Chevy News Articles
Investors Embrace A123, But Challenges Lie Ahead
Puto scripta suavitate ut eum The smash hit IPO of lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems is sending waves of euphoria through the clean tech and plug-in car market. Mass.-based A123 Systems is now worth nearly $2 billion—indicating huge investor confidence in the future of electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and the batteries that make them [...]Chevy’s Impala Gets Greener
An updated version of Chevrolet’s full-size sedan is being revealed today during the New York auto show. The 10th generation of the Impala will go on sale early 2013 as a 2014 model, and this will be the first to offer a mild hybrid powertrain system in the shape of what GM calls eAssist. The [...]Magna E-Car Systems and GM Test Electric Crossovers in Canada
Last week Magna E-Car Systems and General Motors of Canada announced a joint project to evaluate a fleet of nine battery electric Chevrolet Equinox crossovers. The converted vehicles are to be studied by a number of interested stakeholders as a step toward possibly producing these types of electric vehicles. “Collaboration between automakers, suppliers, utility companies [...]Tomorrow’s Whodunit: Who Might Kill the Chevrolet Volt
It’s been more than a year since General Motors unveiled its visionary Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid concept vehicle. GM promises that the Volt will allow most Americans to drive 40 miles each day without burning a single drop of petroleum. Instead, the energy will come from next-generation batteries recharged from a common household electric outlet. [...]Oil Prices and the Pace of Auto Innovation
The price of oil dropped below the psychological barrier of $100 a barrel today—despite hurricane-damaged oil rigs in the Gulf, rebel groups declaring an “oil war” in the Niger Delta, and a barrage of negative news from Wall Street that previously led speculators to drive up the cost of petroleum. The current drop in oil [...]Michigan Powers Job Creation with Electric Car Battery Production
Hybrid and electric cars offer a range of benefits, including reduced emissions and enhanced energy security. But new jobs are the most immediate payout from government support of advanced auto technologies and lithium batteries. Michigan will add thousands of new jobs as it ramps up to manufacture as many as 400,000 battery packs a year [...]The Chevy Volt's #1 Fanboy
page 2 of 2 Lyle Dennis with Bob Lutz, General Motors product chief, at “Volt Nation.” GM is promoting the Chevrolet Volt by giving voice to its fans. Rob Peterson, who has run the Volt PR effort from the start, confirms that Dennis is an unlikely but very effective advocate for the Volt. “Who would [...]Chevrolet Spark EV Will Be Made In South Korea
Today we learned from General Motors that the pending 2013 Chevy Spark EV will be imported from South Korea where it will be made alongside the standard global platform Spark. “The Spark EV will be produced in Changwon, South Korea, the same location as the Spark with the internal combustion engine,” said GM’s Randy Fox, [...]President Obama Says He Will Buy a Chevy Volt
You’ve heard of campaign promises? A commitment made by a jovial President Obama could be called one for after his term in office at which point he said he will buy a Chevy Volt. Mentioning to the United Auto Workers his famous visit to the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant from which many photos of him sitting [...]Soccer Player Phil Jagielka Chooses Ampera
It is not only in the U.S. that the Chevy Volt gets chosen by celebrities. Everton and England international soccer player Phil Jagielka has taken delivery of England’s Volt cousin, the Vauxhall Ampera extended-range electric vehicle. A central defender with 16 international caps, Jagielka will be driving a top-of-the-range Ampera Electron in Power Blue. “I [...]