General Motors' Plug-In Hybrids Are Coming Back To The U.S. In 2027
InsideEVs
MAY 20, 2024
Almost 20 years after the Chevrolet Volt went into development, GM will bring back hybrid cars with a plug. Will Americans buy them?
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General Motors Bringing Back Plug-in Hybrids
The Truth About Cars
JANUARY 30, 2024
Despite previously having committed itself toward a future where it builds all-electric vehicles, General Motors has made plans to bring plug-in hybrids back to our market. Let me be clear: GM remains committed to eliminating tailpipe emissions from our light-duty vehicles by 2035.
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GM To Re-Introduce Plug-In Hybrids. What Does That Mean, Exactly?
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
General Motors has decided it is time to add plug-in hybrids to its model lineup in the US. The post GM To Re-Introduce Plug-In Hybrids. We want to ask, "What took you so long?" What Does That Mean, Exactly? appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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GM president dashes hopes of future Volt, says no more hybrids
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 14, 2019
Following news in late November that General Motors would kill off the Chevrolet Volt, one of the pioneers of modern plug-in cars, a senior GM executive has hinted—strongly—that it won't be back.
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GM to kill Chevy Volt production in 2019 (Updated)
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
General Motors confirmed Monday morning that it plans to cease production of the Chevrolet Volt in March, as part of an effort to streamline production and pivot its business more toward zero-emissions and personal-mobility efforts. The Volt was the first production plug-in car sold in the U.S.
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167 GM battery facility discharge suggests no immediate successor for Chevy Volt
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Will the Chevrolet Volt get an immediate successor, or will any other model soon carry on with the potential of its brilliant Voltec plug-in hybrid system? Considering what General Motors announced yesterday, both of those possibilities are now looking less likely.
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GM plans to bring plugin hybrids to North American market
Teslarati
JANUARY 30, 2024
During the General Motors (GM) 2023 earnings call held this week, CEO Mary Barra said the company will be bringing plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to North America—despite still being committed to going all-electric by 2035. GM-Honda to start hydrogen fuel cell commercial production in MI What are your thoughts?
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GM ‘all-in on EVs’ goes back to plug-in hybrids amid setback with its electric car plans
Baua Electric
JANUARY 30, 2024
General Motors claimed that it is “all-in on electric vehicles” for years, but today, CEO Mary Barra confirmed that the automaker is changing strategy and going back to plug-in hybrids amid setback in its electric car plans. Now, CEO Mary Barra is even announcing that GM plans to bring back plug-in hybrid options.
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General Motors Kicks Off National Electric Vehicle Training Tour For First Responders
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2010
cutter to remove the roof off of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt. Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago.
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GM avoided all-electric Corvette due to performance concerns
Teslarati
JANUARY 21, 2023
General Motors (GM) avoided producing an all-electric Chevrolet Corvette for its most recent model year, instead opting for a hybrid drivetrain due to performance, cost, pedigree, and more concerns. Designing a next-generation model of a long-lasting nameplate vehicle is not easy.
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GM outlines further steps on battery safety, customer satisfaction initiatives for the Volt; the importance of de-powering the battery after a severe crash
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
General Motors today announced initiatives for customer satisfaction and outlined its steps in battery safety research to ensure ongoing confidence in the safety of Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle. GM has shared the process with NHTSA, and is working to extend the process and technology. Earlier post.)
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Costco members now get GM Supplier Pricing on Chevy Bolt EV, Volt
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Specifically, shoppers interested in a General Motors vehicle will discover Supplier Pricing on nearly every car—including the Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car and Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.
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124 GM has installed 401 EV charge stations at its facilities in US; 5,900 at dealerships
Green Car Congress
MAY 21, 2014
Based on growing employee demand, General Motors has installed 401 electric vehicle charging stations at its US production and business facilities; nearly 160 of these are at various manufacturing facilities. More than 20% of the stations use electricity generated from solar canopies to help charge employee vehicles.
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GM and ABB to Develop Projects for Re-Use of Volt Battery Packs
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
The Volt’s battery will have significant capacity to store electrical energy, even after its automotive life. Engineers and researchers from both companies are working together to study: Renewable Energy Storage: Power generated by wind and the sun can be stored in Volt battery systems and used when demand warrants.
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GM To Concentrate On Plug-In Electric Cars, Downplay Hybrids
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
General Motors has narrowed its portfolio of future technologies, and will focus on plug-in and electric vehicles over the coming years. The company will build on the success of its Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car, an area where it leads its competitors, while downplaying more traditional full hybrid technologies.
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GM Invests $336M In Detroit-Hamtramck Plant To Build Chevrolet Volt
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. This brings GM’s combined Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities. engine-generator from Flint.
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How GM plans to market Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, Bolt EV electric car
Green Car Reports
MARCH 29, 2016
Hybrids are pretty well-known at this point, and battery-electric cars are conceptually simple: You plug them in like a mobile phone. But explaining plug-in hybrids to car buyers at large—it's a hybrid, but it also plugs in, but only for double-digit range—has proven to be very hard.
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GM investing $449M in Hamtramck and Brownstown for next-gen electrification; vehicles and batteries
Green Car Congress
APRIL 8, 2014
In preparation for the next generation of electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, General Motors will invest $449 million to upgrade manufacturing processes at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly and Brownstown Battery Assembly plants. Since 2009, GM has announced more than $5.4 This includes more than $2.8
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252 GM To Forge Ahead With Electric, Plug-In Hybrid, Other Electrified Vehicles
Green Car Reports
MARCH 29, 2015
When oil prices drop, the knee-jerk response of many analysts is to forecast doom for sales of electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and other green cars. That''s not something General Motors recognizes as an issue, though. General Motors Batteries Plug-In Hybrids GM Future Cars Chevy Volt plug-in cars Chevrolet Bolt'
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GM to Debut Two-Mode Plug-in Hybrid Technology in New Buick Crossover in 2011; LG Chem to Supply the Li-ion Cells
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2009
The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for GM) Click to enlarge. In early testing, the plug-in hybrid is capable of electric-only propulsion for more than 10 miles at low speeds.
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GM makes modifications to Chevrolet Volt vehicle structure and battery coolant system to further protect from delayed electrical fire after severe crash
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 5, 2012
General Motors announced modifications to the vehicle structure and battery coolant system in the Chevrolet Volt that would further protect the battery from the possibility of an electrical fire occurring days or weeks after a severe crash. We’ve also seen a lot of speculation regarding the Volt battery’s liquid cooling system.
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GM CEO Akerson: We're Staying The Course On The Chevy Volt
Green Car Reports
MARCH 8, 2012
If the Chevy Volt is a sales failure, you'd never know it from the guy who runs General Motors. At a meeting of Volt owners in San Francisco yesterday, GM's CEO Dan Akerson said unequivocally that the company was standing behind its halo plug-in electric car. "We
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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough.
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2012 Chevrolet Volt Owners Help With Peppy Volt Ad Campaign
Green Car Reports
JUNE 13, 2012
Just how do you advertise a plug-in car like the 2012 Chevrolet Volt? In the two years since advertising for General Motors’ first plug-in hybrid started, GM has tried a whole bunch of different tactics.
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GM Hosting Webchat with Chelsea Sexton 29 April at 2 pm EDT
Green Car Congress
APRIL 28, 2010
GM is hosting a webchat with Chelsea Sexton tomorrow, 29 April, at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss the Chevy Volt, Who Killed the Electric Car? and what she thinks has been learned from the whole GM EV1 experience. Sexton is the Founder of the non-profit Lightning Rod Foundation, and a former General Motors EV1 Specialist.
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GM Willing To Sell Chevy Volt's Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain To Other Makers
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
General Motors, on the other hand, has now built roughly 100,000 Chevrolet Volt. The biggest challenge in introducing new technologies is getting to the volume production that permits economies of scale for expensive components.
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60 The Volt in Winter
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2011
One of GM’s goals in developing the Volt was to create a plug-in electric vehicle suitable for everyday use regardless of weather. —Susan Stevenson, General Motors benchmarking engineer for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. —Andrew Farah, vehicle chief engineer for the Volt.
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GM preparing to launch 2 more EREVs and a PHEV
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2011
General Motors is preparing to launch two more extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), CEO Dan Akerson told reporters on the sidelines of the 2011 Automotive News World Congress. Detroit Free Press.
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2015 Chevrolet Volt Production Ends To Retool For All-New 2016 Volt Launch
Green Car Reports
APRIL 10, 2015
General Motors will stop production of the current-generation 2015 Chevrolet Volt next month as it prepares to launch the all-new 2016 model. A production stoppage will give GM time to retool the Detroit-Hamtramck plant that builds the Volt for the new model. sales Production plug-in cars'
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Presidential Auto Task Force Concluded Plug-In GM Volt Likely Too Expensive To Be Commercially Successful in the Short-Term
Green Car Congress
MARCH 31, 2009
Following the short address on Monday during which President Barack Obama outlined the next steps for GM and Chrysler ( earlier post ), the White House posted summaries of the Presidential Auto Task Force’s assessment of the business plans provided by the two struggling automakers, which led to the terms that are currently unfolding.
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170 GM Working with Communities to Develop Roadmap For Plug-in Infrastructure
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
General Motors is working with communities such as San Francisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show.
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GM: We’ll Wait Until July To Know If Chevy Volt Is A Hit
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 11, 2012
Last year wasn’t a great one for General Motors’ first production plug-in range-extended electric car. Continued negative press -- not to mention post-crash-test fires and production-line upgrades -- conspired to produce first-year sales figures a little lower than GM had hoped.
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2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid: technical details revealed
Green Car Reports
MARCH 21, 2016
The second-generation Chevrolet Volt is important not only as a high-volume plug-in hybrid, but also because components from its Voltec powertrain are designed to be used in other GM models. Last year, General Motors unveiled the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, with a powertrain very similar to the Volt's.
GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2012
OnStar and General Motors are partnering in the Pecan Street Inc.’s Chevrolet made 100 Chevrolet Volts available for purchase on a priority basis last September to residents participating the Pecan Street Inc.’s OnStar and GM are now signing on as an official partner of Pecan Street Inc., The Mueller Community.
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GE and GM to partner on deploying EV infrastructure in China; focus on Shanghai
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
General Electric and General Motors signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate jointly the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in China. General Motors plans to begin selling Volts in China before the end of this year.
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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???
Cars That Think
APRIL 4, 2022
The Hyundai Ioniq5 and Kia EV6 that I recently tested—a pair of wildly impressive, high-design EVs—take a different approach to solving range anxiety: an 800-volt battery architecture that delivers some of the fastest charging in the EV game, and unheard of at these price levels. The Hyundai Ioniq5.
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106 GM Will Make Autonomous Versions Of The 2017 Chevrolet Volt
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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60 2013 Chevy Spark Proves Popular With Non-GM Customers
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 1, 2012
When General Motors launched the Chevrolet Volt back in 2010, the plug-in hybrid increased GM’s market share by bringing customers to the brand who would have never before thought of purchasing a Chevy. Now it seems, the 2013 Spark is following in the Volt’s tire tracks.
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103 GM’s new RWD PHEV system for Cadillac CT6 designed for fun-to-drive high performance as well as efficiency; Volt on steroids
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
The battery pack is the main distribution unit; it feeds the main traction power inverter module (TPIM), and drives the two-motor EVT. GM eliminated mechanical oil pumps on the system; the TPIM contains a 2 kW electric oil pump driver. The electric motors. GM designed and manufactures the two motors in the EVT.
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Chevy Volt may be replaced in 2022 with plug-in hybrid crossover: CrossVolt at last?
Green Car Reports
JULY 21, 2017
Now GM may be. It's not just limited to North America, either: the trend is global, which is why several makers have jacked up perfectly standard front-wheel-drive hatchbacks and turned them into "crossover" utility vehicles.
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GM OnStar partners with TimberRock for demo of EV solar charging and market-based regulation; OnStar Demand Response service
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2013
To help balance this system, TimberRock will then manage its fleet of four Chevrolet Volts to help regulate energy flow. This project supports GM’s goal of using all factors of the charging equation: electric vehicles, solar power, and battery storage. —Rob Threlkeld, General Motors’ manager of renewable energy.
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199 GM, Ford R&D execs stress importance of improved, advanced fuels for future engine efficiency gains, GHG goals
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2017
In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals.
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GM makes green technology breakthrough for plug-in cars
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 25, 2012
It is already leading the way in the plug-in vehicle sector with the Chevrolet Volt (known in Europe as the Vauxhall/Opel Ampera), and now General Motors has secured another patent on some interesting plug-in hybrid technology.
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