Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 6, 2008

General Motors might not be able to hit its target to have its breakthrough electric-powered car the Chevrolet Volt in production by 2010. GM has already started to build advertising campaigns around the Volt, even though in the best-case scenario it is years away from production.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Just as the excitement is growing over the first dealer deliveries of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2011 Nissan Leaf, eagle-eyed EV enthusiasts have spotted General Motor’s previous electric car on Google’s Street View.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 6, 2007

Seventeen years ago GM could imagine, and then produce, an electric car. Check out this 13 minute GM video on the car that became the EV1. to what a contemporary produceable electric vehicle would look like and how it would perform if we were to build such a vehicle." He's now working at Tesla.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Our Consulting Producer Chelsea Sexton was recently chosen as one of a small group of EV enthusiasts to field test a Chevy Volt: living with it and driving it on a daily usage basis. press tour to get my thoughts about the company working on an electric car again, my response probably involved suggesting she lay off the crack.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Another day, another announcement in the series of carefully timed press releases on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car. In this case, it's the news that GM's investment in the Detroit-Hamtramck plant where the Volt will be built totals $336 million.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 25, 2007

An excellent piece on electric cars by Steven Wickens in the Toronto Star here. He adds: "I'd probably still have an EV1 if GM hadn't forced me to give it back. Let's not forget, as GM hypes the Volt , 1000 140-range NiMH EV1 electric cars rot in the Arizona sun.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2016

Electric-car advocates are often passionate, with memories long enough to remember GM's 2004 destruction of its pioneering fleet of EV1 electric cars.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

Lutz responds to the sense that GM might be pulling back from its commitment to the Volt that resulted from Sharon Terlep's Detroit News article a month or so ago. (My While the goal is still a 2010 release, everything hinges on the Lithium battery thought to be the essential heart of the Volt. Could Lutz not know the range of an EV1?

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 8, 2007

Chris Paine, director of "Who Killed the Electric Car?," He's all charged up about the Chevy Volt. Just two weeks ago Free Press auto critic Mark Phelan was twisting Mr. Paine's words to justify GM killing the EV1. What a difference a week or two can make. is attending the Detroit Auto Show. So is Detroit.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2015

These are the first photos of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt electric car. The long-awaited, pure electric descendant of GM's EV1--and a cousin of the new Chevrolet Volt, or at least a close-sounding relative--the Bolt will go into production next year with an anticipated all-electric driving range of 200 miles.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The first mainstream electric cars to hit US shores in nearly a century (don’t despair GM EV1 fans, we said ‘mainstream’) have arrived in the form of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt. Tags: Electric cars The Green Piece electric car leaf U.S.A

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Green Car Reports

MAY 14, 2015

Two carmakers sell plug-in electric cars; one is a pricey, sexy all-electric sport sedan, the other a range-extended electric compact hatchback. The other (the Chevy Volt) is "headed to the dustbin of automotive history." One (the Tesla Model S) is a huge success, with its maker "going from strength to strength."

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

"GM tries to unplug Volt hype" is not the headline I've been hoping to see out of Motor City this spring. The Volt grabbed headlines, lit up online chat boards and dominated the buzz at the auto show in Detroit. The Volt grabbed headlines, lit up online chat boards and dominated the buzz at the auto show in Detroit.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Sacramento’s News 10 reports on the electric cars of Vacaville, CA. In 2003 Vacaville, also known as Voltageville , was miles ahead of other cities with over 100 electric cars on the road in both GM EV1 s and Toyota RAV4-EV s. Now, every major automaker is scrambling to produce an electric vehicle.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2010

We write a lot about the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle here. It's a radical new car, GM's first electric car since the late EV1, and it'll be in dealerships in just six months. But GM has another electric car coming next year as well. Well, basically, it's a Chevy Volt.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Since GM’s Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz planned to unveil the Chevy Volt production prototype, we decided to take our film crew. We knew we were being pulled into GM’s PR machine, but we wanted to hear their side of the story and accept their offer - If GM was once again committed to the electric car, we’d be there to cover it.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

Tanya Gazdik, USA “Kia has developed a large SUV with an electric motor that stands out for its good aerodynamics, innovative design, high levels of technology – with up to level 3 autonomous driving. And because it offers bi-directional charging and ultra-fast 800-volt charging.” Sara Soria, Spain.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2008

We shoot at the Tech Center campus where engineers ran tests on Volt battery packs. After an off-camera briefing about all their alt energy car efforts, we took a high speed run in the Volt “mule&# vehicle. It was as nearly as quick as their EV1 and every bit as smooth. Chevy Volt production prototype #1.

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 4, 2010

When long-time EV advocate and former GM EV1 salesperson Chelsea Sexton talked to us a few weeks ago and told us she had some exciting news, we knew something fun was about to happen. Did she have news about the up-coming sequel to Chris Payne’s docudrama Who Killed The Electric Car?

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EV Life

AUGUST 4, 2023

General Motors was one of the original pioneers of electric cars, introducing the EV1 in 1996 and the game-changing Volt in 2010. Chevrolet has continued that trend in the last few years—emerging as a major leader in the electric vehicle industry. cubic feet of storage space.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 25, 2010

He's a bit surprised, as are all of us, that Nissan has emerged as the first big automaker to manufacture a mass-produced electric car. But I do know, interestingly and perhaps relevantly, that the electric car that has probably driven more miles than any other model, the Toyota RAV4 EV, does not have batteries with an active system.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 18, 2010

It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. I may be most interested affordable electric cars, but this makes sense to me. I only wish GM had the smarts back in the day to have rebranded the EV1 as a Caddy and continued limited run production.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). Filmmaker Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? What happens to an electric car deferred? Ask Chris Paine, director of the documentary film Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

They could: Offer an electric version of an existing vehicle Give an electric model a new or additional identity Introduce a new electric model Create a new electric sub-brand Start a new electric car company. However, they make attractive second cars and commuter modules, especially when they’re used.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2009

As the major automakers race to put electric vehicles into showrooms, they are spending money like it’s going out of fashion. According to reports, General Motors has splashed out around $1billion developing the Chevrolet Volt, while Chrysler hopes to invest around $448million in its electric vehicle programme.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I also hope for his next column he finds out some more about the exciting things going on with Plugin-hybrids, like the Chevrolet Volt and other pure EV's being announced and driven currently. Now, watch Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 14, 2007

Chris Paine ( Who Killed the Electric Car? ) is quoted in the leadoff position to suggest even advocates of electric cars understand the product has been too ugly for the masses. The Volt remains a dream, and a new generation Prius (read plug-in) just have to wait for the perfect Lithium battery.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. 195, Bright will be building cars that “do more with less&# , a philosophy MacCready was famous for (and the title of a wonderful biography on him). by: Michael Kanellos.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 30, 2008

From Who Killed the Electric Car? to Who Revived the Electric Car? Now that automakers seem to be reevaluating plug-in cars, you'd think the era of automakers taking extraordinary steps to keep electric cars from private ownership would be over. The storyline is meant to be changing. You'd be wrong.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 3, 2011

I wrote back in December about my unhappy experience attempting to charge my loaner LEAF at San Francisco City Hall's electric car charging stations. Parking in these Coulomb charge stations is restricted to city-owned vehicles and Car Share companies under threat of towing. A threat taken seriously in San Francisco.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

Plug-in cars are inevitable. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. GM may be in bankruptcy but remains unwavering in its commitment to have the Volt in some showrooms by November 2010. GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. No plug, no deal!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. and Chrysler.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The company has also worked on a two-mode plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and its range extended Chevrolet Volt (to be known in Europe as the Opel/Vauxhall Ampera), which offers an electric range of 40 miles, is seen as the key to its future prosperity. It is expected that the technology will reach the market within 10 years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

In response to the Presidential Auto Task Force Report that concluded that the plug-in Chevrolet Volt was unlikely to be commercially successful in the short-term due to its cost ( earlier post ), Plug In America is proposing a plan to make GM’s Chevy Volt and other plug-in cars more affordable. Chelsea Sexton.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 27, 2009

Our Consulting Producer Chelsea Sexton got to test drive the GM Volt recently. Here’s her verdict : From the first Volt unveiling over two years ago, I’ve wanted to drive one. That they still trash the EV1 to make the case for the Volt doesn’t help- beyond the fact that they are different cars meant for very different markets.

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EV Central

JANUARY 26, 2023

The Kia EV9 will hit Australian dealerships by October as the new hero in the brand’s expanding electric car stables. The new EV9 will share its 800-volt electrical E-GMP architecture with the EV6 (and others such as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Genesis GV60 ) that has helped reshape perceptions of the Kia brand.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

FordFestiva : Brian has a new project going GM/SaturnEV-1 : EV1 owner GM/SaturnEV-1 : Dave and Jeans Chronicles. Volkswagen Rabbit :Zigs Amazing Electric Vehicle VolkswagenRabbit : Bill Dubes Wild Electwik Wabbit VolkswagenRabbit : yduJ drives an electric car! Nuts& Volts Magazine : For the serious gadgeteer.

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