Well, here's something a bit greener to chew on, General Motors says this: almost two out of every three miles driven in a Chevrolet Volt are battery-powered. According to those old Trident ...

“But at the end of the day, if we can get the battery chemistry ... normally been gas-powered, but it also highlights the need for fully electric vehicles since GM’s Volt fleet still used ...

Here at Hackaday, we choose to memorialize the soon-to-be-departed Chevrolet Volt ... car with a small battery to keep it affordable, backed up by a gasoline-powered generator to provide the ...

GM will establish the first lithium-ion battery pack manufacturing facility operated by a major automaker in the United States to produce the Volt's battery pack system. It consists of lithium-ion ...

However, while one could purchase an EV for city driving and a gasoline-powered ... run when the battery hits its minimum charge level. So, if you frequently top-up the Chevy Volt via its charger ...

facility (roughly the size of GM’s display at the Detroit Auto Show) will be built in Michigan in 2009 with output of the battery packs in 2010. The lithium-ion battery cells for the Volt will ...

General Motors Co. has released the following animation of repairs it will make to the Volt's lithium-ion battery pack after three of the batteries sparked or caught fire days or weeks after being ...

GM designed a complex cooling system for the Volt’s lithium ion battery pack to help regulate ... empty the fuel tank on conventional gasoline powered vehicles.” He also says that the NHTSA ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. William covers motorbikes, E-bikes, cars, trucks and mobility tech. GM has decided to end production of the Bolt EV, its first mass ...

The Chevy Volt is unique in that is the first electric vehicle that successfully marries an electric motor and battery with a conventional engine that keep the vehicle powered up over longer trips. In ...

However, the Volt's onboard gasoline-powered battery-charging engine eliminates range anxiety. Chevrolet estimates a total range of about 420 miles if the Volt is not recharged via an external source.