Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a statement on its investigation into a Chevrolet Volt fire that occurred at the organization’s facilities. NHTSA had done a side-impact test on a Volt then parked it outside, and three weeks later Chevy’s plug-in hybrid caught fire. The battery was determined [...]
Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, GM It’s Turkey Day here in the U.S., so why not a post about ducks? Well, a post that mentions ducks, at least. It turns out that old Chevy Volt battery covers are being reused as wood duck nesting boxes at GM’s Milford, MI Proving Ground. That’s just one of the wildlife-friendly [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Legislation and Policy The Chevy Volt may be able to travel about 40 miles without emitting a gram of CO2, but the car isn’t clean enough to qualify for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane access in California. Make that wasn’t clean enough. Today, GM announced that California dealers are now [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Cadillac It’s safe to say that Mark Modica at the National Legal and Policy Center is no fan of the Chevy Volt. He calls sales of the vehicle “horrible” and says that publications like Motor Trend have lost credibility in praising GM’s plug-in hybrid. Now that the General has announced that [...]
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM The first Chevrolet Volt that was made available for sale has now been sold. Final price? $ 225,000. Don’t worry, that’s not some horrendous dealer mark-up. It’s how much someone was willing to bid because a.) this is an historic car and b.) the money goes to help the [...]
