GM's bankruptcy will obviously have an impact on the release of its prized electric vehicle (EV), the Chevy Volt, but what exactly will that impact be? As of right now, no one is sure.
In an interview with The Washington ...READ»
Remember those sketches of a rumored Chevy Volt minivan that we posted earlier this week? Now we have some real pictures and technical details courtesy of GM. As we suspected, the Volt MPV will feature the Voltec propulsion system ...READ»
When Chevrolet announced that the upcoming plug-in hybrid Volt will get 230 mpg, many media outlets (including Fast Company) responded with uncertainty. After all, there isn't an official way to quantify mpg with plug-in ...READ»
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On March 29, Cliff Kuang took GM's much discussed plug-in electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt, for a spin around Manhattan. Scheduled to begin delivery late this year, the car proved to be phenomenally quiet, smooth, and well-engineered. ...READ»
This week in TreeHugger: An intriguing new bill would create 10 million solar roofs across the US, adding the equivalent of 30 nuclear power plants to the grid. Also, a new aerogel insulation, and the 6 cultural trends that are driving back human progress.READ»
Chevrolet has received a lot of flack from the press recently for its questionable claim that the upcoming plug-in hybrid Volt gets 230 mpg with city driving. Now Raser Technologies, the company behind the plug in Hummer H3e, is ...READ»
It's not a done deal yet, but GM is reportedly considering a change from its traditional blue logo to a green one that shows consumers it is lean, green, quick-thinking and focused on fuel efficiency. A word of advice for GM: this is ...READ»
There's a game called the Waiting Game that works like this: you sit on the sidelines, waiting for everyone else to go first. And then you skip a turn. Or a hundred turns. And before you know it, the game's over. Everyone else is ...READ»
Are you itching to buy a hybrid but just don't have the cash? US Representative Betty Sutton's "Cash for Clunkers" program, introduced in Congress this week, could help. Sutton's bill is a new incarnation a similar ...READ»
The plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt just moved a little further from GM fantasy car to reality now that the first pre-production prototype has gone for a test drive. Until now, the Volt's machinery has been housed in ...READ»
GM may be beleaguered by bankruptcy, but the company is making a real effort at staying on top of auto industry trends. First the company became the first US automaker to open a battery pack factory in the U.S., and now GM is set to ...READ»
Like everyone else, the design field braced for the fallout from the financial meltdown. At the time, some of us argued that good things could come from a period of constraint and reexamination. The consumer culture of design had ...READ»
No wonder women were gathered at the shipping counter of New York's Hilton Hotel last week; every attendee had the chance to leave BlogHer with multiple shopping bags of swag offered by desperate brands vying to get her attention. ...READ»
When we last checked in with innovation expert Dev Patnaik, CEO of growth-strategy firm Jump Associates, he was chiding us for heralding company innovations--as opposed to innovative companies--on last year’s Fast Company 50. ...READ»
Conventional gasoline-powered and hybrid vehicles undergo all sorts of boundary-pushing tests before hitting showrooms, but this kind of testing is still new for plug-in hybrids like the Chevrolet Volt, which has yet to be released. ...READ»
The vehicle assembly process is a tricky thing--just ask Toyota, which has had to deal with massive brake recalls over the past few weeks. Things get even more complicated when you add expensive and rapidly-changing electric vehicle ...READ»
What will happen to the Chevy Volt now that CEO Fritz Henderson has been ousted? Apparently, not too much. The electric vehicle is set to be released in a 100-vehicle rollout in California next year in a partnership with three local ...READ»
The Chevy Volt has had its problems, sure, but GM is apparently so confident that the upcoming extended-range electric vehicle can stand the test of time that it's slapping an 8 year, 100,000-mile warranty on the vehicle's pricey ...READ»
Still can't decide whether to buy the Chevy Volt PHEV when it goes on sale later this year? GM is offering a unique feature to entice customers that are skeptical of the EV's potential performance: Mountain Mode--an option for ...READ»
The latest--and perhaps most hazardous--roadblock on the Chevy Volt's journey to a car dealership near you might just be the unexpected resignation of General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson. Henderson has only been running the ...READ»
