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First Chevy Volt Integration Vehicle to be completed June 1st

General Motors is reportedly closing in on an important milestone in its development of the Chevy Volt. To date, GM has built over 30 mules based on the Chevy Cruze, which will share the Volt's Delta chassis underpinnings, but none of these cars look like Volts inside or out. Starting on the first day of June, that's all set to change as the first so-called Integration Vehicles are scheduled for assembly then. This means that there will be real Volts running around GM's testing grounds, albeit not in final form. Andrew Farah, lead engineer for ... Read more →

BREAKING: Detroit 2009 - GM building Volt battery packs with LG Chem cells

After showing off its latest cars and concepts yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors reserved its second press conference today for battery news. As has been rumored for months, South ...

So, it's a Volt mule that Wagoner's driving to DC?

Yesterday, General Motors announced that Rick Wagoner, the company's CEO, would be driving from Detroit to Washington in a Chevy Malibu Hybrid. This is true. But, it's not the whole story. After ...

Which green cars should Detroit execs caravan to Washington in?

In lieu of taking private jets for their upcoming second visit to Washington, a new suggestion has recently been made: caravan to the nation's capitol in next-gen, fuel efficient cars. As far as ...

GM confirms plans to sell ER-EVs in Europe in 2011, 50 Volt prototypes this fall

GM Europe president Carl-Peter Forster said again this week that the company would launch E-Flex-based extended range EVs on the European market in 2011, about a year behind the Volt launch in ...

AutoblogGreen Podcast #23 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sebastian is joined by Jeremy for AutoblogGreen Podcast #23, since Sam was hanging out with Bob Lutz and his Vectrix scooter when we recorded. Jeremy recounts his experience with Piaggio MP3 scooters on a ride from New York to Connecticut, and we move on to talk about the limited Prius supply as of ...

Maximum Bob talks pure EV Volt, battery-free Volt and prototype drives! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Scott over at PetroZero had the opportunity to pose some questions to Bob Lutz the other day and, as always, the responses were interesting. First off is the idea of the E-Flex platform operating entirely free of batteries, with the engine/generator simply running continuously and feeding ...

Clarification of the Chevy Volt mule spy shots 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently the the spy-shots of a Chevy Volt mule that turned up on-line late last night were not necessarily what they appeared to be. According to GM the photo's in question actually showed a ride and drive mule that is just testing suspension hardware. The gray car we saw earlier doesn't have ...

Spy Shots: First Chevy Volt mules caught testing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of Chevy Volt mule spy shots GM has been rather open when it comes to discussing the ongoing development of the Chevy Volt. Check here for our latest round of updates and you'll see that the Volt is moving along quite nicely. Still, there's a long way to go before ...



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