Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Beginning in late fall 2016, if you’re lucky enough to visit the Warren Technical Center campus of General Motors [NYSE:GM], in Michigan, you might your shuttle quite intriguing: a 2017 Chevrolet Volt, driving itself.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

General Motors is recalling certain 2011 through 2014 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric cars, but only as a matter of "customer satisfaction." In the affected cars, the struts that hold the rear hatch open can weaken and detach, causing the hatch to close by itself unexpectedly.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 10, 2010

After just shy of four years, two distinct body styles, much disbelief, and more press releases than we can count, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car is here. We'll be driving the 2011 Volt this week, and we have a lot of questions about what the car is like.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 13, 2015

A recall has been issued for about 64,000 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric cars from model years 2011, 2012, and 2013, due to the potential for hazardous carbon-monoxide exposure. Green Chevy Volt Range-Extended Electric Vehicle plug-in cars'

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 5, 2011

It's been a tough few weeks of publicity for the Chevrolet Volt, the extended-range electric car that's the green halo vehicle at General Motors.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 26, 2011

The 2011 Chevrolet Volt may be an extended-range electric car--or a plug-in hybrid, take your pick--but it's designed to promote the use of gasoline. Well, older gasoline, anyway.

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All Cars Electric

APRIL 7, 2011

Despite what GM wanted you to think when it first launched its brand new 2011 Chevrolet Volt, its four-seat extended range electric car or plug-in hybrid does consume gasoline. According to.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2014

We start off the final month of 2014 with updates on the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, BMW''s response to Elon Musk''s talk of a possible collaboration with Tesla, and the possibility of even lower gas prices. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. We expect the Detroit-Hamtramck plant will be the first facility in the US owned by a major automaker to produce an electric car.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The 2014 BMW i3 REx extended-range electric car gets an EPA-rated 39 mpg on gasoline, Nissan unveils New Orleans'' first public electric-car charging station, and Google and General Motors collaborate on a ride-sharing test. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2009

GM Europe staged the world premieres of the Opel Ampera, the European cousin of the Chevrolet Volt, and the Chevrolet Spark mini-car, at the Geneva Motor Show. The Ampera is an extended range electric vehicle based on the Voltec technology used in the Chevrolet Volt. Chevrolet Spark.

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EV Life

JUNE 8, 2023

These spacious, versatile, and family-friendly vehicles offer drivers the best of many worlds in one, so it’s no surprise that the release of electric SUVs on the market was highly anticipated and met with excitement by EV fans and SUV enthusiasts alike. Prices have been coming down while ranges have steadily increased. The good news?

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2010

It seems like we have been talking about the Chevrolet Volt for years here at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk – but now it is edging closer to its debut and General Motors has released some vital information about the vehicle. The extended range electric vehicle will have a starting MSRP of $41,000 and after the Federal income tax [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2010

It is one of the most talked about vehicles in generations – but just how quickly will the Chevrolet Volt reach the average consumer? According to new information from the company, Chevrolet plans to produce 10,000 Volt extended range electric vehicles by the end of 2011 with an additional 30,000 Volts to be produced during 2012.

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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. The Opel/Vauxhall.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2012

So you got yer gasoline cars, and yer electric cars. And yer extended-range electrics, and yer plug-in hybrids. How about an electric car with a gasoline engine you can swap in and out as you need it? Sure, old news, been there, done that.

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All Cars Electric

APRIL 22, 2010

The three-year drumbeat of anticipation for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car has just gotten slightly louder. General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre announced yesterday that the car will arrive at selected Chevy dealers in October, a month earlier than expected. He gave the new date.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2011

General Motors is adding two shifts and about 2,500 hourly and salaried jobs at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to build the new Chevrolet Malibu mid-size sedan and the next-generation Impala large sedan alongside the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera electric cars.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 18, 2010

Taking an electric car up one of the toughest ascents in the country may not sound like the best of ideas, but Chevrolet has been doing it with the 2011 Volt in testing for over a year now.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2010

It's been one of the most-asked questions about the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car: So what kind of gas mileage will it get?

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The 2014 Cadillac ELR extended-range electric car is based on the Voltec system used in the Chevrolet Volt, but costs more than twice as much. In its first assessment of the car, magazine''s testers wrote that they suffered from sticker shock. A Cadillac badge is only worth so much. Consumer.'

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2010

Potential owners of the new Chevrolet Volt have been boosted with the news that the lithium-ion battery pack will come with a standard eight-year/100,000 mile warranty.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Chevrolet announced today at the Los Angeles Auto Show that its Volt extended-range electric car will qualify for solo access to California's HOV lanes, a feature deeply desired by many of the state's car buyers.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 3, 2013

Let's assume for a moment that you're interested in electric cars. Not a far-fetched idea, since you're reading a blog called "Green Car Reports".) You're intrigued by the growing number of options in extended-range vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt, but most of all, you're interested in fully electric rides.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Few things seem to set off a certain part of the political spectrum like the Chevrolet Volt, the extended-range electric car from General Motors. It's been on sale exactly one year, so we think it's rather too early to deem the Volt a success or a failure, though that hasn't stopped its critics.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

When it comes to plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, there is one clear frontrunner when it comes to early sales. The Chevrolet Volt (pictured) is once again the top selling plug-in vehicle in the USA, according to official statistics for October.

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EV Life

JULY 21, 2023

The age of the electric car has arrived. While they still make up a relatively small portion of vehicles on the road today, electric cars continue to gain popularity, and more and more automakers are expanding their EV offerings. The standard rear-wheel drive option will be good for up to 223 miles on a full charge.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Introduced to the market for the 2011 model year, the 2013 Nissan Leaf remains the highest-volume battery-electric car on sale in the United States.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2012

After a rough period last year, the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car has settled down and is now the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2011

Extended range electric automobiles like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt are at the cutting edge of automotive technology. When something goes wrong, there are often twice as many systems to consider, which can make repairs more complex than with a conventional gasoline powered or or a battery-electric car.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 27, 2011

As Chevrolet very often point outs in marketing its 2011 Volt extended-range electric car, more than 70 percent of U.S. That means that if you recharge a Volt every night, and cover less than that distance daily, your car might never, ever need to switch on its range-extending gasoline engine to generate.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

GM is set to deliver its 2011 Chevrolet Volt to its first batch of owners, but it's just booked a big order sure to keep the extended-range electric car in short supply for the near future. Corporate giant GE said today it would purchase 25,000 electric cars over the next five years.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

One such problem was the lack of an available gun rack for the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, a problem recently brought to light by none other than Newt. A software engineer by trade, John is used to finding solutions to problems that leave others scratching their heads.

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All Cars Electric

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

But now GM appears to be gearing up to use the fear of running out of electricity to give the extended-range 2011 Chevrolet Volt a competitive edge over purely electric cars. It has been used in the past to start wars, persuade kids to study at school and of course, sell life insurance.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

Cadillac’s upcoming extended-range electric luxury coupe, the 2014 ELR ( earlier post ), the Volt’s upscale cousin, is targeting responsive driving dynamics enabled by advanced suspension and steering systems as well as the smart use of energy. —Chris Thomason, ELR vehicle chief engineer.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2015

Today, we''ve got our updated Diesel Car Guide, first details on the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE 550e plug-in hybrid, and an explanation of why we''re calling the 2016 Chevrolet Volt a plug-in hybrid and not an extended-range electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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Green Cars News

JUNE 17, 2010

The first buyers of the Chevrolet Volt extended range vehicle will be able to pick up one of 4,400 free home charging stations, according to General Motors.

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