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Rumor: Redesigned Chevrolet Volt to Debut at Detroit Auto Show
At the 2014 Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, Tim Mahoney, Chevy’s global chief marketing officer, revealed plans to show off the new 2016 Volt in Detroit. Mahoney also showed off a teaser image of the redesign plug-in, giving us a look at the more sculpted decklid of the next car.
Driven: 2011 Chevrolet Volt
The Volt is, first and foremost, a properly enjoyable car to drive. Ignore the on-board readouts and your fuel economy, and the Volt will happily dust other cars away from the lights, thanks to the 273 pound-feet of torque generated by its electric motor. This instant-on torque gives the Volt a feeling of immediacy that might be unfamiliar to the owner of a conventional car.
One Cool Feature: Chevrolet Volt And MyLink
If your EV (or in this case ER-EV) happens to be a Chevrolet Volt, answering that question has just become easier. Thanks to a new app called MyLink, Volt owners can monitor various vehicle systems remotely from their Android or iOS phones. The arrival of our Volt test vehicle seemed like the perfect opportunity to try out the new system, and lucky for us, General Motors provided a Motorola Droid2 for testing.(Sadly, we couldn’t sample the setup on the three different generations of iPhones in the office, as you need one unique pass code per phone.)
Detroit 2011: Chevy Volt, Ford Explorer North American Car/Truck Of The Year
Domestic automakers protected their home turf this morning at the Detroit auto show, with Chevrolet and Ford claiming top honors in the North American Car and Truck Of The Year voting
First Chevrolet Volt For Sale To Be Auctioned For Charity
Chevrolet has announced plans to sell the first Volt available for retail in an online auction starting on December 14, with the proceeds going towards math and science education in Detroit Public Schools.
GE To Expand EV Fleet With Help From GM
General Electric announced today that it will be ramping up its fleet of electric vehicles by purchasing 25,000 of the EVs by 2015, most of them from General Motors. This would mark the largest single electric vehicle commitment ever made by a single automaker.
GM Prices 2011 Chevrolet Volt At $41,000
General Motors has come one step closer to launching its electric savior, announcing an MSRP of $41,000. With a $7500 government tax credit, you can get your bow-tied EV for $33,350.
Beijing 2010: Chevrolet Volt MPV5 Concept Offers No Real Surprises
Today, in Beijing, Chevrolet unveiled its newest electric concept vehicle, the Volt MPV5. Using the 2011 Chevrolet Volt underpinnings, the MPV5 is a range extended…
Video: The Chevy Volt Dance
For those of you lucky enough to hear the original Chevy Volt song (‘E’ for electricity, ‘V’ for Chevy Volt and me…) at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show, you can rest easy knowing that GM has hired a dance crew and commissioned a full-on show routine. Good to know all the penny-pinching over at GM is going to good use.
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