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Chevy Volt Fleet Goes on Extended Road Test
On Tuesday morning, eight Chevy Volt integration vehicles left the Milford Proving grounds compound in Michigan on a historic extended test drive into Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The cars were driven for more than 9 hours and 300 miles continuously in a special effort to analyze their behavior, performance, and comfort on such a long drive in real [...]
GM Engineer Test Drives Volt in Mountains of Tennesee: its a Success
Alex Cattelan is a GM engineer working on development of the Voltec powertrain, and has been involved in the Volt program ever since the beginning.
She recently had the chance to drive a pre-production Volt out among a fleet of seven cars to Knoxville, Tennessee. Cattelan also noted she has previously driven pre-production and mule Volts [...]
3000 Miles of Driving the MINI E Pure Electric Car
I am one of the 100 people in New York who have leased a MINI E pure electric car. Since I can’t get a Volt yet, I figured this was the next best thing for now. I have just passed 3000 miles in over two months of driving it.
The car is a 2 seat [...]
Test-Drive: GM’s 2 Mode Plug-in Hybrid w/Video
I recently had the chance to be one of the few people outside of GM to get behind the wheel of a plugin 2 mode hybrid prototype at GM’s test grounds in Milford. I was accompanied by Larry Nitz, GM’s director of hybrid powertrain development.
Originally this vehilce was set to debut under the Saturn [...]
Test Ride: Chevy Volt Pre-production Prototype w/ Video!
Recently I traveled to GM’s Milford Proving Grounds for the opportunity with many other journalists to test drive the company’s entire fleet of production cars which were all laid out across a large swath of pavement called back lake.
To our surprise, in the middle of the event, suddenly Frank Weber pulled up in a pre-production [...]
Head to Head Test Drive: 2010 Prius vs 2010 Insight w/ Video
I consider myself a fan of fuel efficient vehicles. At this point the Volt seems the best thing coming, although within the next couple of years there will clearly be a plethora of options to choose from. This will include pure EVs, EREVs like the Volt, plugin hybrids, and standard hybrids both mild and strong.
Right [...]
Chevy Volt Has the Feel of a Sports Car, and Engine RPMs Follow Accelerator
In late June, GM completed the production of its first true to form Chevy Volt prototypes called integration vehicles. We were given a brief video description of what it was like to drive one by the car’s chief engineer Andrew Farah.
GM granted an interview with Farah to Automotive News who got some new nitty gritty [...]
GM-Volt.com Chevy Volt Mule Second Test Drive and How it Compares to Current Hybrids
While visiting the GM Technical Center in Warren Michigan for the new battery lab tour and announcement, I had another chance to briefly test drive the Volt Cruze mule. How could I resist?
With the sheer novelty of the first drive behind me, I figured I could get a better feel for driving the car. [...]
Chevy Volt Mule in Generator Mode Already ‘Prius Quiet’
General Motors has allowed the Cruze-bodied Chevy Volt mules to be test driven by more than a dozen journalists and various others including myself.
They have strictly restricted those driving experiences to the vehicle’s charge depleting mode. Outsiders thus only have the experience of driving the car in pure electric mode without the gas generator [...]
More Mule Test Drives and Detroit Press’ Chevy Volt Top 10 List
Several news agencies now have had their chance at the wheel of the Chevy Volt Mule.
1. Jalopnik – the tongue in cheek and heavily prolific automotive blog had a mule drive with Bob Lutz riding shotgun. They called it “utterly unremarkable” to GM’s delight because that is the goal. Making a car that doesnt use [...]
USA Today Mule Test Drive Shines a Positive Light on the Chevy Volt
Newspapers may be slowly dying, but USA Today has the highest circulation in the country with a daily circulation of 2,113,725.
Jim Healey is their automotive journalist and often comes on a bit harsh towards GM. However, after getting his Chevy Volt mule drive he has penned a rather glowing report. Take that Dave!
Healey [...]
Chevy Volt Mule Test Drive (Autobloggreen) w/ Video Briefing From Tony Posawatz
On Tuesday, several journalists were brought out to GM’s Milford Proving Grounds to test drive the Chevy Volt mules as I had.
Same Abuelsamid from Autobloggreen, a technical editor with a strong engineering background, documented his experience here and offers a video of Volt vehicle line director Tony Posawatz briefing the journalists.
Sam described his drive noting [...]
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