Volt Wins its Third “Best of” Award
Dealer Communications 11/23/2010 The Chevrolet Volt has won its third award from one of the major car enthusiasts magazines, being named one of Car and Driver’s 2011 10Best Cars. Last week the Volt was named...
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Chevy Volt named Motor Trend Car of the Year
By Chrissie Thompson FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER The 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle has been named Car of the Year by Motor Trend magazine, for General Motors’ second title in four years. The...
New Chevrolet Cruze Eco Achieves Segment-Leading 42 MPG On The Highway
DETROIT – The official fuel economy numbers for the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco are in and they’re good. Segment-leading good. It delivers an EPA-estimated 42 mpg on the highway (manual transmission models), with equally...
General Electric says it will buy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015
Los Angeles Times By Jerry Hirsch The conglomerate, which its CEO noted makes technology that ‘touches every point of the electric-vehicle infrastructure,’ said its strategy represented the largest-ever electric-vehicle commitment by a company or...
Plug-In Cars Pose Riddle for E.P.A.
The New York Times By NICK BUNKLEY and BILL VLASIC Published: October 14, 2010 DETROIT — About two months before two new plug-in cars go on sale in the United States, the federal government...
GM, Utilities Pledge Electric-Car Charge Stations
Reuters October 12,2010 General Motors Co GM.UL and two Michigan utilities on Tuesday pledged to install more than 5,300 charging stations in Michigan as part of an effort to speed the adoption of plug-in...
New fuel-economy labels will baffle buyers, survey says
Automotive News Vanessa R. Williams October 6, 2010 A survey released this week suggests that revised fuel economy labels proposed by federal regulators will confuse many likely car buyers — and will emphasize the...
Chevy allows 15 future buyers to drive Volt
Christina Rogers / The Detroit News — Kris Trexler isn’t used to the silence. As the Chevrolet Volt he’s piloting picks up speed across an expanse of asphalt, Trexler is a bit surprised by...
Chevrolet Volt Batteries Could Enable Renewable Energy Solutions
GM Media 9/21/2010 TROY, Mich. – General Motors and ABB Group will work together to develop pilot projects for re-using the batteries from the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle, examining whether the batteries may be...
Volt Advertising Likely to Go After Nissan’s Leaf
Advertising Age By Rich Thomaselli Published: July 30, 2010 Electric Car Marketing to Target Anxiety’s About Electric Cars NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — You can plug in and charge the new Chevy Volt from General...
