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GM: Volt won't become a brand name
The Chevrolet Volt isn't scheduled to hit the market for another whole year, but there's so much anticipation for the vehicle that some are already asking if The General will try to make a brand out of the Volt name. The answer, according to Brent Dewar, Chevy's chief of global operations, is no: Our thought is to take the Volt technology to other products... The Volt was the original vehicle that we started, but I wouldn't see that as a brand marketing direction for us. While other models in GM's lineup are likely to get their own ... Read more →
LA Auto Show Design Challenge entrants reveal Youthmobile 2030 designs Jeremy Korzeniewski
This year's iteration of the annual Design Challenge at the LA Auto Show asks the question: How will a new generation of drivers age 16-23 – raised with cell phones, web cams and online ...
Live webchat with Frank Weber and Doug Parks today at 4pm Sam Abuelsamid
Frank Weber, who has served as the vehicle line engineer for the Chevrolet Volt program for the past two and an half years, is packing up his wife and kids and moving back to Germany next month. ...
GM awarded DOE money to research Shape Memory Alloy heat engines Chris Shunk
General Motors has been awarded $2.7 million by the Department of Energy to create a working prototype engine using Shape Memory Alloys (SMA). The idea is for the prototype to use SMA tech to ...
Editorial: Henderson's fuel cell 10X cost comments are out of context Sam Abuelsamid
The other day we reported on an interview with General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson published in the Washington Post. While most of the discussion focused on the bailout and bankruptcy, from the ...
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Opel introduces updated Corsa ecoFLEX, now at 98 g/km CO2 7 days ago on Autoblog Green
Opel has just introduced an updated version of its high-mileage, low-CO2 sub-compact Corsa. The refreshed Corsa ecoFLEX now gets 20 hp more from its 1.3-liter CDTi diesel engine than before, bringing its total to 95 hp along with 140 pound-feet of torque. Despite that boosted output, CO2 ...
Chevy Volt leader Frank Weber leaving for Opel, reaffirms Volt remains on track 7 days ago on Autoblog Green
One of the main men working to get the Chevy Volt out the door on time, Frank Weber, has announced he will leave General Motors on December 1 for a senior leadership post at Opel. This is the first high-ranking member of the Volt team to leave and told Bloomberg that GM remains strongly ...
GM CEO: electric cars require teamwork; hydrogen cars 10x more expensive than Volt 7 days ago on Autoblog Green
New GM CEO Fritz Henderson has some good words for his competitors. Surprised? It's all in an effort to make sure that plug-in vehicles get the help they need to become cost competitive. Henderson spoke with the Washington Post and said that costs are the big problem holding back electric cars. ...
Two-mode hybrid joint development disbanded; Ram hybrid coming in 2010 11 days ago on Autoblog Green
The big joint development program formed several years ago between General Motors, Daimler, Chrysler and BMW to develop the two-mode hybrid system for light duty vehicles is over. With all four automakers now having launched or about to introduce versions of the hybrid system, the joint program is ...
Posawatz: Volt range-extended mileage to be "better than any conventional car." But what about hybrids? 14 days ago on Autoblog Green
So, plenty of time has passed since General Motors first made the announcement that its Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle would score 230 miles per gallon on the yet-to-be-completed EPA testing procedure for such vehicles. Still, lots of questions remain, such as How many miles per ...
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