Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, GM announced that the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle will first be available late next year in California, with other lead markets to be named later. Volt production is scheduled to begin in late 2010. Tags: Brief. Pricing has not been announced.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

General Motors’ global electric vehicle development chief Frank Weber is moving back to Europe to join the Opel/Vauxhall senior leadership team. Doug Parks will takeover the Chevrolet Volt development team on 2 December. Parks was the leader of the global compact car team—the same architecture on which the Volt is based.

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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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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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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. How great to see a new Volt coming off the line after 6 Cadillac SRXs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors announced a demonstration project ( earlier post ) to explore market needs and customer acceptance of battery electric vehicles in Korea. On a standard household 220-volt outlet, the Cruze EV can be fully recharged in 8 to 10 hours. GM currently markets the vehicle under the local brand in South Korea.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 28, 2009

GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. “GM is spending $336m to upgrade the Hamtramck plant; $202m for a new plant in Flint, north of Detroit, that will build 1.4 GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. Tags: Production News Detroit GM Chevy Volt.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

To Dr Lyle Dennis, a NY physician, the GM Volt seemed a good idea so he started a website, gm-volt.com. He has even come to be a citizen-envoy to GM. Tesla Motors seems to have decided he could use a day with a Tesla. Tags: dr lyle dennis gm-volt.com tesla roadster tesla motors.

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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. The Volt grabbed headlines, lit up online chat boards and dominated the buzz at the auto show in Detroit. The Volt grabbed headlines, lit up online chat boards and dominated the buzz at the auto show in Detroit.

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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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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. The new five-passenger crossover will build on the success GM has had with the Buick Enclave. Source: GM Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Earlier this week we looked at the media launch of the Chevrolet Volt in our Green Piece Column (see article) and pointed out the conflicting reports surrounding the vehicle’s driving architecture – now General Motors (GM) has provided more details. The complex system owes a lot to the two-mode hybrid that GM uses in a [.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

General Motors Company Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre announced that GM has made its final payment of $5.8 GM also announced an investment of $257 million at its Fairfax, Kansas, and Detroit Hamtramck assembly centers. The US, Canadian, and Ontario governments, as part of the launch of the new GM, provided loans of $8.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

General Motors plans to build a future small car in the United States utilizing an idled UAW-GM facility. This vehicle will adds to GM’s growing portfolio of US-built, highly fuel efficient cars including the Chevrolet Cruze and Volt. Fritz Henderson, General Motors President and CEO. Tags: Brief.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 15, 2010

GM is warming up for the imminent launch of its range-extended Chevrolet Volt model in the US, beginning its launch program for the media this week. In preparation for the launch at the end of this year, General Motors is helping to install electric car charging points to help the first buyers make the most [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 31, 2010

With strong public interest in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors (GM) has decided to ramp up production of the range extended electric vehicle. The company is expected to increase production capacity by 50 per cent – from 30,000 units to 45,000 units – in 2012. The news broke as part of US President Barack Obama’s [.].

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APRIL 20, 2009

In Shanghai, General Motors Corp. Group (SAIC) launched SAIC’s Shanghai Brand Fuel Cell Vehicle, powered by GM’s fourth-generation fuel cell propulsion technology. The zero-emission high-tech vehicles will join the Equinox Fuel Cell as part of a fleet of both GM and SAIC vehicles to shuttle VIPs at World Expo 2010 Shanghai.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Denise Gray, Director of Global Battery Engineering for General Motors. since 2006, will leave GM on Friday, 5 March to take a senior. Although Gray has worked for General Motors for more than 30 years, she is best known for her work shepherding the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. Tags: Brief. Further details are.

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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? How far along is the Volt?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2009

General Motors selected its assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. to build its future small car, which will add to the automaker’s growing portfolio of US-built, fuel-efficient cars, including the Chevrolet Cruze and Volt. Troy Clarke, president of General Motors North America. Tags: Brief. and Janesville, Wis.

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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 Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

General Motors Corp. reached agreements with the US Treasury and the governments of Canada and Ontario for the creation of a smaller, self-sustaining “New GM”. Pending approvals, the New GM is expected to launch in about 60 to 90 days as a separate and independent company from the current GM. GM Manufacturing Plans.

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MAY 23, 2007

F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. The Volt is the plug-in hybrid car GM showed at last January’s Detroit Auto Show.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The Chevrolet Volt has been deemed by many automotive analysts to be General Motors’ great hope – and it appears the company is ready to throw its financial weight by its production. four-cylinder engine generator for the Volt and the 1.4l engine generator for the Volt and the 1.4l engine generator for the Volt and the 1.4l

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

I f there is any doubt that GM is serious about PHEVs, here is one more story that indicates that they are indeed very serious. GM Could Reportedly Produce 60,000 Plug-in Hybrids in 2010 Source: GreenBiz.com by Jeff Green at Bloomberg OAKLAND, Calif., 23, 2007 -- General Motors Corp. Tags: manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

General Motors further expanded its battery research and development capabilities by opening what it called the largest and most technologically advanced battery lab in the US on its Technical Center campus in Warren, MI. Tags: Batteries. The Global Battery Systems Lab spans 33,000 sq.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

Nissan will warranty the battery pack in its LEAF EV for 8 years and 100,000 miles, according to Carlos Tavares, executive vice president and a member of the Board of Directors of Nissan Motor Co., The warranty matches the term of the 8-year, 100,000 battery pack warranty announced by GM for its Volt EREV. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2010

Buehler Motor, Inc., The Inergy partnership signals the third high-profile technology alliance for Buehler Motor in the greener vehicle segment, and follows previously announced contracts to provide its pump solutions for the General Motors Chevy Volt and CODA Automotive’s electric five-passenger sedan.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

a joint venture between General Motors Company, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), will activate OnStar services and be fully operational in China in December 2009. Beyond Safety: OnStar as a Strategic Service for GM. Source: GM. Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Propulsion comes from a 200 kW Raser Symetron traction motor mated to a 4–speed automatic transmission. A 100 kW Rase Symetron generator, driven by a GM Ecotec 2.0L It’s important to note that Raser’s electric Hummer H3E can achieve similar results to the Chevy Volt. Tags: Brief. Jim Spellman.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle and its battery pack are both converging on the beginning of the product and process validation stage of General Motors’ development process, which is scheduled to start in February, 2010.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

General Motors is to invest heavily in the production of its greenest cars after committing $163.2million to its operations in Flint and Bay City, Michigan and Defiance, Ohio, to support engine production for the Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze and a new Chevrolet small car.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 11, 2010

Bob Lutz announces the next GM Electric Car program, post Volt. For more details, read the story: Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. will sell after the Chevrolet Volt. January 10, 2010 [link].

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 7, 2007

Amidst the well-deserved hoopla about GM's plug-in serial hybrid Chevy Volt , Ford is touting its own equally ugly plug-in hybrid concept car. GM's vehicle is eminently buildable today, as it relies on two energy sources that are available: grid electricity and gasoline. Honda may yet stick a plug on its FCX.

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APRIL 6, 2010

General Motors’ hybrid cars, including the Chevrolet Volt, will soon benefit from an enhanced smart pedal technology. Known as brake override, it modifies existing electronic controls in an effort to reduce the power to the engine when the brake and accelerator are depressed at the same time.

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