Chevy Volt Prototype Spotted in a Home Driveway

An astute observer noticed none other than a pre-production Chevy Volt integration vehicle nonchalantly parked in a neighbor’s driveway.
A fleet of eight of these vehicles just returned from a 3-day 1200-mile extended test drive last week, and perhaps one of the lucky participants got to take one home for the weekend. It is known [...]

Image: Black Volt Center Stack

The Chevy Volt show car has always been demonstrated with a white glossy iPod-like center stack console.
Shortly after it was unveiled the GM design team noted the stack would also be available in black and green finishes as well.
I have personally seen the new black stack while touring the Volt IVer production facility, and thought [...]

New GM Small Car Sketches Arrive: Aveo Replacement to be Called Chevy Viva

Currently the Chevrolet Aveo is GM’s smallest production car in the US.  Although low in price, sales aren’t terrific and the car is not popular.  However, it is clear that small cars are a thing of the future, and GM has repeatedly said it would build them, and for the first time as a new [...]

Lutz Denies Ambivalence About the Volt and…Introducing the World’s First Images of the Volt in Black

It may be recalled the Washington Post recently published an extensive piece about Bob Lutz and the Volt in which the vice chairman of GM and originator of the Volt concept was described as being “ambivalent” about the Chevy Volt. The story’s painted Lutz as a lover of loud shiny powerful gas guzzlers and [...]

Unveiled: Opel Ampera With Photo Gallery and Video

The Opel Ampera was unveiled today at the Geneva Auto Show. As we know, the vehicle uses the same platform as the Chevy Volt and the same extended-range electric drivetrain otherwise known as the Voltec propulsion system.
GM has been gradually teasing images of the car. Now we can see it all including the [...]

Opel Ampera Official Picture Released

Amidst the gloom and doom of global financial collapse, and despite the auto industry being among the hardest hit, the show must go on.
GM will be unveiling the European sister car to the Chevy Volt on March 5th at the Geneva Auto Show. Called the Opel Ampera, the car will have district Opel styling [...]

Opel Ampera Spy Photos Surface

When the Chevy Volt was first unveiled there was a procession of so-called leaks of images. First grainy footage on the Transformers set, and then the bizarre set of photos with GM executives standing in front of the car just days before the official reveal.
The Opel Ampera is set to debut at the Geneva [...]

Opel Ampera Sketches Leak to Web

Previously GM announced they would be unveiling the European version of the Chevy Volt, the Opel Ampera at the Geneva Auto Show in March.  They provided us with a teaser photo that when given careful scrutiny suggested it was actually the same Volt body with signature Opel branding.
The vehicle is known to use the identical [...]

New 2011 Chevy Volt Picture Gallery

GM has decided to afford us with a new set of visually interesting Chevy Volt pictures. You can click them to bring you to the galleries from where you can get to wallpaper size if your click the “View this photo on Flickr” link.  Enjoy.
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Volt One Step Ahead of the Prius!

In the midst of this very heavy time around here, a picture is worth a thousand words.
That’s GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner driving the Volt experimental prototype mule car on the right making sure to stay one step a head of the competition!
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2010 Toyota Prius Images Leaked

Without the emotional response of the Volt’s leaked pics (at least for me), Toyota’s next generation Prius pictures have too leaked to the web.
Expected to have a larger combustion engine, and larger size, there are reports the fuel efficiency will be improved as well.  The car is slated for reveal at the Detroit Auto Show [...]

The Day The Volt Was Reborn

After more than a year and a half of following the Chevy Volt’s development on a daily basis, nothing was more important or profound as today, the day GM revealed the production version Volt to the world.
First of all there were hundreds if not more than a thousand media people present. Most with far [...]