Within its fleet at the University of Connecticut, Hertz On Demand will soon be offering the Chevy Volt as a car-sharing choice. The program operates locally to serve university students, faculty, and residents who wish to use a pay-as-you-go car service with no annual charge and which features a rate as low as $6.50 per [...]
Most models of lithium-ion batteries follow the one-dimensional analysis approach. The major drawback of this is that the porosity and liquid-phase salt transport and solid-phase electronic conductivity are not explicitly resolved and the diffusion of lithium into and out of solid is modeled using representative spherical particles assuming perfect symmetry. These modeling assumptions limit the achievable [...]
GM president Mark Reuss used the Detroit Auto Show to make a major pronouncement about the future of electric transportation, saying that, “The electric car is not dead.” As the executive heading up the corporation responsible for the Cadillac ELR, the Chevy Volt, and the Chevy Spark EV, Reuss speaks from experience. He pointed out [...]
GM announced this week that its Chevy Volt hybrid-electric car sold 23,461 units in calendar 2012, more than triple the number sold in the vehicle’s debut year of 2011. The Volt also topped sales numbers of another famous GM product, the Corvette, which saw a sales total of about 14,000 cars for 2012. Against the [...]
Jeff Kaffee, the first Chevy Volt owner, is not one to complain about the price of gasoline. That is because he has logged more than 12,000 miles in the two years since purchasing his Volt and has used a mere 26 gallons of gasoline. If you do the math, that comes out to an amazing [...]
In the month of December, the total electric distance driven by Chevy Volt owners reached 100 million miles. According to official company data, the car’s average owner uses all-electric mode approximately 65 percent of the time. Because most owners only buy gasoline for long-range driving, the typical Volt owner only has to fill up once [...]
General Motors has introduced new Smartphone apps for its Chevy Volt and Spark EV to make charging easier and to spur friendly competition among drivers, who can accurately measure their EV mode efficiency. In addition to Waypoint and Park-Tap-Charge, which let owners determine charge point proximity and cost, GM developed the Volt Driver Challenge specifically [...]
Custom electric cars are popping up everywhere these days, and one of the leaders of the movement (and a movement it is, make no mistake) is Andrew McClary, founder of High Voltage Hot Rods, Inc. Andrew built the EVGT-40, a replica that was inspired by the GT-40. A believer in the future of “cool, fast [...]
LA Auto Show Green and Advanced Technology Ride & Drive to Preview Latest In-car Innovations and Fuel-efficient Vehicles
LOS ANGELES, CA - November 19, 2012 – The Los Angeles Auto Show announced today that its media-only Ride & Drive will expand this year to present not only fuel-efficient vehicles, but also vehicles featuring the most advanced in-car technologies. Approximately 25 vehicles [...]
The Los Angeles Auto Show® will feature nearly 50 vehicle debuts at the Show Nov. 28-29 when it opens for Press Days and Nov. 30-Dec. 9 for the public. The show will host world debuts ranging from electric vehicles to performance and luxury designs from a global array of the world’s top automakers. The number [...]
The Los Angeles Auto Show confirmed today that nearly 50 vehicles will debut at the show Nov. 28-29 when it opens for Press Days and Nov. 30-Dec. 9 for the public. Just two weeks away, the show will feature world debuts ranging from electric vehicles to performance and luxury designs from a global array of the world’s [...]
(This was a great start for the Club! If you are a Volt owner and were not there, follow-up with Farina Young for more info. Courtesy Chevrolet is providing many outstanding benefits and support to Volt Owners and their Families)
COURTESY CHEVROLET HOSTS THE FIRST VOLT OWNERS OF AMERICA CLUB MEETING! HELD AT COURTESY CHEVROLET
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