With its on-sale date barely a year away, a recent briefing by the tech team in charge of developing the Chevrolet Volt E-REV (Extended-Range Electric Vehicle) indicates that things are moving along at an impressive and very encouraging clip. Chief Engineer Andrew Farah confirmed that 80 pre-production...
General Motors has launched a contest to help determine what it will call the "signature" exterior color of the new Chevrolet Volt when the car goes on sale late next year. GM describes the paint -- which will be exclusive to the Volt -- as "silver with an emerald hue," and is asking...
GM's Vice Chairman of Product Development, Tom Stephens, has confirmed that the firm's slick 2-Mode Hybrid technology that originally was to debut in the Saturn Vue will instead appear in a new Buick crossover. Set to slot in below the Enclave, conventional versions of this as-yet-unnamed, five...
The financial travails of its parent company notwithstanding, Chevrolet continues to push on and move ahead in the development of its new Volt Extended-Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV). The first pre-production variant of this sleek, plug-in four-door made its formal public debut this week on the roads...
Korean electronics firm LG Chem, Inc announced that it will spend $800 million over the next four years to construct a new facility dedicated to producing advanced Lithium-ion (Li-ion) polymer batteries for use in electric vehicles. Key guests at the groundbreaking ceremony for a plant that will be located...
Touting it as the largest and most technologically advanced battery lab in the United States, General Motors has opened the doors to a new 33,000 square-foot facility on the grounds of its Technical Center campus in Warren, Michigan. In addition to serving as the automaker's lead operation in all...
General Motors announced that has awarded Korean manufacturer LG Chem the contract to provide advanced Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells for its upcoming Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. In an unexpected follow-up, GM head man Rick Wagoner also indicated that GM will build a new battery assembly facility...
Tucked away in the supplemental add-ons to last week's now near-trillion dollar Wall Street-bailout bill is very good news for anyone planning to buy an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid. Formally known as the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (EIEA 2008), it provides that from now until...
General Motors has taken the first step down a path to establishing its claim on what promises to be one of the most coveted benchmarks of the fledgling 21st century: a formal EPA fuel economy rating in excess of 100 mpg. While still in a preliminary mode, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has...