2012 Chevrolet Volt Review & Test Drive

The all-new 2012 Chevrolet Volt has entered into its second year of production remaining mostly unchanged with the exception of a few tweaks. Having been on American roads for a year now, the new Volt continues to be among the most fuel efficient cars on the market.

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2011 Chevrolet Volt Review & Test Drive

The new Chevrolet Volt is one of the most talked about vehicles today.  After spending countless hours behind the wheel of one, I completely understand why. The new 2011 Chevrolet Volt just may be ‘the car’ that helps set a new trend towards weaning us off of our abundant dependency of oil in the United States.

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Jay Leno Takes Delivery Of His New Chevy Volt

Who else but Jay Leno has such a large car collection and has recently opted to purchase a new Chevrolet Volt? I can’t think of anyone. Jay is a one-of-a-kind person who never flaunts the fact that he has millions to spend however he pleases. Instead of Jay taking delivery of the latest exotic or luxury car, he decides to be a little on the economical side of things this day by taking delivery of his brand new Chevy Volt.

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EPA Rates Nissan Leaf & Chevy Volt With MPG Equivalent Estimates

Many critics have been awaiting the EPA fuel-economy estimates for the Chevrolet Volt. Many enthusiasts believed it would be some type of chart fuel-economy sticker that the Volt would receive due to its complex nature of allowing fully-electric driving under 35 miles but over that it would start utilizing the gas engine as generator for the battery. They were partly correct, the new EPA fuel-economy sticker for the Chevy Volt is nothing short of a spreadsheet of data explaining the ‘equivalent’ consumption to expect under electric range and then under a miles-per-gallon equivalent. The key figure under the expected 35 miles of electric range is a 93 miles per-gallon equivalent and a 60 miles per-gallon under gas-electric power.

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The 2011 Chevy Volt Is As Good As The Hype – Chevrolet Volt Full Test Drive

‘The 2011 Chevy Volt Is As Good As The Hype’

There appear to be two camps when it comes to the Chevy Volt; on the one hand, detractors cry, “it’s just another hybrid”, while discussing conspiracy theories about government subsidies for electric vehicles.  On the other hand, those who’ve driven it, myself included, come away pretty damn impressed.  How impressed?  Motor Trend just named the 2011 Chevy Volt the “Car of the Year”, and not two hours later Automobile magazine followed up with the “Automobile of the Year” award.  I’ll tell you flat out: the Chevy Volt is perhaps the most significant automobile of the past 50 years, and it’s the launching pad for a whole new generation of high-tech vehicles.  You can love it or you you can hate it, but you certainly can’t ignore it.

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2011 Chevrolet Volt Selling for $41,000* or $350/Month Lease

General Motors is now taking orders for the new 2011 Chevy Volt which touts a price tag of $41,000 before the $7,500 tax credit which will only be paid to new buyers through their tax return. That makes the effective-purchase-price only $33,500. Those looking to hop in a new Volt will also get the option to enter into a 3-year lease for $350 a month.

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Knock, Knock its GM… Your Chevy Volt is Almost Ready

Well the Volt is on its way to the market and boy it was like watching your own baby being born yes its beautiful and educating but damn it seems like it took forever.  Now with the limmeted release in their chosen few areas that were decided may make some people disgruntled. You know that slight feeling of prejudice when you are not the chosen one, and that scales all areas of humanity. Enough of my ranting about being dissed because I do not live in one of those chosen areas. I will just borrow my brothers and test drive his when he gets it.

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OnStar Integrates Google maps for Chevy Volt Navigation Apps

OnStar, the ever-so-popular service found in most General Motors Vehicles providing driver assistance via a live person will be leveraging the power of Google technology to develop a number of new mobile app features for upcoming navigation systems. The first to have this new marriage of navigation integration will be the Chevy Volt.

View the demonstration video and full press release below for more information…

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