autobloggreen.com - 8/11/2009
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Chevy Volt Home Chargers - Click above for high-res image gallery
As part of the massive media blitz being rolled out today by General Motors in preparation for the new 230-mpg Chevy Volt and some B20 biodiesel trucks (more on these later), we finally got to see the two chargers that ...
Chevy Volt battery plant location to be announced this week
autobloggreen.com 8/8/2009 —
Chevy Volt battery pack - click above for high-res image gallery
Back in January at the Detroit Auto Show, then-CEO Rick Wagoner announced that General Motors would be building the battery packs for the Chevy Volt at a new plant to be located somewhere in Michigan. At the time, no one ...
Chevy Volt touts 230 mpg
alternativeconsumer.com 8/12/2009 — This week, GM CEO Fritz Henderson rallied his troops to announce an anticipated fuel economy for the all-new, electric 2011 Chevy Volt of 230 mpg in the city. (Yep—that’s what those vague, green ads you might have seen last week are in reference to.) While exact mileage has not been confirmed by ...
Chevy Volt and 230 mpg: Negative reactions abound, but not from Bob Lutz
autobloggreen.com 8/12/2009 —
GM CEO Fritz Henderson was all smiles when he announced the Chevy Volt's 230 mpg city rating yesterday. But the Internet digested the news in its own way, and there was some understandable confusion and criticism of the very big, very bold claim. The EPA was the most official source to put a ...
Chevy Volt Rated at 230 MPG in City Driving
treehugger.com 8/12/2009 —
Photo: GM
Based on Draft Fuel Economy Methodology Developed by the EPA for Plug-in Hybrids
General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson announced this morning that the Chevy Volt - which GM hopes will be the company's savior - gets a rating of 230 miles ...
EPA backs away from GM claim of 230 mpg for Volt —
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2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery
Apparently, we're not the only ones trying to figure out the exact methodology that was used to determine the supposed 230 mile per gallon city rating claimed by General Motors for the upcoming Chevy Volt. In response to a query ...
Chevy Volt: 230 Miles-Per-Gallon —
FUTURISM NOW
General Motors says the electric Chevy Volt will get 230 miles a gallon in city driving, calling it a “game-changer,” the WSJ reports.
The comments came as GM unveiled some of its new products this morning; the Volt is GM’s big bet on new drive technology to create more fuel-efficient cars, ...
G.M.: Chevy Volt Gets 230 M.P.G. —
Green Inc.
With the kind of mileage that General Motors just announced for its Volt, you could practically drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on a single gallon of gas. But it's not that simple, of course.
The Chevy Volt’s 230 MPG Rating. What Does It Mean? —
HybridCars.com
General Motors announced today that the Chevy Volt could get a government in-city fuel economy rating of “230 miles per gallon.” While the potential for a three-digit mpg rating is already grabbing headlines, figuring out what it means is another matter. What's the ...
Chevy Volt gets 230 mpg, but how? —
Autoblog Green
Neither General Motors nor the EPA are making declarative statements about how, exactly, the 2011 Chevy Volt will achieve it's much-touted 230 mpg rating that was announced today. GM's most clear statement (available in full after the break) says that some consumers "may be able to be in ...
GM: Chevy Volt to get 230 MPG in EPA City Test —
GoodCleanTech
It's official (well, at least according to Chevy): GM has announced that the Chevy Volt electric sedan, due on sale in late 2010 as 2011 model, is expected to get 230 miles per gallon on the EPA's city fuel economy test. GM CEO Fritz Henderson didn't directly address the test's disparity about ...
REPORT: GM admits Volt concerns to U.S. Treasury —
Autoblog Green
2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery According to a report on Autocar , General Motors submitted a regulatory filing with the U.S. Treasury on Sunday that disclosed a number of potential problems with the Chevy Volt program. Not only is it possible the car may not be ...
POLL: LEAF, Volt or neither? Which do you prefer? —
Autoblog Green
We got a note the other day from Lyle Dennis over at GM-Volt about a poll he's running among his readers following this week's announcement of the Nissan LEAF . Lyle wanted to judge the readers preference among the two electrically-driven cars. As a site that's been dedicated to all things ...
Tipping Point: A123Systems’ Road to the Battery Slam Dunk —
Earth2Tech
Less than a year after startup A123Systems lost a battle for what could be one of the biggest plug-in vehicle battery supply deals in the country — General Motors’ Chevy Volt — the Massachusetts-based company has snagged a $249 million grant from the Department of Energy to ...
VIDEO: Volt center stack to come in dark grey or white —
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Volt center console - Click above to watch the videos after the jump
As our man Chris Paukert was perusing the videos about the pre-production Volt build process the other day, he noticed a slight change in the interior from what we have seen previously. When the "production" Volt ...