Tagged: Electric vehicles

Are they dolts for dissing Chevy Volt?

Are they dolts for dissing Chevy Volt?

CARB Must Modernize Metrics and Stop Clinging to Past By Drew Winter WardsAuto.com, Nov 23, 2010 9:00 AM The California Air Resources Board likes to brag that it “forces” technology, but lately its outdated...

Black Friday Super-Bargains at Apple Chevrolet

Black Friday Super-Bargains at Apple Chevrolet

Apple Chevrolet in Tinley Park, IL  is having their first-ever Black Friday Weekend event and decided to go all out with unbelievable offers.  The first five buyers on Friday and Saturday can purchase any...

EPA rates Chevy Volt all-electic mpg at 93mpg

EPA rates Chevy Volt all-electic mpg at 93mpg

Gas-only mpg pegged at 37; total driving range estimated at 379 miles Automotive News Rick Kranz November 24, 2010 The 2011 Chevrolet Volt, an innovative plug-in hybrid, got not one but three different mileage...

Chevy Volt named Motor Trend Car of the Year

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...

Plug-In Cars Pose Riddle for E.P.A.

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

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...

Chevy allows 15 future buyers to drive Volt

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...