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

DECEMBER 29, 2014

As General Motors works to stoke interest ahead of its 2015 Detroit Auto Show debut, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt is getting more teasers than a Hollywood blockbuster. While the last video confirmed that the new Volt can do something virtually every car can do--drive on snow--this one highlights some even more basic features.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2013

Looking considerably more futuristic than the Chevrolet Volt on which its based, Cadillac unveiled its 2014 ELR plug-in hybrid at this week’s Detroit Auto Show. Borrowing heavily from Cadillac’s “French curve be damned” school of design. the ELR manages to progress angular design to the next level.

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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. Just a little bit more.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At the 2022 Detroit Auto Show, Jepp introduced the new heritage-inspired 2023 Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe to Wrangler 4xe electrified lineup. The Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe powertrain integrates two electric motors and a 400-volt battery pack with a fuel-efficient, turbocharged, 2.0-liter

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2014

The Chevy Volt has been on sale for three and a half years now, and it''s never quite lived up to the big expectations that GM and the world had for it. But this week, the company confirmed that a new 2016 Volt will debut in January, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2018

The dominant news at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was about pickup trucks. Ironically, the Detroit automaker with the fewest electrified models on sale was the only one to bring hybridization to a new truck, in the form of its brand-new 2019 Ram 1500.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

will introduce a 48V Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module as part of its full spectrum of advanced energy storage solutions for automobiles at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2011

Chevrolet, in what it is calling its Green Zone initiative, will install solar-powered electric charging stations for its Volts at dealerships in North America. and Al Serra Auto Plaza in Grand Blanc, Mich., American Chevrolet in Modesto, Calif., Each canopy generates enough electricity for up to 4,500 charges per vehicle annually.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2012

Buoyed by record monthly sales of its Chevy Volt hybrid electric plug-in car in March, General Motors will resume production of the Volt at the Detroit Hamtramck plant one week early, the United Auto Workers told Talking Points Memo on Tuesday night.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 7, 2014

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt is teased ahead of its January Detroit Auto Show debut, Ram 1500 EcoDiesel pickup drivers beat official mileage ratings in real-world use, and we test the gas mileage of the 2015 Hyundai Sonata. Today on Green Car Reports, we''ve got a little bit of everything. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2013

Ex-GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz played an instrumental part in getting Chevrolet's range-extended electric car, the Volt, to market. So important was his role that he's often considered the "father of the Volt"--but at the Detroit Auto Show, Lutz has said that he'd not have launched the car's technology in that package.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2015

Eight years ago, at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, GM unveiled the first concept for what became the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. Now, it''s time for a second-generation Chevy Volt. It was a ‘moonshot’ for GM at the time. Can it rekindle the excitement of GM''s tech icon? First things first.

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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 short, we had a great final shoot in Detroit. One fine beauty.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2015

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt was officially unveiled at January''s Detroit Auto Show, so there won''t be a lot of focus on the new plug-in hybrid with the 50-mile range at this week''s New York Auto Show. Plug-In Hybrids Pricing Chevy Volt plug-in cars Prices'

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Electric vehicle startups come and go, but it's harder to ignore one fronted by "father of the Chevy Volt" Bob Lutz. That startup is Via Motors, producer of electric trucks, and it's set to unveil three new full-size electric vehicles at the Detroit Auto Show in January.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2012

Officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have said they are happy with the proposed safety enhancements for the 2011 and 2012 Chevrolet Volt designed to minimize the risk of battery pack fire following a major impact.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2015

By this point, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt launch at this week''s Detroit Auto Show may feel like old news to followers of GM''s plug-in hybrid compact hatchback. The evening of the same day that GM CEO Mary Barra showed the 2016 Volt, it was revealed to a different crowd as well: Los Angeles celebrities.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2015

At 50 miles, the 2016 Chevrolet Volt offers the longest range of any plug-in hybrid (though the range-extended BMW i3 electric car is rated at 72 miles). Announced this week at the Detroit Auto Show, following an October technical briefing, the technology in the new Volt may turn out to hold some secrets.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Interviewing GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz at GM's test track in Detroit. General Motors invited me to Detroit to speak on a panel at its 100th anniversary along with a small group of other “outside voices&#. Was the Volt an attempt to greenwash GM’s image? Will GM be able to survive until the Volt is ready?

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2013

Like the Chevrolet Volt, the Cadillac ELR will be primarily powered by a 16.5 Based on the Converj concept first shown in 2009, the Cadillac ELR is set to become the very first Extended Range Electric Vehicle launched by a full-line luxury automaker when it hits Cadillac dealers in early 2014.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2015

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car, which will be unveiled this morning at the Detroit Auto Show, is sleeker, has more electric range, and is projected to get higher gas mileage when its engine is operating.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2010

Only four electric vehicles really matter at the Detroit Auto Show: the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the 2012 Nissan Leaf, and the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, plus the current 2010 Tesla Roadster. They're on sale, or destined for volume production.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2015

We''re on the ground at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show this week to bring you the latest green-car news. See our first reports on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, Chevy Bolt electric concept, and two new diesel Range Rover models, and be sure to check back for the latest news.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

At the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit in January, Schaeffler will show the second phase of its concept car that meets 2025 CAFE requirements, including its mild hybridization with a 48-volt system. Earlier post.).

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All Cars Electric

JANUARY 13, 2011

Ford’s Volt and Leaf rival has been revealed, making its world debut last week at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and then reappearing again this week at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Chevrolet confirmed production of a next-generation battery-electric vehicle based on the Bolt EV concept introduced last month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The production car will be built at General Motors’ Orion Assembly facility near Detroit. The Bolt EV concept makes its debut in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2011

Detroit News. The vehicles will be of subcompact size or smaller, and target buyers living in congested urban areas, said Tim Lee, GM's president of international operations, today in a meeting with reporters at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Now that the 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Chevy Volt have reached showrooms--a handful of them, anyhow--a new crop of electric vehicles will launch into the market for 2011. Famed financier Warren Buffet was so intrigued by the upstart battery maker-turned-auto.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

General Motors will follow its 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car with a production version of the Cadillac Converj concept car revealed at this year's Detroit Auto Show. It's been an open question for a while now: What will be the next vehicle to use GM's Voltec series hybrid electric-car platform?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The first-generation 48-volt Lithium-ion Micro Hybrid battery has the potential to enable up to 1% fuel savings in vehicles. Johnson Controls unveiled its first-generation 48-volt Lithium-ion Micro Hybrid battery ( earlier post ) at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JULY 8, 2023

In accordance with GM’s confirmed file of mis-analyzing the past of the automobile trade, Tesla must concern it might be dragged by means of the Detroit automaker into historical past’s dustbin, must it slide out of business once more. Tesla has to wish GM’s monitor file improves, however proof to while (the Volt, Bolt) displays it gained’t.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 29, 2014

It won’t be coming to the UK, but when the next generation Chevrolet Volt appears at the Detroit Auto Show in January, it will show-off a new version of its range-extended propulsion system. That will mean a more fuel efficient drive and greater EV range than the current generation model. Chevrolet GM Editor Pick'

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 8, 2007

is attending the Detroit Auto Show. He's all charged up about the Chevy Volt. So is Detroit. Just two weeks ago Free Press auto critic Mark Phelan was twisting Mr. Paine's words to justify GM killing the EV1. Tags: chris paine GM electric cars plug-in hybrid plug in america chevy volt chelsea sexton.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2022

Built at the new Detroit Assembly Complex – Mack plant, the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe is scheduled to start arriving in Jeep dealerships in spring of 2022. The 4xe propulsion system combines two electric motors, a 400-volt battery pack, 2.0-liter Grand Cherokee Overland 4xe. Grand Cherokee Summit 4xe. 1 low-range gear ratio; 47.4:1

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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. But there it is in a Detroit News Autos Insider piece today. The Volt grabbed headlines, lit up online chat boards and dominated the buzz at the auto show in Detroit. And little came of a $1.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

In a demonstration of its ongoing development of advanced alternative powertrains, Audi unveiled the new h-tron quattro fuel cell concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Depending on the load point, the stack operates in the range of 220 to 280 volts. 3-way power DC/DC converter.

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