When General Motors and Chevrolet unveiled the plug-in-hybrid Volt back in the early days of the Obama administration, then-CEO Rick Wagoner said the car was “a great way to open our second ...

GM's Chevy Volt will run on pure electric power for the first 40 miles of driving, meaning its battery is going to get a good workout day in and day out. With ...

An article in the Atlantic Monthly examines the genesis and gestation of the Chevy Volt, and concludes with an intriguing mix of potential hits and misses. Calling the Volt "the Barack Obama of ...

The GM retiree and self-proclaimed tree-hugger who now drives a hybrid Honda Insight was the first person to plunk down a $750 deposit for a Chevrolet Volt at Berger Chevrolet.

Just a year ago, GM changed its tune about the possibility of hybrids—and plug-in hybrids like the much-loved Chevrolet Volt—in the company’s near-term future. Put simply, GM was finished ...

GM advertised the original Volt with up to 230 MPG. Buying one used revealed a lifetime MPG of just 26. It was so seamlessly designed, nobody had bothered plugging it in.

General Motors banks on its electric car, the Chevy Volt. Aug. 1, 2008— -- For years, the sale of gas-guzzling power vehicles drove General Motors to the top of the industry. But today GM ...