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Can the Honda CR-Z hybrid shine at SEMA?
Only one hybrid is up for this year’s “Hottest Vehicle&# award at SEMA. The Honda CR-Z hybrid will challenge the Chevy Camaro, the Ford Mustang and a number of other conventional vehicles at this year’s show, set for November 2 – 5 in Las Vegas. Will SEMA go hybrid? Silverado hybrid baby!
Hybrid Car Blog - Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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62 mph in 4 secs, drag-racing 12,000 pounds up a mountain, or 60 mpg?
Yet, the government provides an unlimited amount of small business tax credits for such vehicles as it doles tens of billions in loans, grants and tax credits for more fuel efficient vehicles, particularly plug-in vehicles the size of a Prius. Forget $7500 tax credits for the Chevy Volt. Utterly senseless? Seriously?
Hybrid Car Blog - Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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Quantum Awarded $30M Contract to Supply Key Components and Sub-Systems Related to Q-Drive Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain Systems for Fisker
Under this first-release production purchase order, Quantum will supply components and systems to support the early vehicle builds that will ramp up to production volumes in 2011. Powertrain for the Karma. Source: Fisker Automotive. Click to enlarge. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. million in April 2010. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress - Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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  • Chevy Volt's mileage numbers to be released tomorrow
    Tomorrow, GM will release the Volt's EPA mileage results, which I'm sure will be well over 100 mpg. Still, real world mileage of the Chevy Volt will be heavily dependent upon driving conditions, frequency of charging etc. Thus, the range of real world fuel economy of the Volt will be far greater than any other vehicle in history.
    Hybrid Car Blog - Monday, August 10, 2009
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  • Imagine the Volt
    to what a contemporary produceable electric vehicle would look like and how it would perform if we were to build such a vehicle." Tags: GM electric car john zwerner chevy volt alec brooks 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.
    Plugs and Cars - Monday, August 6, 2007
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  • What up with GM's Plug-in hybrid Volt?
    "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. There's just one problem: The Volt may never get built. GM continues to spread the gospel of the Volt.
    Plugs and Cars - Friday, March 23, 2007
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  • GM taps LG for Volt Battery
    GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. Tags: EV News Inside Track GM Chevy Volt that got the nod. It’s all in how they market them.
    Revenge of the Electric Car - Thursday, October 23, 2008
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  • GM using Volt mileage to sell other vehicles
    The Chevy Volt is still more than a year from hitting dealer showrooms, yet GM is already using the Volt to sell other GM vehicles. Someday we're [GM] going to sell a limited production 230 mpg Volt, so go out and buy a 30 mpg Equinox today? Is that really what the Volt is about?
    Hybrid Car Blog - Friday, August 14, 2009
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  • Volt technology only good for Volt-sized cars
    Only for the Delta platform Alan Taub, GM's head of global research and development, recently told AutoCar that the Voltec powertrain powering the Chevy Volt is only viable for Volt-sized vehicles. Tags: Chevy Volt electric vehicle concept Hybrid Vehicles
    Hybrid Car Blog - Friday, April 23, 2010
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  • GM produces first Volt battery pack
    Two of the Volt's first test batteries GM's Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly Plant produced its first lithium-ion battery pack for the Chevy Volt today. GM CEO Ed Whitacre said at the event that a few Volts might be sold before November, when the Volt is to officially go on sale.
    Hybrid Car Blog - Thursday, January 7, 2010
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  • And the Volt charges ahead
    Just got off a conference call with GM regarding the Chevy Volt. After testing the Volt battery pack in essentially every type of weather and driving condition possible, all systems are go for the November launch. Tags: Chevy Volt electric vehicle concept Ready to end your foreign oil dependence?
    Hybrid Car Blog - Monday, April 12, 2010
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  • 8,000 to 60,000 Volts per year
    Today, as expected, GM announced its investment of $336 million to upgrade its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant for production of the Chevy Volt , bringing GM's total Volt investment to $700 million. While greats news for Volt fans, you'll have to be pretty lucky if you want to buy a Volt when it goes on sale in late 2010.
    Hybrid Car Blog - Monday, December 7, 2009
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  • Buy a Volt only in some areas?
    At the LA Auto Show GM will release its sale's plans for the Chevy Volt , and it appears the Volt will not be available in all GM markets. Of course, that shouldn't really come as a surprise, since not all GM dealerships will be initially trained to service the Volt. Tags: Chevy Volt electric vehicle concept
    Hybrid Car Blog - Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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