Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

Chevrolet dealers in all 50 states in the US are now taking orders for the 2012 Chevrolet Volt. The suggested retail price for the Volt will start at $39,995 (or $32,495 assuming a full federal tax credit of $7,500, which is subject to the customer’s eligibility). Five-year/100,000-mile* limited gas engine coverage.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Data on the liquid-cooled battery packs of older Tesla Model S and Chevrolet Volt cars offers. How long will the battery last? Will I have to replace it every 18 months as I do in my smartphone?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2012

The Chevrolet Volt was the top-selling plug-in vehicle (PEs) in the US in June 2012, posting 1,760 units, up 213.7% For the first six months of the year, Volt sales reached 8,817 units, up 221.2% by volume from the 561 units in June 2011. from 2,745 units in the first half of 2011.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2012

Now available at selected Chevy dealers in all 50 states, the 2012 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car has become the favorite automotive whipping boy of politicians and commentators who don't like electric cars, General Motors, and/or the Obama White House's support for plug-in vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Monthly sales of plug-in hybrids in US. Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the US in August reached 6,407 units—up 83% from the prior month and up 65% from results in August 2012. The results marked the strongest monthly results to date for plug-in hybrids (i.e., from the same period in 2012.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 30, 2012

Ever since a battery pack from a 2012 Chevrolet Volt caught fire weeks after it was subjected to tough National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tests in a laboratory, critics of General Motor’s plug-in hybrid have been quick to question its safety credentials.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2012

With gasoline prices on the increase, many consumers are looking to buy a hybrid or plug-in hybrid as their next car in order to save gas and money.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2012

Here are two subjects we never thought would go together: zombies, and plug-in cars. But the winning entry in the 2012 MOFILM Barcelona Chevrolet Volt Video Contest by director Josh Soskin does just that, and now it's being aired by Chevrolet Europe to help drum up interest for its plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In a new research brief , Pike Research forecasts that wireless charging equipment for light duty plug-in vehicle sales will grow by a CAGR of 91% from 2013 to 2020, as wireless systems move from a retrofit technology to an integrated part of new EVs, reaching annual sales of 283,000 units in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Cumulative sales of plug-in vehicles in the US topped 500,000 units in September, according to figures gathered by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The introduction of the first mass market plug-in vehicles occurred in December of 2010 with the introduction of the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2013

2012 US sales of plug-in vehicles by major OEMs. GM was the US sales leader among the major OEMs for plug-in vehicles in December, and for 2012. GM sold 2,633 units of the Volt extended range electric vehicle in December, up 72.2% For the year, GM posted sales of 23,461 Volts, up 205.8% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 1, 2013

sales of plug-in electric cars continued at a reduced level, as seems to happen every winter. The best-selling electric car, the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car, logged deliveries to 1,626 units, compared to 1,140 last month.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2011

The 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid is nearly here -- and to answer all your questions about what Toyota’s answer to the Chevrolet Volt is all about here’s our Ultimate Guide to the Toyota Prius Plug in Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

The Volt remained the top-selling plug-in vehicle in the US in October. GM delivered a record 2,961 Volts—a 167% increase by volume from October 2011. From January through October 2012, GM has delivered 19,309 Volts—an increase of 286% from the same period in 2011. year-on-year.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2011

The 2012 Chevrolet Volt will soon be arriving at Chevrolet dealers nationwide as General Motors makes the plug-in hybrid electric car available to all fifty states before the end of this year. But on year on from the launch of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, what are the differences between the 2011 and 2012 models?

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Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2012

The 2012 Nissan Leaf, 2012 Chevrolet Volt and 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In all have one main aim--efficiency--but all go about reaching that aim in different ways, which also means that each has its own distinct advantages and disadvantages. But in the.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

This week, Chevy dealers in California are receiving their first 2012 Chevrolet Volts fitted with the right emissions gear to give drivers access to HOV lanes. And they're being joined by 2012 Toyota.

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Volt 2012 Toyota Plug-in 109

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Total US sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric—have increased in recent years, but still represent only about 0.7% For instance, DTE Energy in Michigan offers customers discounted electricity rates at off-peak hours if they install a 240-volt Level 2 charger.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2014

European buyers may soon have one fewer plug-in vehicle to choose from, with news that the Opel Ampera--European cousin to the Chevrolet Volt--could be dropped due to slow sales. The Ampera arrived to much critical acclaim, just as the Volt did in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2012

Japanese automaker Toyota has fired a warning shot across General Motors’ bow today with a revised set of gas mileage figures for the soon-to-be-launched 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid is the second best-selling plug-in electric car in the U.S. It outsells the Nissan Leaf and is bested only by the Chevrolet Volt. The car’s plug-in hybrid powertrain adds a 4.4-kilowatt-hour But if you view it as an electric car, it’s an odd duck indeed.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2013

The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE), administrator of the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), has introduced an online interactive map with information on the distribution of more than 20,000 rebated plug-in cars. During the fourth quarter 2012, sales of PEVs in California reached 2.5% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In hybrid has got off to a good start in its first six months on sale, with over 6,000 units sold so far. That, says Toyota, is more than the first six months of Chevrolet Volt sales, at 2,745 units, and Nissan Leaf sales, which managed 3,875 cars in its first month.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Sales of plug-in electric cars tripled last year, so how's the New Year looking? General Motors said it delivered 1,140 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric cars last month. That's more than the 603 delivered in January 2012, but the lowest.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2012

We all know electric and plug-in hybrid cars can help cut down consumption of gasoline, but just how do you measure how much gasoline savings can be made? Normally, we measure gasoline savings in gallons, or barrels of oil, but General Motors has decided to measure the gasoline saved by its Chevrolet Volt Plug-in Hybrid in supertankers.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2012

According to a recent, very peppy General Motors ad campaign, many Chevrolet Volt owners are brimming with enthusiasm about their plug-in hybrid. Then again, having Chevy Volt owners evangelize about their cars in an ad designed to sell the plug-in hybrid is hardly a fair yardstick to gauge how Volt owners feel about their cars.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In the world of plug-in cars, the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt may get all the attention, but a new arrival will make it very much a three-car race. The 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid is just now arriving at Toyota dealers in California plus a dozen or so other states.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 18, 2012

Bridging the gap between battery electric vehicles and gasoline-electric hybrids we find cars like the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In and the 2012 Chevrolet Volt. Both are essentially hybrid vehicles, but use the technology in different ways to achieve different aims. Ultimately though, which vehicle costs less to run?

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In the first month of 2014, sales of the two most popular plug-in electric cars were lower than they''ve been in many months. Sales levels likely fell victim both to the predictable winter slowdown in electric-car sales (which we saw in 2012 and 2013 too) and to particularly bad weather last month throughout much of the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2012

Who buys a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid car? It’s a question that we’ve tried to answer in the past, examining initial sales data from General Motors to try and create the automotive equivalent of an indentikit Volt buyer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The second-generation Volt, which makes its world debut in about 10 weeks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, features a clean-sheet, all-new Voltec propulsion system—new battery, new electric drive unit, new power electronics and new range-extending engine. So we developed the next gen volt with a 60% size engine.

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National Green Transportation

JUNE 10, 2011

GM made a pair of announcements today that they will begin taking orders for the 2012 Volt today, that they will expand production of the 2012 Volt, and they will lower the price. Taken together these changes suggest they.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 11, 2013

Last month, the Nissan Leaf passed the Chevrolet Volt to take this year''s top spot among plug-in electric cars for sale. It announced that it will offer $5,000 cash back on remaining 2012 Volt range-extended electric cars, and $4,000 on 2013 models, according to Chevrolet spokespeople quoted yesterday.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Plug-in electric car sales are growing in the U.S., with the Chevy Volt in particular going from strength to strength. The 2012 Nissan Leaf, however, is not doing so well. Despite being one of the earliest electric cars on the market, it's been outsold three to two this year by the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 5, 2012

The 2012 Chevrolet Volt -- along with its European twin -- have just been chosen as 2012 European Car Of The Year. Beating the Volkswagen Up, Toyota Yaris, Fiat Panda, Range Rover Evoke, Ford Focus and Citroën DS5, the plug-in range extended electric vehicle becomes the second plug-in car to win the prestigious award.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 24, 2013

The Chevrolet Volt is by far the best-selling plug-in car in the United States. Last year, it represented almost 45 percent of all plug-in electric cars sold during 2012. First, while the Volt is sold in Canada, China, most. But how's it doing outside the U.S.,

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