BASED ON A NEW ratings methodology drafted by the US Environmental Protection Agency, GM’s 2010 Chevrolet Volt petrol-electric hybrid will achieve 230 miles per gallon (around 1.2 l/100km) in regular city driving.

Tests for the Volt’s combined city and highway driving are still underway. GM CEO Fritz Henderson said the company is expecting better than 100mpg [...]

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Chevrolet Volt Vehicle Chief Engineer Andrew Farah takes the first pre-production Chevrolet Volt for a drive in Warren, Michigan.

A WEEK AHEAD of schedule, GM’s Chevrolet Volt hybrid has hit the road, in pre-production form, ahead of its market debut around November next year.

While all of the previous sights of the Volt have been mockups and [...]

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GENERAL MOTORS HAS begun pumping out the first batch of pre-production Chevy Volts, cars which will be used for a wide range of testing, troubleshooting and safety certification over the coming months.

To date, the only Chevrolet Volts we’ve seen have been hand-built prototypes based on the Cruze and Chevy Malibu, which are, of course, not [...]

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The hard times at GM may appear to have no end in sight, but recent comments from GM’s global product chief, Tom Stephens, indicate that the storm clouds overhead haven’t changed the company’s plans for the Volt.

Talking to journalists at a University of Michigan event, Stephens was quoted as saying that ‘at this point in [...]

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