Chevy Volt
Plant flowers in the old SUV — Chevy’s betting America will get turned on by its electric Volt.
Automaking giant General Motors on Tuesday said it was preparing to cut production of gas-guzzling SUVs while clearing the road for the electric hybrid Volt.
The plug-in vehicle, introduced as a concept car in January 2007, will be powered by a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged either via a regular electrical socket when parked or by an onboard generator while driving.
The standard Volt generator will be configured to run on E85 fuel (85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline), but other fuel sources, such as diesel, gasoline or even fuel cells are possible.
The Volt’s internal-combustion generator engine powers only the batteries, not the car’s wheels, meaning that it needs to run at only one speed, maximizing efficiency. Modern diesel-electric rail locomotives have used the same principle for decades.
Fully charged, the Volt should be able to drive about 40 miles before the generator kicks in. The generator’s fuel tank should enable the car to go 400 miles before refueling, allowing it to get the equivalent of 150 miles per gallon.
The automaker said Tuesday it would idle pickup and SUV factories in Janesville, Wis.; Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; Moraine, Ohio; and Toluca, Mexico, as it tries to deal with a shift to smaller vehicles brought on by $4 per gallon gasoline prices.
GM also took aim at the Hummer, one off the largest vehicles on U.S. highways, saying that division would either be sold off or the vehicle overhauled.
The Volt, with an initial production run of 10,000, is expected to hit showrooms in 2010. After that, GM plans to build tens of thousands per year.
Here is a bunch more stories from around the web on the Chevy Volt…..
Chevy Volt - the electric car - Q: How is the Chevy Volt different than other cars on the road? A: The car is a plug-in range-extended electric vehicle with an on-board gasoline generator. It will have a large battery that stores power from your home electric outlet …
Chevy Volt Sneak Peak! On the road in 2010 - General Motors is working hard to meet its goal of having the Chevy Volt, its first plug-in electric hybrid, ready for the road in 2010 — a short three years after the concept was revealed at the North American International Auto Show.
Chevy Volt approved for 2010 launch - The difference between the Chevy Volt and current hybrid cars is that the volt is powered predominantly from it’s batteries and can be plugged into a standard electrical outlet to charge. The volt has a range of 40 miles on battery …
Chevy Volt Approved For 2010 Production - It’s not easy for a monolithic company to make a serious commitment to a radically different concept, but Rick Wagoner, GM’s CEO, has approved the Chevy Volt for commercial production, saying: “we intend to show a production version of …
Chevy goes for Volt over Hummer - “General Motors Corp said on Tuesday its all-electric Chevrolet Volt was on track for a launch in 2010 after the company’s board approved funding for production of the high-profile plug-in vehicle. ‘The Chevy Volt is a go,’ GM Chief …
Chevy Volt - The Chevy Volt is a kinder, gentler car that doesn’t require large amounts of fossil fuel and has much lower emissions than other cars and trucks. Apparently the auto industry is finally starting to seriously look into greener ways of …
Chevy Volt Gets Green Light? - It’s rumored that The Board of Directors gave the green light to funding the Chevy Volt. My main question is why does GM have such a micro-managing Board of Directors? Don’t they trust their employees to make smart decisions? …
Chevrolet Volt - Concept car - “We intend to show a production version of the Chevy Volt publicly in the very near future,â€. said Rick Wagoner, GM chairman & CEO, in perhaps the most encouraging news to come out of the GM annual shareholders’ meeting here.
chevy volt is a go! - they acutal made it offical like two days ago, also they have stop testing the volt on the tracks and moved onto the streets. they said at work that they should be out 09/10 year. what i have heard the cost might be around 40k but GM is …
Green news harvest: Chevy Volt a go, $1-per-watt wind - ‘Green collar’ jobs study; optimizing solar panels; solar travel bags; and a scorecard on next-generation ethanol.
Green light GO, Chevy Volt production pockets the board - GM continues to surge forward with its green initiatives and the Chevy Volt is at the forefront of that strategy, promising super-low gasoline bills at a time when the price at the pump is pushing $4 per gallon. …
Chevy Volt - “The Volt was targeted to cost around $30000. As of April 2008, General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Robert Lutz was quoted as saying that the realistic unsubsidised cost had risen to $48K,[9] that he reckoned that …
Chevy Volt: Hybrid sports car could replace Hummer - In turn, the GM board has approved production of the Chevy Volt which could hit the market in late 2010. chevyvolt.jpg Photo courtesy of General Motors Price: Initial cars may be close to $40000 but the goal is to be less than $30000. …
Chevy Volt is a GO - Rick Wagoner, GM chairman and CEO, made the … - “The Chevy Volt is a go,” said Wagoner. “We believe this is the biggest step yet in our industry’s move away from our historic, virtually complete reliance on petroleum to power vehicles.” …
GM Responds to Changing Market in US: New Fuel-Efficient Products … - We intend to show a production version of the Chevy Volt publicly in the very near future, and we remain focused on our target of getting the Volt into Chevrolet showrooms by the end of 2010. —Rick Wagoner …
Chevy Volt a go? - I heard someone say as of today…. that after GM decided to close some truck and suv plants down they decided to put the volt into production for sure by 2010. is this true? :willy:
chevy volt - The Moraine plant near Dayton, will stop making Chevy TrailBlazer and other mid-size SUVs in 2010 “or sooner, if demand dictates,” Wagoner said. In Janesville, the plant that builds medium-duty trucks and big SUVs like the Chevrolet …
GM Scraps SUV Production Lines, Runs for Green - The Chevy Volt took a major step toward the showroom with formal approval by the GM board of funding for production of the extended-range electric vehicle. This approval, which includes funding for production development and tooling, …
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Chevy Volt (electric car) Would you get one? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt Chevy has approved production on it.
GM wants tax incentives to build Volt in Detroit - Whether it arrives as a hybrid, or in all-electric versions, the Chevrolet Volt can’t come to market soon enough… regardless of who GM panhandles. Gallery: Chevy Volt. [Source: The Detroit News]. Read more.
Chevy Volt | GM Closes 4 North American Plants In Shift From … - DETROIT: Responding to a consumer shift toward more fuel-efficient vehicles, General Motors said Tuesday that it would stop making pickup trucks and big sport utility vehicles at four North American assembly plants and would consider …
Electrifying News From Chevy - He told reporters GM’s board has officially approved funding for the Chevy Volt’s production. He said, “The Chevy Volt is a go.â€, and “We intend to show a production version of the Chevy Volt publicly in the very near future, …
GM wants tax incentives to build Volt in Detroit - GM asks Detroit and Michigan for tax breaks for Volt production (0); Paris Preview: Chevy Volt to be seen in production form (0); No $30K Chevy Volt without Congress’ help (0); Nearly 19000 hourly workers take buyout from GM (0) …
GM serious about small - The car is as yet unnamed and will be based on the Delta compact car architecture. Approving production funding for the Chevy Volt electric car project. Tags: General Motors, GM, Chevrolet Volt, Chevy Volt, Volt, electric cars, …
General Motors is going green (really!), according to CEO Wagoner - The Volt is seen critical in helping GM develop its focus on being an advanced powertrain producer. The Chevy Volt is powered entirely by an electric motor that can be charged from an ordinary power socket or from an onboard engine …
No More Hummers in America - Now that $2 gas is gone forever, it has very high-hopes for its plug-in electric hybrids, like the Chevy Volt and the Saturn VUE, which I discussed recently in a previous post (The Plug-In Solution to Sky-High Gas Prices). …
GM wants tax incentives to build Volt in Detroit - Whether it arrives as a hybrid, or in all-electric versions, the Chevrolet Volt can’t come to market soon enough… regardless of who GM panhandles. Gallery: Chevy Volt. [Source: The Detroit News]. Permalink | Email this | Comments.
Chevy Volt production gets the green light from the GM board - The Chevy Volt took a major step toward the showroom with formal approval by the GM board of funding for…
Chevy’s Volt: An unlikely bargain - The Chevy Volt, as well as it’s hybrid brethren, are products that has been advanced through technology. Markets, demand and price are all factors driving change. In this case, the automobile. Consumers are looking to save money at the …
GM closing four truck and SUV plants in North America - Wagoner said the GM board has approved production of a new small Chevrolet car at a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, in mid-2010 and the Chevy Volt electric vehicle in Detroit. Wagoner announced the moves in response to slumping sales of …
GM wants tax incentives to build Volt in Detroit - Whether it arrives as a hybrid, or in all-electric versions, the Chevrolet Volt can’t come to market soon enough… regardless of who GM panhandles. Gallery: Chevy Volt [Source: The Detroit News] Permalink | Email this | Comments …
GM closing truck plants, adding new small cars, may drop Hummer - “We intend to show a production version of the Chevy Volt publicly in the very near future,” said Rick Wagoner, GM chairman and CEO, in perhaps the most encouraging news to come out of the GM annual shareholders’ meeting here. …
GM to Launch Electric Car - General Motors Corp says its all-electric Chevrolet Volt is on track for a launch in 2010 after the company’s board approved funding for production of the high-profile plug-in vehicle. “The Chevy Volt is a go,†GM Chief Executive Rick …
GM wants tax incentives to build Volt in Detroit - Whether it arrives as a hybrid, or in all-electric versions, the Chevrolet Volt can’t come to market soon enough… regardless of who GM panhandles. Gallery: Chevy Volt [Source: The Detroit News ] Permalink | Email this | Comments. …
GM’s all-electric Volt approved for 2010 launch - General Motors Corp said on Tuesday its all-electric Chevrolet Volt was on track for a launch in 2010 after the company’s board approved funding for production of the high-profile plug-in vehicle. “The Chevy Volt is a go,” GM Chief …
GM wants tax incentives to build Volt in Detroit - Whether it arrives as a hybrid, or in all-electric versions, the Chevrolet Volt can’t come to market soon enough… regardless of who GM panhandles. Gallery: Chevy Volt. [Source: The Detroit News]. Permalink | Email this | Comments …
The car I’m looking forward to seeing how well it does. - Chevy Volt production gets the green light from the GM board The GM Chevy Volt is an interesting platform because it is not an electric car, exactly, nor is it a hybrid drive train car. What the Chevy Volt is is an electric car with a …
EXCLUSIVE: CEO of ZENN Motor Company on EEStor, EEStor Storage … - I wont get into any details and to what level we are at, but interestingly a Volt with a ZENNergy drive is a kind of a sexy product. You never know. It would certainly be something we’d love to explore. As I said earlier were a little …
GM closing 4 truck and SUV plants in North America - Wagoner said the GM board has approved production of a new small Chevrolet car at a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, in mid-2010 and the Chevy Volt electric vehicle in Detroit. Wagoner said GM’s board approved the production schedule of the …
General Motors dragged kicking & screaming into the 21st century - But GM’s board has approved production of a new small Chevrolet car at a plant in Ohio and the Chevy Volt electric vehicle in Detroit. Boss Rick Wagoner said plants to be closed were in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada; Moraine, Ohio; …
No $30K Chevy Volt without Congress’ help - Since the inception of the Chevy Volt program in 2006, GM’s goal has been to offer the range extended electric vehicle for a sub-$30000 price point. That level has always been seen as the threshold to get high-volume sales of an …
Chevy Volt May be Priced Under 30K - The Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, which GM hopes to introduce in 2010 as a long-awaited American alternative to the Prius, may cost a lot less than previously believed. Motor Trend explains, “GM CEO Rick Wagoner has said the plug-in …
Chevy Volt: More small block V-8 than ‘53 Corvette - That’s why the initial cost of the plug-in Volt (and the plug-in Saturn Vue) is important, and why GM must offer the Chevy at $30000, even if it’s well under cost. Tax breaks would help, but GM shouldn’t count on them. …
GM to Close Truck Plants, Introduce New Small Cars, Reconsider … - Other highlights of GM’s latest restructuring plan include: new small cars for Chevrolet; a new high-efficiency engine for the US; funding for the Chevrolet Volt extended-range vehicle; and the addition of third shifts at two US plants …
Chevy Volt - A couple nights ago over a glass of wine and Keith Olbermann, Quadro over at Drunken Manifesto was extolling the virtues of the upcoming Chevy Volt…an ‘electric’ car. Well actually it appears to be a hybrid but it might plug in. …
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Chevy Volt to fill in for the 19000 fleeing sheep at GM? - The theme for GM in recent months has been cutting fat and focusing efforts on building cars that do the same for its customers. As an example, the Chevy Volt has the potential to eliminate most of a driver’s gasoline budget, …
No rushing the Chevy Volt Jim Mateja - Chicago Tribune - No rushing the Chevy Volt Jim Mateja Chicago Tribune, United States - 36 minutes ago A: GM spokesman Dave Darvitz says the automaker is testing the Volt’s lithium-ion batteries 24/7 to launch Volt production in November 2010. …
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