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Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years

Clean Fleet Report

I was at the end of a 3-year lease and a 6-month extension on my 2018 Chevrolet Volt Plug-in Hybrid. It’s now what’s know as an orphan car—no longer in production as GM moves to full electrics. Electric-only range of the Volt has not only not diminished , but I’m regularly see 60-mile estimated ranges after a charge.

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Enterprise Rent-a-Car to offer Chevrolet Volt

Green Car Congress

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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GM and ABB demonstrate community energy storage system built from 5 used Volt batteries; Duke Energy testing

Green Car Congress

GM and ABB partnered to produce a prototype back-up power storage unit that repackages five used Volt batteries into a modular unit that becomes an uninterruptible power supply and grid power balancing system. a community energy storage system—built from five used Chevrolet Volt batteries. Click to enlarge. Duke supports about 4.2

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Chevrolet introduce electrified AWD Corvette: 2024 E-Ray hybrid

Green Car Congress

It is complemented by an electric motor that channels an additional 160 horsepower and 125 lb-ft of torque through the front wheels via a 1.9 In total, E-Ray produces a combined 655 horsepower from both the electric motor and Small Block V-8. The electric front motor works in harmony with the LT2 engine to create an invigorating sound.

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Sometimes Level 1 is enough

Electric Auto Association

By Wayne Garver, member of Gateway Electric Vehicle Association Nearly all businesses that install electric vehicle (EV) chargers for their employees opt for Level 2. This can be higher in cases where a long or difficult wiring job, or a new electrical panel, is required. But does a business need Level 2 chargers?

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Greenius on Patch.com: Let’s Give Some LUV to the Electric Cars Tooling Around Redondo

Creative Greenius

I’ve got to admit I came to this column about short-range, slow-speed Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) with a negative bias. I’m a strong proponent of full speed electric vehicles and I’ve been growing increasingly excited about the new plug-in Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt coming to market later this year.

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Profiling purchases of clean vehicles in California by rebates; PHEVs surge

Green Car Congress

As an example, the Chevy Volt was not eligible for the CVRP until February 2012. Approximately 2,300 Chevy Volts were sold in California before the Volt became eligible for the CVRP and, therefore, these vehicles are not reflected in the CVRP database. Of those, ZEVs account for 7,404 (52%) and PHEVs for 6,542 (46%).

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