would allays struggle against the all-electric Nissan Leaf, but things started picking up when the Volt finally managed to top its rival in the sales c...
2012 Chevy Volt Commercial: Drive Thru
1 Nov 2011, 13:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan went all serious with their commercial for the Leaf when they took a cheap shot at the Chevrolet Volt for saying it’s electric but having a bas tank. But Chevy is clearly not taking it ...
Chevrolet Volt Could Be Made in China
4 Oct 2011, 12:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has recently announced that it could be assemble electric cars locally for the Chinese market, not wanting to reveal a full schedule or what it’s the Focus Electric they were talking abou...
2012 Chevrolet Volt Bewilders and Upsets in Gas Station
23 Sep 2011, 20:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chevrolet has just introduced a new commercial for the Volt to its Youtube channel, featuring a little kid that asks some probing questions about what the extended rage electric vehicle is doing in ...
Chevy Volt Bounces Back in August, Stocks Hit 1,361 Units
5 Sep 2011, 15:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In July, Chevrolet’s vision of a greener future looked like it was in deep trouble, with just 125 being delivered, way below the carmaker’s expectations. Yet company execs have stated th...
Nissan LEAF Sprints Past Chevrolet Volt in First-half Sales
7 Jul 2011, 06:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There are a lot of other electric vehicles coming this year, but somehow the race between the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt has captured everyone’s imagination. People are naturally curio...
Chevy Volt Gets Five-Star NHTSA Rating
5 Jun 2011, 12:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GM's car of the moment, and of the future, as it hopes, the Chevrolet Volt, managed to score yet another victory in the battle for the hearts and pockets of the EV-loving Americans by passing, ...
Chevy Confirms Sponsorship of Woodward Dream Cruise
3 Jun 2011, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Chevrolet confirmed today its involvement with the world’s largest one-day automotive event, the Woodward Dream Cruise, after the first rumors surrounding its sponsorship...
Dealers Selling Volts to Each Other, Claiming Federal Rebate
31 May 2011, 14:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Before we get into this, we'll have to warn you that, since we are aware this will cause quite a controversy, this is not a story we made up. In fact, it belongs to Mark Modica, a long-time det...
GM Calls Leaf Commercial Cute, but Damaging
30 May 2011, 13:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Earlier this week, French automaker Renault (and, subsequently, Japanese manufacturer Nissan) hit us with a question: what if all those everyday appliances, all the tools you use at work, all those ...
US Buys Think EVs
27 May 2011, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid certainly stole the show this week, after it managed to become the first vehicle of its kind to be officially purchased by the US government as a result of presiden...
Tons of Gulf of Mexico Oil-Soaked Material Go into the Volt
24 May 2011, 05:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nearly half a year ago, American manufacturer GM announced that it has found a way to help reduce the disaster caused by the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, by trying...