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General Motors Groundbreaking New Electric Vehicle uses GE Ecomagination* T
It's been nearly 100 years, but Thomas Edison's belief in electricity as a viable propulsion system for automobiles is one step closer to reality due to the efforts of General Motors and General Electric. Today, GE participated in General Motors' unveiling of its newest concept vehicle, the Chevrolet Volt, at the North American International Auto Show, in Detroit. The Volt's E-Flex flexible propulsion system offers a global blended range of transportation energy solutions to regional energy...
CHEVROLET VOLT CONCEPT'S SPIRITED DESIGN PROVES ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS V
While the technologically advanced Chevrolet Volt has the capability to travel 40 miles on electricity alone, at first glance, the concept could easily be mistaken as simply a design statement. The Volt conveys an immediate message of agility and sophistication, with exterior proportions more commonly associated with classic sports cars. Twenty-one-inch wheels and sheer, taut surface relationships reiterate the statement. The Chevrolet Volt's athletic design challenges the notion that an environmentally conscious vehicle can't be beautiful...
GM'S E-FLEX SYSTEM MOVES THE AUTOMOBILE TOWARD NEW ELECTRIC AGE
General Motors Corp. will introduce multiple propulsion systems that fit into a common chassis, using electric drive to help the world diversify energy sources and establish electricity from the grid as one of those sources. GM refers to this family of propulsion systems as the "E-flex System." "The DNA of the automobile has not changed in more than 100 years," said Larry Burns, GM vice president of research and development and strategic planning. "Vehicles still operate...
GM'S CONCEPT ELECTRIC VEHICLE COULD NEARLY ELIMINATE TRIPS TO THE GAS STATI
General Motors Corp. unveiled a new electric vehicle concept that could nearly eliminate going to the gas station altogether. The concept car, called the Chevrolet Volt, is a battery-powered electric vehicle that uses a gas engine to create additional electricity, thereby extending its range. The Chevy Volt draws from GM's previous experience in starting the modern electric vehicle market when it launched the EV1 in 1996, according to GM Vice Chairman Robert A. Lutz. "The EV1...