Feb 18
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I don’t know which is the more dramatic news: that Nissan is selling a series hybrid in a major global model, or…
Feb 18
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Ten years ago, Opel came out with a quasi-EV so stylish you’d never have guessed it was from GM. You probably…
Mar 20 2019
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One of the bright selling points of electric cars is that they’re silent, but that’s also a potential safety hazard…
Dec 3 2018
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General Motors hyped the original Chevrolet Volt as a world-beating car. Its development took years and was rumored…
Nov 26 2018
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GM has been going through a tight restructuring lately, selling off brands, offering buyouts to workers, and shutting…
Aug 8 2016
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Some genius Canadian tuners wired up two Chevy Volt battery packs to a Tesla’s powertrain, and shoved it all into a…
May 10 2016
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When the press met the redesigned 2016 Chevrolet Volt, test pilots came back with pretty much unanimously good…
Mar 12 2015
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Chevrolet Volt owners are inadvertently leaving their plug-in hybrids runnings in their garages, causing the battery…
Aug 7 2014
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I think it's fair to say we haven't heard much from the Chevrolet Volt in a while. These days, its upmarket version…
Dec 18 2013
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It's fair to say that in spite of its impressive technology, the Chevrolet Volt hasn't exactly set the world on…
Oct 11 2013
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The Cadillac ELR and Chevy Volt share the same underpinnings. The Chevy Volt, which isn't selling super…
Oct 3 2013
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Ah, the Volt. That controversial car that you either love or want to murder in cold blood. So how is it? Let's have…
Feb 22 2012
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One gun-totin' Chevy Volt owner responded to Newt Gingrich's claim that "you can't put a gun rack in a Volt" in…
Dec 5 2011
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crashed a Chevrolet Volt back in May, the car's lithium-ion…
Oct 3 2011
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General Motors has repeatedly claimed a sales target for 2011 of 10,000 units for the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt…
Sep 1 2011
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In the sales slap fight between the all-electric Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, the Leaf has the…
Jul 26 2011
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Officially, the Chevrolet Volt gets 60 mpg when running on electricity and gasoline. But one GM engineer who ran…
Jul 12 2011
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The next time you forget to feed a meter or misunderestimate opposite-side parking in New York City, your ticket…
Jun 1 2011
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This weekend, a conservative group claimed taxpayers were getting scammed on Chevy Volt tax credits by dealers,…
Apr 28 2011
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In his new book, former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz calls Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and other right-wing…