2016 Chevy Volt Interior: Bolder and More Cohesive
Much has been made of the 2016 Chevrolet Volt’s bold new exterior, but there’s room enough to discuss the numerous improvements to the Volt’s interior. “The 2016 Volt maintains the high-tech interior design aesthetic of the first-generation Volt, but has more user-friendly elements creating an inviting balance between ambiance and functionality,” said Crystal Windham, Chevrolet […]
2016 Chevy Volt Exterior Serves Form and Function
One of the biggest talking points going into the reveal of the 2016 Chevrolet Volt revolved around how it would look. When the covers were at last lifted, we found at that Chevy had indeed taken an extremely efficient vehicle that was otherwise drab and managed to improve both its performance and its look. “Customers […]
2016 Chevy Volt Revealed at CES in Las Vegas
The next-gen Volt won’t have its official debut until next week, when GM premieres the car on its home turf of Detroit at the city’s North American International Auto Show. But the people at Chevrolet are apparently quite proud, quite impatient, or a little bit of both, because they went ahead and provided a sneak […]
Will the Next-Gen Chevy Volt Design Copy the Corvette Stingray?
When we first heard this suggestion, our initial though was “hahahahahaha.” After all, the Chevy Volt is about as far removed from the Corvette design-wise (and everything else-wise) as Scrooge McDuck is from winning the office ugly sweater contest. But, as it turns out, the idea isn’t quite as laughable as we first imagined. In […]
Erick Belmer Takes His Chevy Volt to 200,000 Miles
They said it couldn’t be done*, but Erick Belmer has done it! According to a recent report out of InsideEVs, Mr. Belmer recently got his Chevy Volt to 200,000 miles. Yes, really. *No one actually said that, to our knowledge. We’re just drama queens. Belmer purchased a model year 2012 Volt on March 28 of […]
2016 Chevy Volt Efficiency Announced, Sort Of
Over the last several months, Chevy has been giving us little pieces to the larger puzzle that is the 2016 Volt. We’ve gotten teaser photos (number one and number two), stories about investments and camouflage, and even a promise that the next-gen Volt will be more efficient. The one thing we haven’t gotten? Actual numbers. […]
Another 2016 Chevy Volt Teaser, Courtesy of Twitter
Chevrolet does not seem to be able to keep its trap shut when it comes to the next-generation Volt. The extended range EV is meant to be unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this coming January in Detroit, but Chevy has given us all kinds of sneak peeks and statistical insights over the […]
Next-Generation Chevy Volt Charging System Sees Big Changes
Despite the fact that Volts have the gasoline range extender, most Volt drivers tend to rely on the electric power only. In fact, the US Department of Energy reported that more than 80% of Volt trips consist of nothing but electric power. Since the electric driving is so important to drivers of the Volt, Chevy […]
Chevy Volt Is Electric/Hybrid Car Best Buy of 2015
The good folks at Kelley Blue Book (KBB) have just named the Chevy Volt its Electric/Hybrid Car Best Buy of 2015. The four-year-old Volt beat out competition from the Nissan LEAF, the Toyota Prius, and even the new BMW i3 for the distinction. Vehicle Research: All-New Chevy Volt It’s really no surprise. KBB has developed […]
Chevy Volt Electric Drive Unit to Be Built at Warren Transmission Plant
Marks major Michigan investments from GM
Chevrolet today announced that the second-generation Chevy Volt electric drive unit would be built at GM’s Warren Transmission Plant in Michigan. This means that the majority of the Volt powertrain will be manufactured in the very state that houses company headquarters. According to GM, this makes Michigan the “company’s global engineering center of excellence for […]
Chevy Volt Camouflage Is Tough Business
The next generation of the Chevy Volt won’t be making a public appearance until January of next year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, meaning that engineers have been tasked with creating a Chevy Volt camouflage so successful that we pesky media folks can’t quite keep up. (Yes, engineers, not designers, create […]
2015 Chevy Volt Overview
What’s New for the 2015 Chevy Volt? With a D2XX-based Chevrolet Volt supposedly just one or two years away from release, the first-generation Chevy Volt is getting close to the end of its model cycle. So there is nothing revolutionary coming to the 2015 edition of the Volt, just one deletion and three additions. Specifically, […]
Reuss Touches Upon 2016 Chevy Volt Specs, Is Still Elusive
Getting Chevy to talk about any 2016 Chevy Volt specs is almost as difficult as it is to take the Youabian Puma seriously. We did recently report that the redesigned Volt will be bowing sooner than expected, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit this coming January, and that the engine will […]
How Does a Chevy Volt Powertrain Work? Let an Engineer Explain
Have you ever thought to yourself, “how does a Chevy Volt powertrain work?” No? Well, neither have we, but apparently someone out there has – specifically YouTube user d55guy, who filmed over thirty minutes of footage featuring himself disassembling the Volt’s battery pack, motor, inverter, and more. [ Click here to watch the videos ] […]
Out with the Old, In with the New: 2016 Chevy Volt Updates
A few days ago, Chevrolet teased the upcoming 2016 Volt with a close-up photo of the car’s rear and announced that the new model would debut this fall in Detroit at the 2015 North American International Auto Show. Since then, a bit more information has come to light, the biggest take-away being that the new […]
2016 Chevy Volt Will Debut at NAIAS
Global Chevrolet Chief Marketing Officer, Tim Mahoney, today announced that the 2016 Chevy Volt will debut at NAIAS (North American International Auto Show) in Detroit, in January of 2015. Unfortunately, GM released nothing else about the all-new model. Instead of going over all the latest features for the 2016 Volt, Chevy instead drilled us with […]
2014 Chevy Volt Earns a Top Safety Pick+ Rating
The all-new 2014 Chevrolet Volt recently earned a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) thanks to its available Forward Collision Alert. Even more impressive, the Volt was the only one of twelve small cars that were tested to earn the top honor. Specifically, the Volt earned four (out of […]
2015 Chevy Volt Battery Is Supersized
Earlier this month, we brought you (what we thought were) all the updates for the 2015 Chevy Volt. It turns out, however, that Chevy was holding out on us, until now. One final change to the all-new Volt includes a battery upgrade. Specifically, the 2015 Chevy Volt battery will grow from a 16.5-kWh unit to […]