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GM: Chevy Volt Dance a major marketing gaffe? Sure. Let's move on.

It's no secret that General Motors' Chevrolet Volt song and dance (ignoring the obvious jokes here...) have brought the automaker's marketing department some much-deserved flack. In case you've been living under a rock for the past few days, we'll recap: GM commissioned a song to explain some of the finer points of how the Volt's high-tech powertrain functions and later decided to add a dance routine to the jingle and let it loose on an unsuspecting public at the LA Auto Show. According to Green Car Reports, the song was initially written ... Read more →

Detroit Preview: Next-generation Chevrolet Aveo RS to appear at Cobo Sam Abuelsamid

On Wednesday night, Chevrolet held a media preview in Motown to discuss and show off some of what will be coming up at the Detroit Auto Show next month. Unfortunately, we were not allowed take any ...

REPORT: Chevrolet Malibu to join Volt in Detroit-Hamtramck plant Sam Abuelsamid

It's long been presumed that the Chevrolet Volt (and its Opel/Vauxhall Ampera twin) would not be the only car rolling out of General Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant after late 2010. After ...

GM investing $336 million in Detroit plant to build Chevrolet Volt Sam Abuelsamid

Production of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt marks an important transition for General Motors. It's the first plug-in electric drive vehicle that the automaker is building for sale to anyone that wants ...

VIDEO: Chevrolet Volt tests driver-controlled audio warning system with the blind Sam Abuelsamid

As the popularity of hybrids has grown over the last few years, advocates for the blind have been raising a red flag about noise, or -- more to the point -- the lack of it. Because electric-drive ...

Chevy Volt color contest finalists include EV-ergreen, environMINT and Viridian Joule [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog

As of this morning, Chevrolet is moving into the final stage of its Volt color naming contest. The company has picked three finalists from among the names submitted by 13,000 people over the last two weeks. Starting this morning, you can cast your vote for which of the finalists will win the ...

Caveat Emptor: Columbus, Ohio dealer taking deposits on Volt 1 month ago on Autoblog

Fans of the Chevrolet Volt have been waiting patiently nearly three years now for the first extended-range electric vehicle to debut. One Columbus, Ohio area Chevrolet dealer is looking to take advantage of this eagerness by posting an auction on eBay Motors for its allocation of Volts. Jack ...

GM invites Volt fans to name first color and win a test drive! 1 month ago on Autoblog

Take a close look at the Chevy Volt in the photo above. We've seen it a number of times already but we've never said anything about the color. While it's predominantly silver, it does have a green (or more specifically emerald) tint in it. According to General Motors spokesman David Darovitz, ...

Catching up with Chevrolet's 1,200-mile pre-production Volt fleet drive 2 months ago on Autoblog

Yesterday, we had an opportunity to chat with Chevrolet Volt chief engineer Andrew Farah as he rode through the hills of West Virginia during a development drive. On Tuesday, a fleet of eight pre-production (a.k.a. IVER) Volts set out from the company's Milford Proving Ground in Michigan on ...

GM investing $230M in Flint area facilities to support Chevrolet Cruze, Volt 2 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors announced today that it will spend $230 million on four facilities in the Flint, Michigan area that will support the production of the new Chevy Cruze compact and the Volt extended-range EV. The biggest chunk of the money ($202 million) is being spent on the Flint South Engine ...

REPORT: EPA planning to address outlandish fuel economy claims of electric cars 2 months ago on Autoblog

The EPA is aware that range-extended electric vehicles can game the current fuel economy test to deliver mileage estimates way up in the stratosphere. It makes for impressive advertising, like General Motors' touting of the Chevrolet Volt's estimated 230 mpg, but the EPA wants to give a more ...

VIDEO: See how prototype Chevy Volt bodies are built 4 months ago on Autoblog

Right now the crew at General Motors' pre-production operations center at the Warren Technical Center is in the midst of building 75 Chevy Volt IVER prototypes. IVERs, or integration vehicle engineering release prototypes, are the last stage of prototypes prior to pilot builds. For these IVER ...

First Drive: Chevrolet Volt powertrain mule [w/VIDEO] 7 months ago on Autoblog

– It's been 28 months since we watched Bob Lutz drive onto the stage at Cobo Hall in Detroit and step out of the Chevrolet Volt concept. In the intervening period, a corporate drama of epic proportions has transpired as Lutz has gone into semi-retirement, Rick Wagoner has been ousted as ...

Geneva 2009: Opel goes Voltec, Ampera coming in late 2011 9 months ago on Autoblog

General Motors Europe boss Carl-Peter Forster began this morning's press conference in Geneva with an acknowledgment of the dire financial straights that the entire industry is experiencing right now. Forster also candidly admitted that GM is currently investigating all options when it comes to ...

BREAKING: GM cancels contracts for Cruze/Volt engine plant 10 months ago on Autoblog

The bad news just keeps on coming for General Motors and Flint, Michigan. It was reported late last night that construction contracts for the new $370 million engine plant that was going up in Flint have been canceled. GM actually stopped work on the project in early December. The plant was to ...

GM reported to have chosen Compact Power as Volt battery supplier 1 year ago on Autoblog

2011 Chevrolet Volt Ever since that cold day in January when the Chevrolet Volt concept rolled onto the stage at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, the single biggest question has been the battery. More specifically, could GM find a lithium ion battery that would provide 40 miles of range on a charge, ...

Bob Lutz on Volt: "no reasonable doubt... this is going to work" 1 year ago on Autoblog

Bob Lutz has come out and said it again: "I would say there's almost no reasonable doubt in our minds anymore that this is going to work." And that isn't just that the Chevy Volt will work -- it's that it will work on time and as promised. In spite of the difficulties GM has had getting Volt ...

Bob Lutz blogs about first drive in Volt mule 1 year ago on Autoblog

Bob Lutz has gotten behind the wheel of a Chevy Volt mule, and he seems rather impressed -- both by the performance of its electric drivetrain's instant torque capabilities and the far-reaching impact that the electric vehicle could have on the marketplace. Of course, we are all familiar by now ...

Lutz declares that first Volt mule is running 40 miles on battery power 1 year ago on Autoblog

According to Bob Lutz, the first Chevy Volt powertrain mule has just passed a major milestone. After several weeks of testing in the lab with a battery pack installed, the Malibu based pre-prototype has rolled out into the fresh air. In fact, according to Lutz, the car has even rolled passed past ...

GM considering all-electric Volt to meet Cali requirements? How about no battery? 1 year ago on Autoblog

The hopes and dreams of electric car aficionados for a purely battery powered successor to the late, lamented EV1 may soon be satisfied. Or not. It all depends on ... you guessed it, the battery. However, the latest utterings from Maximum Bob have people buzzing again. Mr. Lutz spoke to EV site ...

Real photo of the real Volt powertrain mule 1 year ago on Autoblog

As so often happens when the first spy shots of a new car surfaces, we jump all over them trying to get them on-line and then we stop and take a closer look at what we have. Then questions start to arise. Is this really what we think it is? If not, what is it? Well, when it comes to one of the most ...

General Motors study shows superiority of EREVs over plug-in hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog

Fans of hybrid vehicles have been clamoring for carmakers to add plug-in capability to those models so that they can grab some juice off the grid and leave more in the tank. The problem is that making a useful PHEV is actually not as simple as just plopping in a bigger battery pack and some ...

Detroit 2008: GM Style 2008, Music, Fashion and Cars 1 year ago on Autoblog

Last Saturday night before the Press Days began for the 2008 edition of the Detroit Auto Show, the 2nd annual GM Style event took place in a huge tent set up in a parking lot near the Renaissance Center headquarters of General Motors. Like last year's event, this runway show featured cars and ...

CES 2008: Cadillac Provoq Fuel Cell Concept revealed! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click on the Cadillac Provoq concept for a high-res image gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Cadillac_Provoq_Concept_debuts_at_CES_2008'; Following the introductions of the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Flextreme during 2007 auto show season, Cadillac is bringing forth a third design based ...

BREAKING: First glimpse of the production Chevy Volt! 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge the teaser shot of the production Chevy Volt var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Production_Chevy_Volt_teaser_image'; The Chevy Volt concept was undoubtedly the star of the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, with most people who saw it clamoring for it to be built. However, it didn't ...

Roll out the red carpet, the GM Style show is coming to Dubai! 2 years ago on Autoblog

Cheryl Hines with the Chevy Sequel at the 2007 Detroit GM Style show For the past couple of years, General Motors has held a series of GM Style events at various major auto shows around the world. The shows bring together an assortment of GM concept and production cars along with various celebrities ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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