Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2015
Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S. Belzowski 2015. Data: Polk, 2015. Click to enlarge. Model year.
Green Car Congress
JULY 16, 2015
Data collected for this study came from two distinct surveys: the 2015 Plug-in Electric Vehicle Owners Survey (PEVOS, n = 94) and the 2013 New Vehicle Owners Survey (NVOS, n = 1754). Most PEV Pioneer respondents owned either the Nissan Leaf (46%), Chevrolet Volt (24%), or Tesla Model S (10%). Goldberg, J. Langman, J. Wolinetz, and A.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Wallace noted that approximately 20 million battery cells have been produced for the more than 69,000 Chevrolet Volts on the road today with industry-leading quality levels of less than two problems per million cells produced (2 ppm). We had the idea in first gen that we would have a full-size battery and a half-size engine.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
New electric vehicle makers have used the idea of software updates as a means to promote their EVs’ capabilities. The recall covered certain 2015 and 2016 Chevrolet and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500, and 3500 trucks, and it involved a faulty airbag inflator that may rupture without warning. Credit: Reuters Graphics.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 31, 2014
General Motors is using waste adhesive from the production of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to build stalactites for artificial bat caves. The company also creates bat houses out of scrap Chevrolet Volt battery covers that can hold up to 150 little brown bats each. million bats to date in the United States and Canada.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2015
The idea is that widespread availability of PEV chargers will increase general awareness of PEV technology, increase perceptions of PEV functionality, and potentially allow for the development of green, innovative, and progressive “cultural branding”. The second benefit is to help promote PEV ownership in the first place. —Bailey et al.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2015
A fifth paper presented at the World Congress assessed one year of in-use operating data from first-generation Chevrolet Volt and projected the performance of the second generation.). 2015) “The Next Generation “Voltec” Extended Range EV Propulsion System,” SAE Int. Power 4(2) doi: 10.4271/2015-01-1152. Harpster, M.,
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