The Chevy Volt, General Motors says, should earn an EPA rating of 230 mpg.  The Nissan Leaf will beat that, its builders say, with a 367 mpg rating. The EPA isn’t so sure. USA Today reports, “The concept of judging fuel efficiency on electric cars by the ‘miles per gallon’ they consume is dying a [...]

Not exactly explained by GM, but the folks over at hybridcars.com have come up with some ideas as to how GM came up with that number. Here are the first 3: More Than Infinity “Under the rational that GM says the EPA applied to the Volt, an ell-electric car such as the upcoming Nissan Leaf [...]

Today Gm announced the EPA rating of the Volt at an astonishing 230 miles per gallon.  Now we all know what that 23 followed by an outlet ad campaign was for (particularly crafty subtle for GM) this past week. We talked earlier about how the EPA didn’t have a concrete plan for testing this new [...]

Chrysler’s LX-based vehicles – the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 – aren’t exactly the most fuel-efficient vehicles on the road, but the next iterations of LX cars will be much more fuel friendly. Chrysler is making drastic changes to both cars in order to comply with upcoming CAFE regulations. Re-designed versions of the Dodge Charger [...]

GM has reached an agreement with top US regulators that allows them to certify the Volt as the worlds first 100 mpg car. While the exact method of testing is not known we do know that the EPA agreed to a testing method that will at least achieve a three digit mileage number. “It’s a [...]

So far we know that GM has officially said that they don’t like that the pictures of the Volt have been released ahead of the ‘official’ unveiling.  Whether this is true or not they can’t be too satisfied with the reaction that the pictures have garnered.  Most fans have been critical of the design, saying [...]

The auto industry is facing ever increasing pressure (both from CAFE and consumers) to produce fuel efficient vehicles, and for the most part they’ve responded as well as can be expected.  They are all producing more of their small vehicles while cutting back on trucks/SUVs.  The concepts you see coming up are all about alternative [...]

There are rumors going around detroit that GM and the EPA are having words about how the Volt is rated.  The Volt is an entirely new vehicle that the EPA hasn’t seen before.  Does the EPA consider the Volt a hybrid vehicle?  Or and electric vehicle? What the EPA decides can have an important impact [...]

It seems that GM is getting tired of the constant barrage of unsubstantiated accusations made on it. They started a website, GMFactsAndFiction.com, to deal with all the rumors that surround GM. The site tackles the current issues first. From the notion that GM is asking for a bailout, to the Volt being vaporware, to the [...]

cars.com Looks like the Volt will get 640 miles per tank of gas. It can go 40 miles without using any gas, after that electricity is depleted a small gas engine turns on to power an electric generator. The main drawback is the battery technology available today. We need more efficient batteries that weigh less [...]