Chevy News Articles
Obama Calls for 1 Million Plug-in Hybrids by 2015
Kicking off what campaign advisors have dubbed “energy week,” Barack Obama today called for an “end to the age of oil in our time.” He backed up his trademark optimism with the most dramatic auto technology proposals of the 2008 campaign cycle. Obama said he hopes to see 1 million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles [...]House Committee to Hold Chevy Volt Safety Hearing on January 25
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a formal hearing to discuss and to investigate the potential fire risks associated with the extensively damaged Chevrolet Volts. Darrell Issa, R-CA, chairman of the committee, told members of the House that the hearing—titled “Volt Vehicle Fire: What did NHTSA know and when did they know it?”—will [...]Chevy Volt Gets Solo HOV Lane Status in California
After the sensationalism of last year’s post-federal crash test battery fires, the Chevrolet Volt has something to smile about once again, thanks to the state of California finally approving the car for solo motoring in freeway High Occupancy Vehicle (carpool) lanes. Initially, the Volt had been disqualified, much to the chagrin of General Motors, though [...]Exclusive: Chevy Volt Is More Hybrid Than Previously Thought
For the first 40 miles, the Chevy Volt is all electric. For the next 300 miles, it’s some blend of EV and hybrid. When GM first introduced the Chevy Volt concept in 2007, it invented a new term to describe how the car works: extended-range electric vehicle (ER-EV). It was a tactic to distance the [...]Realities Behind Obama’s Electric Car Photo Op
When President Barack Obama walked into Southern California Edison’s electric-vehicle test facility in Pomona today, he visited what may be the highest concentration of electric vehicles in North America. It was a photo op, of course. The president’s goal, said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, was to highlight the role of plug-in cars in creating [...]Chevrolet Cruze on the Way
General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner revealed a full-size foam model of the new Chevrolet Cruze last week. GM announced that it would invest $500 million to build the all-new global compact car that will replace the Chevy Cobalt in the United States. The automaker calls it “the first of an all-new generation of fuel-efficient small [...]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 [...]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 [...]Ampera-Volt To Offer Multiple Battery Size Options
The Opel Ampera, the European version of the Chevy Volt, could be built for easy battery upgrades. Electric cars are going to be more popular in Europe than in the United States. That’s because, by and large, Europeans have higher gas taxes, denser urban centers, greater consumer acceptance of smaller cars, and more aggressive carbon [...]Hybrids In an Era of Survival
The dismal economy is forcing companies, and individuals, to make tough decisions about what is essential, and what can get tossed aside to save a buck. In the past, car companies might have shelved green car technologies as nice-to-have but too expensive and not really critical. However, this time around, the world’s major automakers are [...]