alcoa.com - 12/19/2008
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12/19/2008 GM Selects Alcoa Forged Aluminum Wheels for Chevy Volt Lightweight Wheel Improves Electric Vehicle Driving Range and Economy CLEVELAND--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Alcoa Automotive Wheels, a division of Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products, announced today that it has been awarded the wheel ...
fastlane.gmblogs.com - 12/19/2008
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By Jon Lauckner Vice President Global Program Management
I’ve been reading some of the comments in the...
news and the blogosphere today about the Chevy Volt program and felt compelled to squash some of the rumors. The development of the Volt remains ...
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Update on the Chevy Volt
gm-volt.com - 12/17/2008
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autobloggreen.com - 12/18/2008
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Click above for a high-res gallery of the
Chevrolet Volt It was a big deal when, back...
in September, GM CEO Rick Wagoner and Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm were on hand to announce that GM would spend $370 million dollars for a 552,000 sq ...
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GM Selects Alcoa Forged Aluminum Wheels for Chevy Volt
Green Car Congress —
... GM has awarded the wheel program for the Chevy Volt to Alcoa Automotive Wheels, a division of Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products. General Motors has targeted the Chevy Volt to deliver up to 40 miles of electric driving with the extended-range capability of hundreds of additional miles. Removing unnecessary weight from the vehicle platform was a major goal of the program.
Alcoa focused on design, engineering and production techniques to increase strength and durability while lowering the overall weight of the wheel. Forged aluminum wheels by Alcoa provide ...
Take off the cinder blocks: Chevy Volt gets Alcoa aluminum wheels
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Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Lightweight
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See, the Volt program is indeed moving forward. At the very least, we now know what wheels the Volt will sport when (fingers crossed) it goes on sale in late 2010. Alcoa Automotive Wheels ...
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To a lot of people, the only vehicle that's keeping GM - or at least the spirit of GM - alive as the company falters is the Chevy Volt. Washington Post columnist Charles Lane is not one of them. The Volt is designed to give 80 ...
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autobloggreen.com 3/25/2009 — General Motors is reportedly closing in on an important milestone in its development of the Chevy Volt . To date, GM has built over 30 mules based on the Chevy Cruze, which will share the Volt's Delta chassis underpinnings, but none of these cars look like Volts inside or out. Starting on the ...
GM: Volt on track, Voltec battery progressing well, next-gen will be better
autobloggreen.com 3/19/2009 — There was one main message hammered home during a conference call on the Voltec plug-in hybrid propulsion system that GM held earlier today: even though the Chevy Volt is not yet finished, GM is getting the second and third generation Voltec systems ready. Sure, the GM representatives ...
Chevy Volt scheduled for Canadian launch in August 2011
autobloggreen.com 4/6/2009 —
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General Motors has said time and again that it will not delay the introduction of the Chevy Volt here in the United States, despite growing concerns that the automaker's financial difficulties could put the project in ...
REPORT: GM may try selling Chevy Volt on eBay
autobloggreen.com 7/23/2009 —
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Earlier this month, General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson announced that the automaker would begin working with eBay to sell new vehicles. That revelation apparently got people wondering about the Chevy Volt and if the eBay ...
Long-time GM Consultant: Chevy Volt Won’t Save Company
hybridcars.com 2/16/2009 —
2011 Chevrolet Volt.
Unless General Motors makes fundamental changes in its basic decision-making process, the company will be “back at the public trough again and again until the public finally ...
Chevy Volt: The Future is Electrifying
chevrolet.com 6/1/2009 — THE BENEFITS OF ELECTRICITY Updated: 04-16-09 Chevy Volt will go up to 40 miles on a full charge.(4) For many of us that could mean a lot of electric-only driving in our futures. Learn more about Volt's ability to use electricity as fuel. READ MORE ...
GM consulant: Volt may have a halo, but it will not be GM's savior
autobloggreen.com 2/16/2009 —
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At auto shows and gatherings with friends, I'm often asked what I think will happen with GM and if the Chevy Volt will ever really come out. My answer is that while Volts on the sales floor won't guarantee that GM survives, if GM ...
Plug In America suggests reducing warranty time to lower cost of Chevy Volt
autobloggreen.com 4/2/2009 —
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One of the Obama Auto Task Force's findings RE the Chevy Volt was that it will be a wee bit pricey , too pricey, in fact to play a role in saving GM from itself. Plug In America (PIA), the advocacy group for vehicles with a cord, ...
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