Chevrolet Volt News

After just 40 days in bankruptcy court, a new General Motors Corp. emerged from Chapter 11 protection this morning as a stronger, leaner and more streamlined business.

WHAT is the car of the future going to be like? Is it going to be a variation of the Toyota Prius, with its petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain? It certainly is an elegant piece of engineering.

We don't have to tell you how important the Chevrolet Volt is to General Motors.

A picture of This is not a test: Nissan has big plans for electric vehicles. This is not a test: Nissan has big plans for electric vehicles.

New technology usually goes on luxury vehicles first. GM chose to make its electric Volt a Chevrolet.

General Motors is on track to launch a plug-in sport-utility vehicle in 2011 despite scrapping its Saturn brand as part of a sweeping reorganization in bankruptcy, according to the automaker's product chief.

Toyota Prius plug-in hybridEnlarge Photo The Nikkei Business Daily has reported that Toyota plans to produce between 20,000 and 30,000 plug-in hybrids in 2012.

Under pressure to deliver sharply higher fuel economy in coming years, U.S. automakers are deepening ties with electric utilities as rechargeable cars move from the drawing board and head toward the dealership.

The Bailed-Out Two and Who? AP Report Nearly Ignores Impact of Ford on GM's Market Share Erosion In the later paragraphs of a story today about the latest hurdle bailed-out General Motors has managed to jump to get out of bankruptcy, the Associated Press's Bree Fowler almost totally ignored the impact of Ford's improvement largely at GM's expense ...

Initial testing of Toyotaa s plug-in hybrid system installed in the second-gen Prius has returned fuel-economy figures of 65mpg Toyota has already confirmed it will release a plug-in hybrid vehicle powered by next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the U.S. and Europe sometime next year but production of these will be limited and only ...

A bankruptcy judge said late Sunday that General Motors Corp. can sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, clearing the way for the automaker to quickly emerge from bankruptcy protection.

Auto Show picture of concept Fisker Karma SEnlarge Photo In the world of electric performance cars, there are two names to know: Fisker and Tesla.

How hot is the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro? In June, the first full month the Camaro has been on sale, Chevrolet sold 9,320 of them, compared with 7,362 Ford Mustangs.

The Transformers have returned and one thing has not changed - the good Autobots still choose Chevrolet as their cool four-wheel disguises.

GM is gearing up to begin serious work on hybrid vehicles as part of an effort to help reach President Barack Obama's goal of putting 1 million hybrids and electric cars on the road by 2015.

Korean manufacturers of batteries for hybrid electric vehicles are rushing to increase their spending in an effort to secure a spot in the rapidly growing global market.

General Motors selected its assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. and stamping facility in Pontiac, Mich., to build its future small car, which will add to the automakera TMs growing portfolio of US-built, fuel-efficient cars, including the Chevrolet Cruze and Volt.

The era of the electric auto may finally have eased out of the driveway. Hundreds of people in several states are test driving electric MINI Coopers And a pre-production version of the Chevy Volt hit the streets earlier this week, weeks ahead of schedule.

Chevy's Volt, has there ever been a car with more riding on it? Probably not, and at Autopia, we've been on top of Volt developments like white on rice.

The electric car is about to conquer the world ... again. Every time there is an oil supply crisis, the price of gasoline jumps, or warnings about carbon dioxide -induced global warming hit new hysterical highs, the electric car solution isn't far behind.