January 25 2012 by
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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 [...]
December 7 2011 by
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Filed under: Hybrid, Government/Legal, Safety, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric
Regular readers probably know the story of the Chevrolet Volt NHTSA post-crash fire by heart, but here are the important details as a refresher: The original car that triggered the investigation was crash tested by NHTSA in May. Three weeks later, in early June, the same car caught [...]
November 17 2011 by
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Filed under: Hybrid, Government/Legal, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric
The Chevy Volt may be able to travel about 40 miles without emitting a gram of CO2, but the car isn’t clean enough to qualify for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane access in California. Make that wasn’t clean enough.
Today, GM announced that California dealers are now taking orders for [...]
November 11 2011 by
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Filed under: Sedan, Safety, Chevrolet, GM, Electric
As a tipster put it: “Crap.”
Even though there is plenty of evidence that the Chevy Volt is a safe car (one just protected its occupants in a recent crash with a bus), there are now new and seemingly legitimate worries about the safety of the 16-kWh battery pack after [...]
June 10 2011 by
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Filed under: GM, Electric
Glenn Beck on the gas tax – Click above to watch video after the jump
If there’s one thing that is fast becoming true about the Chevy Volt, it’s that right-wing political pundits really, really don’t like it. So, we will admit up front that this story comes straight out of the “predictable/it’s [...]
