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more about #chevyvolthybrid more comments → sos10: It sounds all very promising, the only problem will be the price, especially if some foreign brand van introduce the same kind of car for half the price. more » Chuckie_A: Why do you need an engine of even 1.4l just to power a generator? Is it a parts bin item? more » Mike Delozier: Kinda sounds like the review that Jeremy Clarkson just did for the Honda Insight, but he ripped that car to shreds.. even more so than the Chrysler Se... more » GV_Goat: So... how many miles can you travel on a gallon of fuel?AND... wouldn't it be cool if the generator was a diesel??? more » robai: Hey, this is a nice big leap backwards from the EV-1's that GM destroyed a few years ago. [en.wikipedia.org] more » PowerTryp, Starless wonder.: But the real question is, will they recall all of them and crush them? cause if so then shame. If only people had listened in the mid 90's to the EV-1... more » Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event: Chevy Volt More 'MerkinLess Smug This means I'm allowed to like it. more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: What happened to the edgy look? It gets more blah everytime I see it. That being said, I hope this works, because if they put a Cadddy body on this ch... more » Mad_Science: Good. GM gets (somewhat legitimate) green cred and props from the Feds their beholden to. All those people out there driving appliance cars that get ~... more » Jeb_Hoge: I think this exactly hits the target that GM needs to hit. more » Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm: Ok, so they hit the target. Let's hope they target a sporty and fun coupe sometime in the not too distant future. more » aSoundofSleep-less nights: Whenever I hear the words "appliance-like" to describe a car I imagine a microwave in the glove-box, a blender in the armrest, and a vibrator mounted ... more » Flathead Smith: I asked this question sort of yesterday. What happens with those Lithium batteries when this thing gets in a bad wreck and those batteries have an int... more » A strolling player: There's something wickedly cool about surging acceleration with no roar to back it up. I ran out of gas in my car once and, while I had a bit of a fr... more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): Good stuff. I hope it's got the goods on the consumer end of things, since Toyota's been doing the "eco" branding thing for a decade now. GM has some ... more » -
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Chevy Volt Mule: First Drive
Yesterday morning we finally hopped into a Chevy Volt mule with outgoing GM product czar Bob Lutz for a spin around the Warren Tech Center. What's it feel like? It's utterly unremarkable and appliance-like. More » -
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Chevy Volt Engine Won't Recharge Batteries While Driving; Just A Regular Plug-In Hybrid?
Edmunds Inside Line is reporting the Chevy Volt apparently doesn't use the engine to recharge its batteries while driving, going against what every media outlet — CNBC, the buff books and every web site including this one — have reported as fact for the past two years. Confusion apparently stems from a press release issued when the concept version of the Chevy Volt was first revealed in 2007 indicating: More » -
