Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric
Just when you thought you’d seen all the Super Bowl ads there were to see, Chevrolet is jumping in with a whole new spot for the Volt. The General Motors plug-in hybrid has been struggling to make sales headway for a number of reasons, including a now-closed [...]
Filed under: Hybrid, Government/Legal, Safety, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric
What a surprise. Today’s Congressional hearing over the Chevrolet Volt fire and the resulting investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration turned out to be contentious.
The hearing took place in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending. Just [...]
Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Sedan, Etc., Technology, Chevrolet, GM, Electric
General Motors is having a hard time with the Chevrolet Volt. First, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a probe into the vehicle over the possibility of post-crash fires, and now some of its dealers are refusing to take their allocations of the extended-range [...]
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Government/Legal, Safety, Chevrolet
The National Higway Traffic Safety Administration has officially closed the book on its investigation into the Chevrolet Volt. The result finds that “no discernible defect trend exists” and “Based on the available data, NHTSA does not believe that Chevy Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of [...]
Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Government/Legal, Safety, Chevrolet
It’s a safe wager that no one expected the report of the Chevrolet Volt fire after a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash test to turn into a Congressional dressing-down. The short story: NHTSA crash-tested a Volt in May, that car caught fire in June while in storage, and [...]
