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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, [...]Cars That Run on Green Beans and Soy Milk
page 2 of 2 “I basically said to Mark LaNeve, pardon the expression, ‘What the f*** are you doing? I know Toyota is handing your asses to you because they got the Prius? Are you just chomping at the bit to say, we got it too? We’re cool too. We’re on the green train? But [...]Already A World Hit, Chevy Cruze Makes U.S. Debut In September
Chevrolet’s Cruze is, well, Cruisin’. Since its launch in Europe in the spring of 2009, Chevy’s first global compact car has racked up a total of 270,000 sales in more than 60 countries. Add another 70,000 sales with versions from Holden in Australia and Daewoo in South Korea. Is 40 MPG A New Trend? The [...]Will the Chevy Volt Survive Bankruptcy?
In the direct aftermath of General Motors filing for Chapter 11 this morning, the fate of the Chevy Volt remains unclear. The Volt, a plug-in hybrid that promises 40 miles of gas-free all-electric driving, is considered a Hail Mary pass for market relevance that the old GM never got a chance to throw. The ability [...]World’s First Hybrid SUV Stretch Limo
Photo: Michael Coates, HybridCars.com. All rights reserved. It’s not the first hybrid stretch limousine, because a Canadian firm converted a Prius into a 10-seater last year. But it does appear to be the first stretch limo built from the body of a hybrid SUV, which would make it the world’s largest hybrid gas-electric vehicle—if it [...]In the Hot Seat for Chevrolet's Volt: Denise Gray
With each passing day, General Motors seems to become more confident that it will send the first Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids to dealers before the end of 2010. That’s still a major gamble for GM. As John Voelcker, a frequent contributor to HybridCars.com, writes in the current issue of IEEE Spectrum, “Not since the earliest [...]Japan Enters Race for Global Electric Car Charging Standards
After dominating the world market for hybrid gas-electric vehicles, Japan’s automakers are now aiming to set the global standards for electric car charging. A coalition of companies, including Nissan and Toyota, announced yesterday the creation of a organization called CHAdeMO that is working to develop the standards. “What we need to do is make this [...]GM Pledges to Become 'Industry Leader' in Fuel Efficiency, But IPO Still Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
Don’t call it a comeback. As General Motors moves forward with plans to recapture its status as a publicly traded company, one question seems to dominate coverage in the financial press: Why now? Despite two consecutive profitable quarters, consumer confidence continues to drag and most analysts are pessimistic about the short-term outlook for both domestic [...]GM Loans Volts in Effort to Win Over Doubters
In testimony before a Congress earlier this year, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called the Chevy Volt “a political punching bag”―a characterization that few who have followed the vehicle since its release could argue with. Whether the sedan is being tied to the controversial auto bailouts, targeted by Darrell Issa investigations, or called “a car [...]Chevy Volt Offered at $350 Per Month, Matching Nissan LEAF Lease
General Motors announced today that the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid will be offered for sale at $41,000, or for a surprisingly low monthly lease cost of $350 per month (with a $2,500 initial payment.) The sticker price for the Volt is $8,200 higher than that of the $32,800 all-electric Nissan LEAF—though the two vehicles’ lease [...]