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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You know, I am mightily impressed by the Tata Nano. It’s a strange attraction because, as a gearhead, any soulless reduction of the car down to a minimalist representation of its function makes me wince.

However, while the Nano may look boring to the desensitised Western eye, to the Indian chap who can just about afford [...]

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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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The first version is still yet to go on sale, but engineers at General Motors are already hard at work developing the second and third generations of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid.

With the first Volt still over twelve months away, GM has decided to start work on successive generations of the car in an attempt [...]

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After having spent an undoubtedly gruelling two weeks with President Obama’s automotive task force - most of it, most certainly, on ‘the rack’ - GM and Chrysler will now play host on home turf in Detroit.

The US Government task force has been sent to Detroit to get a closer, on-the-job look at the inner workings of America’s struggling giant [...]

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Whether these images are ‘as official’ as the first official image we showed you yesterday is tough to say – and something about the centre of the rear diffuser does look a little dodgy.

Nonetheless, these images look great. If this is the final styling of Opel’s version of the Chevy Volt, the German marque may [...]

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Holden took advantage of the spotlight during its presentation at the Melbourne International Motor Show, revealing the first images of the Volt as it is likely to appear when it hits Aussie roads.

Essentially a rebadged, right-hand-drive version of the now well-known Chevy Volt, the Holden Volt will offer the same 64 kilometre range as its [...]

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Opel first offered the world a glimpse of its version of the Chevrolet Volt back in late January, and now the first official image of the Opel Ampera is online.

Going by this one image, it looks as though the main difference between the two cars will be the unique Opel face.

Two deep, vertical gouges streak [...]

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GM’s upcoming Voltec drivetrain, as featured in the Chevrolet Volt, Opel Ampera and Cadillac Converj, will bring with it some exciting new possibilities when it debuts in 2010. Chief among these will be the ability to alter vehicle dynamics with nothing more than a simple software update.

Instead of waiting for a traditional mid-cycle-enhancement or model [...]

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Anyone paying attention to the news seeping from the set of the upcoming Transformers sequel will already know that Chevrolet’s Volt plug-in hybrid has scored a role in the film.

Until now, we’ve only had poor quality spy shots and eye-witness accounts to go on, but GM has thrown all of that out the window with [...]

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