General Motors said the electric version of the Chevrolet Spark minicar will be able to travel 82 miles on a single charge, or seven miles farther than the Nissan Leaf. The 2014 Spark EV will get 119 miles-per-gallon-equivalent, a calculation created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to give consumers a sense for the potential Continue reading →
General Motors Co. (GM) will produce its next-generation electric cars in South Korea, the head of its South Korean unit told Reuters on Thursday, as the U.S. car maker tries to revive momentum for the stalling vehicle technology. Sergio Rocha, CEO of GM Korea, gave no time frame for the launch of the new vehicles, Continue reading →
American auto giant General Motors (NYSE:GM) is stepping up its commitment to electric vehicles. Speaking at an energy industry conference on Wednesday, GM CEO Dan Akerson predicted that major advances in battery technology were coming soon. He noted that GM was developing electric cars that could drive ranges of 100 miles and 200 miles on Continue reading →
After a difficult first year in 2011, during which Chevrolet sold a mere 7,671 Volts, sales of the vehicle shot up to a respectable 23,461 car sales for 2012 — driven largely by consumer demand reacting to high gas prices. According to the Washington Post (hat tip to Treehugger) that surge looks likely to continue: Continue reading →
arks Associates today announced Jeremy Eaton, VP & GM, Honeywell Smart Grid Solutions, Honeywell, and Kevin Meagher, VP, GM, Smart Home, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., will deliver keynotes at the upcoming Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The event, hosted by Parks Associates on February 25-27, San Antonio, addresses the growing market for new energy management Continue reading →
Depending on how you look at it, America’s most popular electric car either had a standout year, or vastly undershot its sales target. Indeed, it did both. GM sold a record 23,461 Chevy Volts in 2012, triple the amount it did last year in the electric car’s shaky debut. But the impressive figure is still Continue reading →
General Motors is giving its Chevrolet Spark a jolt of electricity. An all-electric version of the mini-car will debut this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It goes on sale this summer in California, Oregon, Canada and South Korea, where it’s made. Other markets will follow. Unlike the Chevrolet Volt sedan, which can run Continue reading →
General Motors is set to debut its new all-electric version of its mini vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week and is set to go on sale this summer in California, Oregon, Canada, Europe and South Korea — where the vehicle is made, reports The Associated Press. GM is unleashing the new Chevy Continue reading →
General Motors recently set the bold target of 500,000 electrified vehicles sold annually by 2017, and is now turning to the promise of smartphone apps to reach the finish line. Three new OnStar apps were recently previewed at the GM Electrification Experience to help extend the range of GM-brand electric vehicles and make charging more Continue reading →
What happens to electric car battery packs after they’ve seen a useful life in an electric car? That’s one of the multi-billion-dollar questions about the future of electric cars. On Wednesday in San Francisco, GM and ABB demonstrated what the companies called “the next stage in battery reuse” repackaging five used battery packs from Chevy Continue reading →
GM has already released an OnStar app that extends smartphone control to a range of vehicles, but it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that it has bigger mobile plans than that. It’s now announced two new apps designed for EV owners — one that will let you help find EV chargers on your Continue reading →
General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar say they are partnering with Pecan Street Inc. in order to gain access to real-world driving and charging patterns in a community of concentrated Chevrolet Volt owners who also live in managed-energy “smart homes.” Chevrolet made 100 Volts available for purchase on a priority basis last September to residents Continue reading →
Maybe it should be renamed “Chevrolet Volt-ville.” The largest concentration of Chevrolet Volts in the country will play a key role in helping Texas residents in a 700-acre planned community as they test the impact of “smart homes” and other green technology, like electronic vehicles. GM calls it the greatest concentration of Chevrolet Volts in Continue reading →
Call it the USB of the auto world. Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, GM, Porsche and Volkswagen have jumped on board with the SAE on a new universal charging interface for European and American electric vehicles. This charging system will be showcased next week at EVS26 (26th Annual Electric Vehicle Symposium). via Automakers Work With Continue reading →
General Motors announced Friday it will temporarily shut down production of the Chevy Volt, its break-out electric car. GM will also temporarily lay off 1,300 employees who work on the Volt’s production line between March 19 and April 23, Detroit Free Press reported. The company cites the need to “align our production with demand” for Continue reading →
It looks like GM had some good news and some bad news for the Chevy Volt to end 2011 with. As Autoblog Green reports, the plug-in vehicle saw its best ever month in December with 1,529 cars sold, bringing its total sales for the year to 7,671. via Chevy Volt sees best sales yet in Continue reading →
