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New York Times Report on the Chevy Volt Generator Mode Driving Experience

Lyle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:51 +0000

On the same day the Today Show ran its piece on test driving the Chevy Volt integration prototype, Lindsay Brooke, a reporter from the New York Times published his. Brooks was the only other...

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CNBC Test Drive of the Chevy Volt in Charge Sustaining Mode

Lyle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:45 +0000

A long awaited milestone has just been achieved, sort of. For many months we’ve discussed, debated, deduced, asked about and imagined what it would be like to drive the Chevy Volt while its...

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Chevy Volt Will be Able to Hit 104 MPH

Lyle — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:28:48 +0000

The Chevy Volt is no slouch. A Volt ride and handling engineer named Mark Popilek said “I got it up to 107 on the test track, but we’re planning on limiting the speed around...

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Chevy Volt and Battery Program Update

Lyle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:49:07 +0000

General Motors provided an online media update as to current progress on the Chevrolet Volt and battery development program, moderated by vehicle chief engineer Andrew Farah and Voltec battery system...

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GM to Announce Initial Volt Markets at LA Auto Show

Lyle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:32:21 +0000

As many people are aware, GM plans to roll out a limited number of Chevy Volts for sale in late 2010. Source have stated the exact number is likely to be around 2500. Even though Nissan has already...

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Coalition of Industry Leaders Releases Roadmap to get 120 Million Electric Cars on US Roads by 2030

Lyle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:33:04 +0000

A group of industry leaders have formed a new coalition and released an ambitious roadmap to deploy electric vehicles and infrastructure in the United States. The Electrification Coalition states...

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Op-Ed: GM Reports a $1.2 Billion Loss, but Has the Cash To See Volt Well into Production and Beyond

Statik — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:02:11 +0000

General Motors reported today that it lost $1.2 billion in the period since exiting bankruptcy on July 10th, and also said it will begin to repay government loans early, starting next month. Overall,...

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Three Chevy Volt Paint Color Finalists Announced

Lyle — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:39:45 +0000

On October 22nd, GM announced a contest to allow members of the public to participate in choosing the name of the Chevy Volt’s signature silver with emerald hue paint color. The decision...

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What BMW Has Learned from the MINI E Program So Far: That They May Need to Build EREVs

Lyle — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:38:56 +0000

BMW started the MINI E electric car field test program from scratch in Spring of 2008 as a tool for their Project i plan to develop vehilces for sustainable mega cities of the future.. The trial has...

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GM: EVs are Cool, but EREV’s are Really Cool

Lyle — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:27:01 +0000

It is fitting that on the day the Nissan LEAF began its US viewing tour I happened to forget to plug in my MINI E electric car the night before, and only had a few miles of range left on it. ...

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