Chevy Volt sales drop to 603, Nissan moves 676 Leafs in January

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Nissan

This one has got to hurt. After a record-best 1,529 units sold in December, sales of the Chevrolet Volt dropped to just 603 in January, part of an overall decline in GM model sales compared to the last month of 2011. The good news in this less-than-half drop? If you [...]

Bob Lutz: Hey right-wingers, stop attacking the Chevy Volt

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM

In the wake of last week’s bruising hearing on Capitol Hill about the safety of the Chevrolet Volt, which itself followed an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that concluded plug-in vehicles do not “pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles,” former General Motors vice [...]

GM launches ad campaign touting Chevy Volt safety

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet

General Motors has launched an advertising campaign touting the safety of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in electric vehicle, just as its CEO testified to Congress that a recent Volt fire that took place after a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test would never occur under real-world circumstances, Bloomberg News [...]

Bad math makes claim that each Volt cost taxpayers $250,000 go viral

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM

Oh, how easy it is to go viral on the Internet. All you have to do is be really, really bad at math. Or have an agenda. Here’s how to play the game:
Start with a car that is already in the news and for some reason has turned into a [...]

Chevy Volt battery fix may cost $1,000, will hang on to top IIHS rating

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM

Spontaneous combustion concerns weeks after a crash may prompt General Motors to spend about $1,000 per Chevrolet Volt to fix, according to a report from Reuters. The proposed fixes, which would cost a total of $9 million, would likely include reinforcements around vulnerable areas of the car’s battery pack, lamination [...]

Chevy Volt battery may be redesigned for improved safety

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM

In the wake of a post-accident fire at a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration facility and with a safety probe underway, GM is considering a redesign of the battery used in the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt.
GM Chief Executive Dan Akerson has said he is open the possibility of redesigning the [...]

Volt sales climb to 1,139, Leaf drops to 672 in November

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Nissan

The Chevy Volt continues to increase its monthly sales figures, trending upward a little bit compared to October and way up over the doldrums of the summer months. In July, for example, GM sold just 125 Volts. In November, the company sold 1,139 units.
Even with this good news, it’s nearly [...]

Ducks live in reused Chevy Volt battery covers and other intersting tidbits from GM

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, GM

It’s Turkey Day here in the U.S., so why not a post about ducks? Well, a post that mentions ducks, at least.
It turns out that old Chevy Volt battery covers are being reused as wood duck nesting boxes at GM’s Milford, MI Proving Ground. That’s just one of the wildlife-friendly tidbits that [...]

Jay Leno drives 11,000 miles in his Chevy Volt, doesn’t ever fill up with gas

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Hybrid, Chevrolet

Here’s a fun bit of trivia: Jay Leno has driven his Chevy Volt over 11,000 miles and doesn’t have a single gas station receipt to show for it. According to the New York Times’ Wheels blog, Leno has had his plug-in for 11 months and, as he told the [...]

NC Chevy Volt fire likely not caused by plug-in car

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM, USA

When news of a fire in a North Carolina garage housing a Chevy Volt broke last week, green car enthusiasts – and, no doubt, General Motors – sucked in a collective breath. Had the lithium-ion battery pack in the range-extending hybrid suffered from some sort of defect? Or was [...]

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