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Enterprise Rent-a-Car to offer Chevrolet Volt

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be the first to offer Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicles (EVs) for daily and weekly rentals later this month. The Volt vehicles will be available at the Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, Calif., along with a new charging station.

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Next-gen Chevy Volt improves charging experience for users

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Chevrolet says it has made the charging system in the next-generation Volt even easier for customers to recharge the battery and to check the charge status. The next-generation Volt debuts in January in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show. The car will recognize when it arrives “home” based on GPS data.

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Recurrent Auto and Black Book launch EV-centric valuation system for used cars

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Recurrent Auto is now offering a program that could very well be the future of valuation for used Tesla models and electric vehicles. A major problem for used electric car buyers is that current valuation systems are designed around ICE vehicles; how often has the vehicle received an oil change? Credit: Tesla.

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The first Volt from GM was also a plug-in hybrid, but it was built in 1980

Green Car Reports

Chevrolet's Volt wasn't the original, or even the first Volt from GM. Electric Auto Corporation receives that distinction for their car built in 1980, at the height of America's second gas crisis. It built the Silver Volt, a plug-in hybrid based on a contemporary Buick station wagon—16 years before the GM EV1.

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2016 Chevy Volt Wish List, BYD Electric Bus, Auto Dealers Try Charm: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: What owners want from the next-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt, a ride in an ell-electric BYD K9 electric bus, and auto dealers try charm in their battle against Tesla Motors'' direct-sales model. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Mercedes-Benz becomes world’s first car maker to X-ray crash test – ET Auto

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Together with the Fraunhofer-Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, the EMI in Freiburg, Mercedes-Benz has now carried out the world’s first X-ray crash with a real car. The device is far more powerful than the X-ray flashes previously used in trials: The photon energy of the linear accelerator is up to nine megaelectron volts.

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500 miles touted: EV platform for Dodge muscle cars, Jeep SUVs, more

Baua Electric

Stellantis has reaffirmed a claim of 500 miles of range for its STLA dedicated EV platform, set to underpin several future cars, crossovers, and SUVs from the automaker. Other details now being confirmed include capability for 400-volt or 800-volt charging, with fast charging at 4.5 kwh per minute with 800-volt hardware.

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