Mar 16

Volt More Than Bridging Strategy

 
Volt More Than Bridging Strategy

Some expressed concern when GM’s new sales and marketing chief Mark Reuss told GM-Volt he expects pure EVs to eventually obtain a larger market than EREVs.
“As (Volt) technology flows down to BEV in what will be smaller cars to carry smaller packs, that may be the higher volume play over [...]

   
 

Mar 15

GM Planning Multiple Hybrids and a Line of Pure Electric Cars

 
GM Planning Multiple Hybrids and a Line of Pure Electric Cars

Bob Lutz and Jon Lauckner are credited as having devised the Chevy Volt concept in 2006. They charged executive engineers Tony Posawatz, Nick Zielinski and John Bereisa with making it happen.
Though Lutz is retiring, and Bob Kruse, Denise Gray, and Frank Weber have left the program, Lauckner and Posawatz remain [...]

   
 

Mar 14

GM-Volt Test Drive Contest Final Round

 
GM-Volt Test Drive Contest Final Round

Below are the two top highest voted entries from an initial field of over 100.  The winner of the vote below will not only get to test drive the Chevy Volt in New York City at the end of the month, but will get their travel expenses paid up to $500.  This generous prize is from GM-Volt.com sponsor NetLook.com. [...]

   
 

Mar 14

GM-Volt Test Drive Winners, Round Two

 
GM-Volt Test Drive Winners, Round Two

This is the second round of 6 finalists. Please vote for your favorite from the 6 entries below, the top 5 will win test drives in NY:
1. Video

2. When I pull back the curtains in the morning, the first thing I see are the windmills. The sun plays gently between [...]

   
 

Mar 13

GM-Volt Test Drive Contest Winners, Round One

 
GM-Volt Test Drive Contest Winners, Round One

We recently announced a special opportunity for 10 GM-Volt.com readers to test drive a pre production Chevy Volt in EV and range extended mode in New York City.
We received over 100 entries of essays and videos answering “Why I Want a Chevy Volt.”
In a very difficult task, myself and a [...]

   
 

Mar 12

LG Chem Announces $303 Million Investment to Build Volt Battery Plant in Michigan

 
LG Chem Announces $303 Million Investment to Build Volt Battery Plant in Michigan

Korea-based LG Chem is the lithium-ion battery supplier for GM’s Chevrolet Volt electric car.
GM has been working closely with LG’s Michigan-based subsidiary Compact Power Inc. since mid-2007 to first develop and then refine the Volts’ 16 kwh battery pack. In January of 2009 it was announced that LG had [...]