Green Car Reports

JANUARY 25, 2012

The Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car has been on sale for over a year now. You might have caught our previous guide to the Volt, but so much can happen in such a short space of time that there's always something new to add. Over the next few pages you'll find links to all sorts of information about the Volt.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Tesla Cybertruck will equip an 800-volt architecture when it begins deliveries on November 30, an announcement that is still fresh from the company’s Earnings Call earlier this week. For EV newbies, the 800-volt architecture may not be much of a head-turner. What are the strengths of an 800-volt architecture?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

At IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Porsche is presenting the Mission R concept electric car that combines advanced technologies and sustainable materials, such as natural fibre-reinforced plastics, with a passion for racing. The electric motor on the front axle produces up to 320 kW (435 PS) in race mode.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 27, 2018

Mercedes-Benz gives us a better look at its upcoming EQC electric crossover SUV. The 2019 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid sees a price increase. Russian armsmaker Kalashnikov shows off its electric car. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Mercedes-Benz's parent company.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The best-selling electric car in the world, the Nissan Leaf, logged its best-ever U.S. sales in August, selling a record 3,186 units. This marks its 18th consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases, and brings the eight-month total to 18,941 and the total sold in almost four years to more than 61,000.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2014

We''ve got a lot of electric-car news today--including stories on how electric cars have gotten cleaner in the past year and an on-demand regenerative braking feature for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt--plus a review of the 2015 Audi A3 TDI. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Here''s how they did.'

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 18, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: What we know (so far) about the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, Tucson makes a bid for the Tesla Motors battery "Gigafactory," and why standardized electric-car battery swapping won''t happen. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 18, 2015

The Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car scores higher on owner satisfaction than any other vehicle GM has sold since it began surveying its buyers. And GM data reveals that 80 percent of all Volt trips, and two-third of all Volt miles, are covered on battery charge.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Just a few weeks after the market launch of the all-electric BMW i5 and the combustion engine variants equipped exclusively with 48-volt mild hybrid technology, two plug-in hybrid models will already be launched in November 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

GM is using five used battery packs from Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric cars to help power the new General Motors Enterprise Data Center at the Milford Proving Ground. Even after the battery has reached the end of its useful life in a Chevrolet Volt, up to 80 percent of its storage capacity remains.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The second-generation Volt, which makes its world debut in about 10 weeks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, features a clean-sheet, all-new Voltec propulsion system—new battery, new electric drive unit, new power electronics and new range-extending engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

A bit more of the styling of the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Volt has been revealed, in photos that Chevy released from a sneak preview of the car last night for current Volt owners in Los Angeles.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Today, we've got news on future electric cars from Nissan, Renault, and Toyota, some thoughts on more time in a Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, and a sales race between the Chevy Volt and Toyota Prius Prime. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 14, 2014

Chevy Volt owners, and even Chevrolet itself, are usually quite proud of the amount of miles the range-extended electric car covers on grid electricity. The company said last week that 63 percent of all Volt miles driven have been covered on grid power, totaling more than half a billion miles altogether.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Our hearts sink a little every time we discover news of an electric car fire. Will the media turn it into an anti-EV frenzy, like they did with the Chevy Volt? Reports of an electric Smart ForTwo going up in flames at a home in Florida brought all those thoughts flooding back. Will others also go up in flames?

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2014

Today''s news is all about the future. A low-priced 2016 Chevrolet Volt has the potential to undercut plug-in hybrids while, further out, technology from the Volkswagen XL1 may influence the next Golf compact. We''ve also received a study saying consumers should stick to 100-mile electric cars, but will they heed that advice?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

Participating Chevrolet dealers in seven key launch markets across Canada have begun taking orders for the all-new 2012 Chevrolet Volt, with an MSRP starting at C$41,545 (US$43,568). Within twelve months of the retail launch, Volt will be available at dealerships nation-wide.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

It''s hard to picture how much fuel we use as a nation when given the raw data--the numbers are usually so unimaginably vast they lose all meaning. Just how vast is spelled out succinctly when we''re shown how much we save by driving electric or hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Sixteen months ago, General Electric announced it would place the "largest order in history" for electric cars, to be used by its employees who are issued company cars. Now, those cars are starting to arrive and be placed with employees. And where changes are made, personnel policies are sure to follow.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. Almost two-thirds of the battery electric cars sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 1, 2012

The May sales figures for plug-in electric cars continued steady, with the Chevrolet Volt leading the pack at 1,680 deliveries--15 percent up on the April figure of 1,462, but below its all-time March high of 2,289. June Leaf sales remained.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 1, 2014

sales of plug-in electric cars now averaging more than 10,000 vehicles each month, September seems likely to continue that trend once all the sales reports are in. Sales of the Nissan Leaf totaled 2,881 last month, bringing year-to-date deliveries to 21,882.

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

If you know anything about how electric cars work, you know that they operate via a lithium-ion battery. The battery is recharged by plugging the car into an EV charging station. But did you know there are different types of electric car plugs, and each one has different capabilities, costs and charging speeds?

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 9, 2019

The Chevrolet Volt has one of the all-time great names for a plug-in car—even better than its former European sibling the Opel Ampera, based on sales at least.The company even used the name on an experimental plug-in hybrid wagon in 1980.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2022

Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new gallium-nitride (GaN) diode that can shunt excess electricity within a few billionths of a second while operating at a record-breaking 6,400 volts—a significant step towards protecting the nation’s electric grid from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 17, 2019

The discontinued Chevy Volt had one of the all-time great names for an electric car. GM has made no suggestions of continuing the Volt nameplate, so we thought we'd see if we could help them along with some suggestions in our latest Twitter poll. The poll.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Today, we look at how the Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car might affect the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, Tesla CEO Elon Musk begs staff to cut costs, and Daimler plans six new electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week's news with our Week in Reverse feature.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Lots of electric-car news today. We''ve got a recap of one owner''s three years with a Chevrolet Volt, the potential cost to Nevada of hosting Tesla Motors'' gigafactory, and a highly unorthodox way of charging an electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 30, 2014

All-wheel drive is an increasingly popular option among buyers in virtually all segments of the automotive market, partly driven by surging sales of small crossover utility vehicles. But is Chevrolet developing an all-wheel-drive version of the new 2016 Chevy Volt range-extended electric car it''ll introduce next month?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2023

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has provided its Thermal Interface Material (TIM) elastomer for use in high-quantity series production of a EV charging port for a well-known car manufacturer. This project was right up our alley, because our material is predestined for a wide range of complex electrical applications.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Have you ever wondered what a Nissan Leaf electric car looks like when you peel away the bodywork, seats, and virtually everything beside the powertrain? Thanks to one enterprising YouTube user--and one sacrificed electric car--now you can find out. DON''T MISS: What''s Inside Chevrolet Volt Battery Pack And Drivetrain?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

AUGUST 28, 2010

Since GM will be one of the first to the EV market with its Volt in 2011, we came to film them being put together through the multiple stages of the car manufacturing process. And accompanied by quite a few of the Volt’s siblings in all colors. In 2005 we were editing Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Kamlesh We managed to recharge the car from 40% to 60% in 15 minutes! This o nly consumed five units of electricity! The efficiency and the frugality of this car is amazing! Electric Car : Highway and Hill Drive Test | Mumbai to Pune Pre Journey Chat We were at the Reliance Jio Pulse BP fast charger in Santa Cruz, Mumbai.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

This came from the GM-Volt website (thanks to Seth Leitman for tweeting it). Apparently Hyundai has abandoned their hydrogen delusions and decided that there might be a future in electric cars, after all. 99 mile range on lithium ion batteries, same supplier as the Volt, but 0-60 in 15 seconds?

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Teslarati

JANUARY 25, 2024

Porsche unveiled its Macan EV today, bringing its second all-electric car to market and releasing some interesting details regarding its performance and power. Our aim is to offer the sportiest model in its segment with the all-electric Macan. Porsche Macan 4 300 KW | 402 HP 479 lb-ft torque 0-60 MPH in 4.9

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Today, we drive the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, report on plug-in electric car sales for August, and check out five fuel-efficient convertibles. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We've got everything you need to know about the Tesla Model X electric crossover in our Ultimate.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 10, 2015

We wrap up the week with an eclectic assortment of stories, including speculation about a future Tesla presidential limo, a report on the end of 2015 Chevrolet Volt production, and our updated electric-car pride guide. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News' Maybe not right now.

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