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GM-Volt - Chevy Volt Concept SiteGM-Volt - Chevy Volt Concept SiteDedicated news, information, and discussion site for the Chevy Volt electric car. Articles
Should the Volt Have a Free-Wheel Glide Pedal Position?
2008-05-08 15:02:00 The following is a guest post by one of our regular readers, George K: Lyle, you just had a great topic on features we?d like to see in Volt II. I?d like to share with you my #1 feature request for Volt I… ?Pulse and Glide?. Using it, you will get better mileage, and it?s fun to ... More About: Engineering , Free , Efficiency , Wheel , Pedal
2010 Chevrolet Cobalt Spy Photo
2008-05-07 22:30:00 Why would we be interested in the 2010 Cobalt ’s appearance on GM-Volt.com? Well, this next generation Cobalt will be built on the same platform as the Chevy Volt. It is GM’s next generation global compact architecture platform called Global Delta. I must make it clear, the photo is a spy photo of the Cobalt NOT ... More About: Photo , Chevrolet , Production
More Details About the E-Flex Opel Program
2008-05-07 07:09:00 More good news for our European friends, GM CEO Rick Wagoner gave out some more details about the Opel E-Flex program. For one thing, he seemed to acknowledge a shift in plans, noting the Opel Flextreme would go on to production and interestingly have even more interior room than the initial concept. Also he told reporters there ... More About: General , Program , Details
Gas and the Chevy Volt: Change Your Fuel, Not Your Oil
2008-05-06 03:48:00 As we know, the Chevy Volt should be able to drive for 40 or more miles on pure electricity when fully charged. Since most drivers travel less than 40 miles per day, it is quite possible gas could sit in the tank without ever or hardly ever being burned. Indeed, GM engineers decided ... More About: General , Change , Fuel , Chevy Volt
GM-Volt.com Chevy Volt Waiting List Reaches 20,000 Members
2008-05-05 03:45:00 We have reached another milestone here at GM-Volt.com. As of today, over 20,000 people have expressed interest in buying a Chevy Volt when it arrives by signing up on our virtual waiting list. When the site began, it was my hope that I could create a place where we could demonstrate to GM that we ... More About: List , Production , Waiting , Chevy Volt
Electric Cars and Utility Companies
2008-05-04 03:14:00 We all cant wait to get into our Chevy Volts and drive off on electric power. After all, what could be better than not using gasoline for most driving needs? We are aware the source of energy for the Volts battery will be the electric grid. All indications are that the energy costs ... More About: Companies , Cars , Grid , Utility , Electric
GM CEO Admits to Dedicated Production E-Flex Opel Program
2008-05-03 02:31:00 In September GM introduced the Opel Flex treme crossover concept vehicle which was based on an E-Flex drivetrain platform with a diesel range extender, and a 34 mile lithium-ion battery electric range. By December Frank Weber had told us that the Flextreme was not production intent. Also we have been told that the Chevy Volt is intended ... More About: Production , Brand , Program
GM CEO Wagoner: 2010 Volt Launch Remains On Schedule and Optimism Building
2008-05-02 03:07:00 GM CEO Rick Wagoner spent some time with reporters today in San Francisco after giving a speech at the Commonwealth Club today. In the not-too-distant past he had said the 2010 Volt launch was not guaranteed. However today he said "so far we’re on schedule." And in response to the fact that Volt battery development work was ... More About: Building , Schedule , Timeline , Launch , Optimism
If the Volt?s Cost is About the Batteries, How Much Do the Batteries Cost?
2008-05-01 20:24:00 Previously I shared GM vice-chair Bob Lutz’ discussion on how much the Volt will cost, and it boiled down to how much suppliers will charge GM for the lithium-ion battery packs, clearly the biggest chunk of the total cost of the car. As Lutz has said, one of the motivating factors for using lithium-ion cells, is that ... More About: Batteries , Battery , Financial , Cost
Get Ready for the A123 Systems IPO
2008-05-01 01:55:00 Sure we’re saving our pennies to buy a Chevy Volt, the economy is sputtering, and GM just lost $3.3 billion this quarter. But wouldn’t it be great to tap into that future $30 billion lithium-ion automotive battery market? The news li-ion battery investors out there have been waiting for is starting to trickle in. Watertown Massachusetts battery-maker A123 ... More About: Financial , Systems , Ready , Get Ready
J.D. Power: 300,000 Chevy Volts Will be Sold by 2014
2008-04-30 21:32:00 There is an interesting and thoughtful article about A123, and how it went from a handshake between an entrepreneur and a scientist into a company with 1000 employees and a chance at being GMs Volt battery supplier. Buried in that story is a striking statement that I have never heard or seen. We debate and wonder how ... More About: Power , General , Sold , Chevy
CEO of Compact Power on His Charge to Build the Volt?s Battery
2008-04-30 01:48:00 Compact Power , Inc. (CPI) is a Troy Michigan-based company with 50 employees (on its way to 100) which has teamed up with the massive battery maker, Korea’s LG Chem, as one of the teams vying to make the Volt’s battery pack. A new interview with CPIs’ CEO Prabhakar Patil is published by Edmunds. Patil indicates he believes ... More About: Battery , Charge , Build , Compact
Take a Brief GM-Volt.com Reader Survey
2008-04-29 12:45:00 GM-Volt.com has just been signed to the Internet advertising agency Federated Media. This company is significant, they are the ad partners for such massive sites as Techcrunch, BoingBoing, and Digg. This relationship will allows us access to high quality direct advertisers and actually help us spread the Volt word to corporate America. Sorry to do this, ... More About: General , Survey , Reader
How Much Will the Chevy Volt Cost?
2008-04-28 14:29:00 “How much it will cost?” is by far the most asked question about the Chevy Volt. Not only most discussed but certain to bring forth strong discussion. The higher the quote the stronger the vitriol. There was no mention of price when the concept debuted in January 07. The dialog began in May 07, when GM ... More About: Financial , Cost , Chevy Volt
Chevy Volt Generation Two
2008-04-27 16:02:00 No sooner than we hear the first Chevy Volt lithium-ion battery powered prototypes are tooling around the track, than a GM VP is giving an interview about the next generation Volt. Fact is the Volt is here to stay (and GM-Volt.com along with it). Indeed we have heard GM North America president Troy Clarke call the ... More About: Research , Generation , Chevy Volt
GM Considering a Pure Electric Chevy Volt Without a Range Extender
2008-04-26 15:25:00 Scott from PetroZero reports that he had an email conversation with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz the other day. This is also being reported over at Autobloggreen . Scott asked him the popular question, "Since the ICE gets 50 mpg when charging the battery, why not skip the battery and get a 50 mpg car." In response, Lutz ... More About: Test Drive , Electric , Pure , Extender , Range
Lutz? Confidence in Volt?s 2010 Timeline is Growing
2008-04-25 18:16:00 The Wall Street Journal has decided to redeem itself after the recent illogical Volt editorial , and has now published an interview with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz . Reporter John Stoll writes that Lutz has "growing confidence" the Volt will indeed be produced in 30 months. Lutz recognizes that the Volt is a "must-win" project for ... More About: Timeline , Confidence , Growing
BREAKING: First Lithium-ion Prototype Chevy Volt Running
2008-04-24 15:34:00 The Detroit News today reported an interview with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz. Lutz verified for the first time publicly that a Chevy Volt prototype with an actual full-sized lithium ion battery is actually running. To me this marks a dramatic and critical turning point in the nearly year and half we’ve been following the car’s ... More About: Running , Battery , Prototype , Breaking , Lithium
Is GM Really Building the Volt So it Can Sell More Gas Guzzlers?
2008-04-24 03:37:00 An editorial appeared today in the Wall Street Journal entitled "A Volt Out of the Red". It was written in reaction to the transportation department’s proposal yesterday that cars be required to get 36 mpg by 2015. The author asks the question, in light of this, as to whether GM was "genius or ... More About: Building , Sell , Public Opinion
GM-Volt.com on NBC Nightly News
2008-04-23 03:37:00 We have achieved another milestone here at GM-Volt.com. On earth day, 4/22/2008, NBC Nightly News aired a segment about the Chevy Volt featuring our site GM-Volt.com. My thanks and appreciation to reporter Brian Thompson who did an excellent job creating the segment. With each new foray into mainstream media, we are all helping to ... More About: Public Opinion
More Thoughts on Th!nk versus Volt
2008-04-22 18:26:00 Forbes has published a discussion of the new Th!nk City announcement and rolls in comparisons to the Chevy Volt. For one thing, the author suggests Th!nk might be going down the same path GM took with the EV-1, a low-range 2-seat EV, and could wind up a failure because of limited acceptance. In contrast however, ... More About: Thoughts , Versus , Competitors
Th!nk to Enter U.S. Market
2008-04-22 03:36:00 Th!nk is the Norweigan carmaker that has begun production of a small, low speed electric car called the Think city EV. The company to this point had only announced plans for sales in Europe, beginning in the U.K. At the Geneva Auto Show they announced a larger 5 seat monocab Think Ox concept, and ... More About: Market , Enter , Competitors
Poll: World is Running out of Oil
2008-04-21 16:57:00 70% of respondants of a new international poll beleived that world oil production has already peaked, and only 22% believe enough new oil will be found to allow it to remain a primary fuel source. Steven Kull director of the poll’s publisher World PublicOpinion.org said “What’s most striking is there’s such a widespread consensus around the world ... More About: Running , Research , Fuel , Financial
GM CEO: Chevy Volt 2010 Deadline Down to the Wire but So Far So Good
2008-04-20 21:36:00 At the Beijing Auto Show, GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced plans to bring the Volt to market in China, as automakers are in increasing competition to grab market share of the rapidly growing Chinese auto market. On the sideline of the show Wagoner told reporters: "At this point the focus for us 100 percent is getting the ... More About: Financial , Timeline , Deadline , Wire , Good
The Volt Won?t be an Electric Camaro
2008-04-19 14:42:00 I got to spend a little time chatting with CNN auto reporter Peter Valdes-Dapena, as he was researching a new piece he’s written on the production Volt’s design. You will find a couple of quotes from me sprinkled in. To read more about my interview with Volt chief designer Bob Boniface go here . The CNN article ... More About: Design , Electric , Camaro
Toyota Attacks the Volt?Again
2008-04-18 14:06:00 The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) are having a conference in Detroit this week. One paper that was presented was written by Toyota and called ‘Study on the Potential Benefits of a Hybrid System”. The results were summarized by our friend Mike Milikin of Greencarcongress. In the study Toyota compared the E-REV concept to the PHEV Prius ... More About: Research , Engineering , Battery , Attacks
Volt Mule Spy Photo Clarification: the Real Deal
2008-04-17 16:55:00 As you have seen in our last post, there are pictures of the Chevy Volt mule car in motion circulating on the Internet as spy photos. There has been related conjecture about whats under the hood of that mule. I understood no li-ion pack mules are running yet, but other sites reported the ... More About: Photo , Images , Deal , Mule , Real
Spy Photo: Chevy Volt Mule on the Test Track
2008-04-17 02:33:00 Jalopnik managed a spy photo of one of the Chevy Volt test mules making its way around the test track presumably at GM’s Milford proving grounds. We know GM has been running these using 2005 Malibu skins for the past 6 months. Except for using a 1 to 2 mile range NiMh battery pack, these mules ... More About: Photo , Images , Mule , Test , Track
Even Chevy Volt Battery Suppliers Surprised at GM?s Volt Aggressiveness
2008-04-16 03:43:00 The automotive lithium-ion battery industry is in it’s infancy. Aside for some relatively small companies making limited production prototypes, there will likely be no substantial lithium-ion powered EVs on the road until the Volt arrives in 2010. Forbes has published a decent review of the current state of the technology. They compare GM and ... More About: Battery , Suppliers , Timeline , Chevy , Chevy Volt
Will the Volt be Too Powerful?
More articles from this author:2008-04-15 03:24:00 Mike Allen is the senior automotive editor for Popular Mechanics. In a new article he seems to take issue with Detroit’s strategy that plug-in hybrid vehicles have powerful powertrains. He is in fact taking aim at the Volt. He invokes images of the famous VW (hippie) microbuses that had 40 hp engines, and recommends ... More About: Engineering , Generator , Electric Motor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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