The Chevrolet Volt may be GM’s pride and joy but some Chevy dealers have decided to stop selling the car due to the high-cost of tools needed to service the plug-in hybrid vehicles. Last month, GM sent out a letter to Chevrolet dealers that additional tools will cost $5,100 to keep selling and servicing the [...]
Chevrolet announced that Volt owners have collectively driven more than 100 million all-electric miles since the plug-in hybrid went on sale two years ago. Chevy said that on average, Volt owners travel more than 65 percent on pure electric-power and only end up using gas for longer trips. Read our review on the Chevrolet Volt. “The [...]
GM announced today that it will have up to 500,000 vehicles on the road with some form of electrification by 2017. The company said that its main focus will be plug-in hybrid technology. “The plug-in offers a unique opportunity to change the way people commute,” Mary Barra, senior vice president of Global Product Development told [...]
Sales of plug-in hybrid, electric cars and hybrid vehicles in the United States are rising but according to a new study by J.D. Power and Associates, they won’t gain real traction until automakers lower prices and show some real economic benefits of purchasing such vehicles. Read our review on the Chevrolet Volt. While sales of electric [...]
Consumer Reports has released its latest latest predicted reliability results, from the 2012 Annual Auto Survey. Along with the survey, the publication has released the list of top 10 most reliable American cars. “We’re often asked how the domestics’ reliability stacks up, especially with some people wanting to specifically buy American,” Consumer Reports said in [...]
GM said today that it will be updating the software on about 4,000 units of the 2013 model Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids to fix an issue that can cause the electric motor to shut down while in motion. The issue only affects 2013 model year Volts – when owners use the delayed charging function. Read [...]
Researchers from University of California, San Diego say that they have figured out a way to better estimate what goes on inside lithium ion batteries. The breakthrough could lead to lower battery costs and faster charging times for lithium-ion batteries used in electric-vehicles. An algorithm has been put together by professor Miroslav Krstic and postdoctoral [...]
GM’s OnStar is testing a new smartphone app that is capable of telling Chevrolet Volt owners how much they are actually spending on charging their plug-in hybrid. The app also allows users to compare the Volt’s energy use with the total energy consumed in their home by day, month or year. Read our review on the [...]
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that federal policies to promote the production and purchase of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, will have a total budgetary cost of about $7.5 billion through 2019. The CBO said that that 25 percent of that cost will go in the form of tax credits for buying electric vehicles. Read [...]
It was reported earlier this week by Reuters that GM loses about $49,000 on every Chevrolet Volt it sells. GM later blasted the report saying that as sales increase, the initial costs will be recouped and the cost-per-car will eventually fall. Read our review on the Chevrolet Volt. Well, it seems like the Department of Defense [...]
