The 2011 Chevrolet Volt arrived at a moment when you were still being told that you had to choose between gasoline convenience and electric conscience. By pairing a plug with a fuel tank, it quietly ...

Did U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood speak too soon about the Chevy Volt? The General Motors electric car suffered from quite a bit of hype late last year due to potential fire risks ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman and CEO of General Motors Co. is defending the company over battery fires in Chevrolet Volt electric cars last year. In written testimony for a congressional hearing ...

The distinguishing feature of the Chevrolet Volt has always been that as long as it has charge left in its battery, it runs solely on electricity. The gasoline engine doesn't switch on even under ...

The Chevy Volt, GM's much anticipated electric car, will be a sipper, not a guzzler, getting an astounding 230 miles per gallon in the city, the company said. The Volt runs on a battery that can be ...

Points to Chevy for utilizing GPS in a brilliant way. Their new Volt features plug-in batteries powering an electric engine that, while promising, are only good for a 40-mile range without gas backup.

It's one of the most common questions about electric cars: What happens to the battery packs after the car is junked? Do they just get thrown away? Will any of them be recycled? What happens to their ...