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What will happen to GM's Voltec system now that the Chevy Volt has been discontinued?

Green Car Reports

GM's discontinuation of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid—sorry, extended-range electric vehicle—technology last month came as a blow to many plug-in car fans. The car could allow 90 percent of Americans, according to federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data, to drive to work and back every day without using a drop of gas.

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Chevy Volt? Old News! CleanAir Electric Car Did It 20 Years Ago

Green Car Reports

If you answered "Chevrolet Volt", then you'd be correct--but the Volt certainly isn't the first car to tout these statistics. What car can be charged up via a plug, then offers an all-electric range of around 40 miles, before a range-extending generator kicks in to supply power and top up the batteries?

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Predicting Chevy Volt Sales: Is California Inventory The Key?

Green Car Reports

Now one blogger has applied some Nate Silver-like statistical analysis to try to divine predictive patterns in sales of the Chevrolet Volt, the range-extended electric car that's currently the best-selling plug-in vehicle in the.

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Will Toyota Prius Prime outsell Chevy Volt this year?

Green Car Reports

That statistic excludes Tesla, since. Compared to the U.S. sales of, say, full-size pickup trucks, the monthly reports on deliveries of plug-in hybrid and battery-electric cars contain some fairly low numbers. The Ford F-Series routinely sells 80,000 a month or more, while the most any plug-in car has ever sold in the U.S.

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Chevrolet Volt continues to be top seller for plug-in vehicles

Green Cars News

The Chevrolet Volt (pictured) is once again the top selling plug-in vehicle in the USA, according to official statistics for October. During the month it broke its own sales record delivering 2,961 Volt extended range [.].

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Tesla Model 3 crushes gas vehicle competition in reliability study

Teslarati

Still, it remains unclear if this statistic was in reference to the 12-volt battery or the larger vehicle battery found in EVs. Strangely, looking at the most common breakdown problems, gas and electric vehicles share a common top breakdown reason, dead battery. In the case of ICE vehicles, the study references the starter battery.

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Profiling purchases of clean vehicles in California by rebates; PHEVs surge

Green Car Congress

The on-line report on Clean Vehicle Rebate Project Statistics leverages the rebate program database to provide a wide spectrum of information about the adoption and use of clean vehicles in California. As an example, the Chevy Volt was not eligible for the CVRP until February 2012.

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