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University dorm story more important in Flint than hometown Chevy Volt story
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , Green Daily The Chevy Volt is very likely the car we’ve written about the most here on AutoblogGreen (with the Tesla Roadster up there as well). Turns out, in what might still be the Volt’s engine’s future hometown - Flint, Michigan - the local love isn’t quite with GM’s halo car. According to a year-end ranking of the Flint Journal’s top stories , the Volt engine deal and subsequent delay and then possible revival came in at number five.
Consolidating travel update in one consolidated post
With gas prices falling and truck sales back up , you might think that paying closer attention to how many people are in your vehicle, keeping track of how much gas you’re using, or if you should even be using a petroleum-powered vehicle at all has fallen off everyone’s radar. Not so. We’ve recently found a slew of stories about these very topics, and decided to put them all in one place
Fresh from the Transformers toy aisle: the Chevy Jolt
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , GM , Green Daily Ah, finally. Here’s a Volt you’ll be able to not only buy, but also afford. Courtesy of Seibertron , we present you with what will likely be the first on sale version of the Chevy Volt
Grassroots Motorsports Magazine sponsoring budget race car challenge
Filed under: Etc. , Green Culture , Green Daily , Racing Ask an average Jane what qualifies as a “green” thing these days, and reuse will likely be one of the first three things she’ll list (along with reduce and recycle). To that end, the Grassroots Motorsports Magazine is out to show that old vehicles can be saved from the shredder and thrill a crowd in their new $1,000 budget race car challenge
Take off the cinder blocks: Chevy Volt gets Alcoa aluminum wheels
Filed under: Chevrolet , GM , Lightweight Click for a complete gallery of the Chevrolet Volt See, the Volt program is indeed moving forward . At the very least, we now know what wheels the Volt will sport when (fingers crossed) it goes on sale in late 2010.
GM’s Jon Laukner claims engine plant delay won’t slow Volt
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , GM Over at the GM Fastlane Blog , Jon Laukner, VP of Global Program management has piped up with another Volt update. In spite of the news this week that construction work at a new Flint, MI engine plant had been temporarily halted , Laukner claims it will not effect the Volt or Chevy Cruze production timing
GM reiterates: Volt on schedule
Still ready for 2010 Earlier this week GM announced that a plant to build engines for both the Chevy Volt and the Chevy Cruze was being delayed pending the bailout. However, GM also announced that this delay would not delay the development of the Volt.
GM vows to finish Volt with or without government aid
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , GM Click above for a high-res gallery of the Chevrolet Volt No matter what, America will get the Chevy Volt. On time.
Volt plant delayed
Launch date still on target GM has delayed plans to begin construction on a new factory that will make engines for both the Chevy Volt and the Chevy Cruze until the bailout issue is resolved to help save its dwindling cash supply. Nonetheless, according to those reports , the Volt will still hit showrooms in 2010.
Chevy Volt cost-competitive by 2016?
A Congressional update During Congressional testimony today, GM CEO Rick Wagoner was asked when the Chevy Volt would be cost-competitive to gasoline vehicles. Depending on sales volume, Wagoner stated that by 2016 or 2017 the Volt might be cost competitive.
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