General Motors has plans to expand its Ampera series in Europe with three additional extended-range vehicles within the next five years. The Detroit automaker is still considering whether to sell the cars under the Ampera sub-brand. “At that point it will make business sense to ramp up volumes of the Volt and Ampera, and to [...]
Europeans tend to go for diesel vehicles over hybrids since they care about the performance they get from their cars. With that in mind, General Motors may dramatically reengineer the Chevrolet Volt/Opel Ampera extend-rage electric-vehicle to better suit high-speed European needs. How will GM go about doing that? A report by the Telegraph suggests that [...]
Opel and Vauxhall seem to have a few Trixx up their sleeve (sorry we couldn’t help it). According to AutoExpress, Opel and its UK division Vauxhall are working on a electric-powered production version of the Trixx concept that was first seen in 2004. Sources say that the 3+1 seater is aimed at the Toyota iQ, [...]
While we’re scheduled to get the 2011 Chevrolet Volt in November 2010, Europe will get their version, the Opel Ampera, in 2011. The UK will get a Vauxhall badged Ampera during the same time. Of course there is no doubt that the 2011 Ampera looks much better than the Volt but other than the looks [...]
