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The Chevrolet Volt Makes It To The Car Pool Lane

The Chevrolet Volt Makes It To The Car Pool Lane

Starting in 2012, a special package will be offered to the lower the emissions even more on the already clean Chevrolet Volt.  The system aids the exhaust’s catalytic converter by adding a secondary air-injection pump to filter in ambient air.  This modification allows for the converter to work more efficiently, remove more pollutants and qualify the Volt [...]

Chevy Volt named World Green Car of the Year

Chevy Volt named World Green Car of the Year

With all the bad press surrounding the recent fires involving the Volt, it was nice to see some positive news. The 2011 Chevrolet Volt was named 2011 World Green Car of the Year at the New York Auto International Auto Show. “The selection of the Volt as the World Green Car is a further proof [...]

Chevrolet Volt Components Created from Gulf of Mexico Oil-Soaked Booms

Chevrolet Volt Components Created from Gulf of Mexico Oil-Soaked Booms

Oil-soaked plastic boom material used to soak up oil in the Gulf of Mexico is finding new life as auto parts in the Chevrolet Volt. General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the material off the Alabama and Louisiana coasts and keep it out of the nation’s landfills. The [...]

Chevrolet Volt Propulsion System Named a Ward’s 10 Best Engine

Chevrolet Volt Propulsion System Named a Ward’s 10 Best Engine

The propulsion system on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the industry’s only electric vehicle with extended-range capability, is among the winners of the automotive industry’s “10 Best Engines” for 2011 in North America as determined by Ward’s AutoWorld magazine. Ward’s editors use several criteria for selecting their annual “10 Best Engines” winners, including noise, vibration and [...]

Chevrolet, OnStar and NFPA Begin Electric Vehicle Safety Training Tour

Chevrolet, OnStar and NFPA Begin Electric Vehicle Safety Training Tour

Chevrolet and OnStar, in a joint effort with The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), kicked off the first in a series of electric vehicle safety training sessions that will take place this fall in cities across the country. First responders participated in a three-hour program to prepare for emergency situations involving electric vehicles such as [...]

Cross-country drive brings the Chevrolet Volt directly to consumers

Cross-country drive brings the Chevrolet Volt directly to consumers

A caravan of Chevrolet Volts will embark on a 3,400-mile, cross-country drive showcasing how easy it will be to live with the world’s first electric vehicle with extended-range capability. The tour, dubbed “Volt Unplugged,” will give consumers an opportunity to test-drive the Volt, meet the people behind the development of the vehicles – Chevrolet engineers, [...]

General Motors Celebrates Arrival of Chevrolet Volt in China

General Motors Celebrates Arrival of Chevrolet Volt in China

General Motors celebrated the arrival of the first drivable Chevrolet Volt in China today. China is one of the initial markets outside the United States to receive the Volt. GM’s landmark electric vehicle with extended-range capability will go on sale locally next year. “GM has made a long-term commitment to bringing our industry-leading technology to [...]

Chevrolet to Increase Volt Production Capacity by 50 Percent

Chevrolet to Increase Volt Production Capacity by 50 Percent

General Motors today said that thanks to strong public interest in the Chevrolet Volt, the 340-mile extended range electric vehicle, it will increase U.S. production capacity of the groundbreaking new car by 50 percent, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. The announcement came as U.S. President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where [...]

Chevrolet Begins Taking Volt Orders; Pricing Announced

Chevrolet Begins Taking Volt Orders; Pricing Announced

Starting today, participating Chevrolet dealers in launch markets will begin taking customer orders for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the industry’s first electric vehicle with extended-range capability. Chevrolet is so confident in the overall value of the Volt that the brand will offer a lease program on the Volt with a monthly payment as low as [...]

Obama Gets First Seat Time in Chevrolet Volt

Obama Gets First Seat Time in Chevrolet Volt

President Barack Obama got his first exposure and seat time Thursday in the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range capability during a visit to the Compact Power battery plant in Holland, Mich. LG Chem, the parent of Compact Power, is making the battery cells for the Volt, which goes on sale late this year [...]

 
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