Chevrolet News

Hype over the new battery-powered Volt from GM may be surging but every major car maker has jumped onto what some are already calling a global revolution Simon Houpt and Joanna Slater Toronto, New York - From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Jul.

Electric cars are a boondoggle according to Rush Limbaugh - 'nothing more than an expensive way to promote the environmentalist agenda,' as Politico.com summarized Limbaugh's views on such vehicles.

Daugherty Chevrolet on Fulton Avenue will close today. Local auto business giant Mike Daugherty will close his Fulton Avenue Chevrolet dealership today.

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Assembly Manager Teri Quigley, gets behind the wheel of the new Chevy Volt, during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Friday, July 30, 2010.

Automakers are tantalizing the market with 40-mpg small cars and 30-mpg sporty cars.

President Barack Obama comes to Detroit today , looking for love in the factories of America's hardest-hit big city.

With the landslide of all-new small cars being introduced this year and over the next several model years-including the 2011 Ford Fiesta, 2011 Mazda2, and 2012 Fiat 500-you might assume that small-car sales are going strong, and that the forecast for subcompacts in the U.S. is bullish.

Some people call it the "X Factor," a quality that can't always be described but can always be noticed.

GM says the use of premium fuel in the Volt increases fuel efficiency by 5 percent or greater over the use of regular fuel.

General Motors is going with the times by hooking up its Chevy salespeople with a new dealer app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

We're still months away from the 2010 Los Angeles auto show, but organizers are teasing us--and you--this morning with a tightly worded release promising more than 20 world debuts of new vehicles at the fall show.

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The extended-range electric Chevy Volt won't benefit from two of the biggest perks to owning ecolological alternative powertrain cars in California: Having a sticker that allows owners to drive in the car-pool lanes by themselves, and getting the $5,000 tax credit for owning the car.

Radio host Rush Limbaugh tore into General Motors on Wednesday over the Chevrolet Volt, while saying he had taken advertising money from GM last year during its rescue by the Obama administration.

Radio host Rush Limbaugh tore into General Motors on Wednesday over the Chevrolet Volt, while saying he had taken advertising money from GM last year during its rescue by the Obama administration.

For Tom Hipple, showing off his 1968 Chevy Chevelle helped dim the harrowing memories of last summer when many co-workers left, his own job was at risk and tomorrow was less certain than today.

The 918 debuted as a concept at this year's Geneva Motor Show with a plug-in hybrid powertrain claimed to provide 78 miles per gallon.

The highly anticipated electric-powered Chevrolet Volt will carry a US$41,000 starting price before tax credits, US$5,000 more than the top-selling sedan from General Motors Co.'s luxury Cadillac brand.

Steve Courtney talks to Tony Posawatz, Chevrolet Volt Vehicle Line Director, about the release of the electric Volt, which will cost $41,000. A player is required to hear this interview.

Lynda Beaton greets her husband, Richard, after his last shift at GM's Windsor transmission plant on June 28.