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General Motors is touting the reliability of the lithium-ion batteries in its new Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle by providing its customers with an eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty.
Late-night comic and “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, who has been courted by General Motors Co. to help build buzz for the Chevrolet Volt, zinged the automaker with a backhanded compliment to the highly anticipated electric car.
Late-night comic and “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, who has been courted by General Motors Co. to help build buzz for the Chevrolet Volt, zinged the automaker with a backhanded compliment to the highly anticipated electric car.
The Volt has four female project leaders, a sign that women are cracking the glass ceiling at automakers.
The Chevy Volt is finally coming together. GM just went public with the details surrounding its battery warranty and it’s on the same level as the Prius’s. The auto maker will cover the Volt’s LG Chem lithium-manganese pack for eight years or 100,000 miles. This comes after extensive testing over a three-year period in which testers logged over 1 million miles of driving and 4 million hours on …
General Motors will guarantee the lithium-ion battery in the Chevrolet Volt for 100,000 miles of driving or eight years, whichever comes first, the automaker announced Thursday.
General Motors will guarantee the battery in the Chevrolet Volt electric car for a longer period than its conventional car warranties, according to a person briefed on the plans.
General Motors Co. is expected to announce warranty coverage today for expensive lithium-ion batteries essential to the Chevrolet Volt electric car, according to a person familiar with the plan.
BLADE NEWS SERVICES Folks in Austin will be among the first consumers in the nation to be able to buy the 2011 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid electric car when the vehicle goes on sale this year, General Motors Co. said. Other markets to get the Volt this year will be California, the District of Columbia, and the New York metropolitan area. Then, the car will go on sale in the rest of Texas …
General Motors is set to begin sales of the Chevrolet Volt electric car by the end of this year. But if you have your heart set on buying one, you’d better cool your heels.
