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• Upcoming: #carchat 23; August 12 @ 8PM EST

  Banovsky on August 12, 2009

  This week, we're talking about the Chevrolet Volt's supposed 230 mpg city rating, the General's coming product renaissance, base model cars, and how we want our motorsports to be covered. That and more on this week's #carchat!

  If you're confused, check out the #carchat How-To. Anyone can join us at 8PM EST August 12, but you'll need a Twitter account to ask questions and participate.

  However, if you'd like to follow things live, go here at 8 PM EST.

  And if you'd like to suggest topics for next week, please tag articles on Delicious.com with "carchat."

  This week:

  • Discussion: The Chevrolet Volt is real, but what about that 230 mpg rating? Relevant?
  • Discussion: Many people were toured through GM Design studios…so are we excited for the future?
  • Discussion: Are the GM "bare necessities" a response to Tata and other cut-price cars?
  • Discussion: How do you want your motorsports coverage uh…covered? Via @sandbarmark

  So click through and read a few links, see some photos, and check out a video related to tonight's discussion.

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under GM, Future, Concept, Misc, Advertising, Advice , Humor, This week, Discussion, carchat, Chevrolet, EV, Detroit, 2010, Cadillac, Twitter, vLane, 2011, Buick, Electric car, GMC

• Upcoming: #carchat 22; August 5 @ 8PM EST

  Banovsky on August 5, 2009

  This week, we're looking at the big topics of diesels, eco cars, and how will Cash for Clunkers affect the used car market? That and more on this week's #carchat!

  If you're confused, check out the #carchat How-To. Anyone can join us at 8PM EST August 4, but you'll need a Twitter account to ask questions and participate.

  However, if you'd like to follow things live, go here at 8 PM EST.

  And if you'd like to suggest topics for next week, please tag articles on Delicious.com with "carchat."

  This week:

  • Discussion: Diesels are back…or are they?
  • Discussion: How will Cash for Clunkers affect the used market?
  • Discussion: Eco mods of the future

  So click through and read a few links related to tonight's discussion.

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under Government, Environment, Future, Advice , Humor, Discussion, Social Media, EV, Twitter, vLane, Cash for Clunkers, Car Allowance Rebate System, CARS, Electric car, LOL

• Driven! 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2012 Ford Focus EV

  Banovsky on August 4, 2009

  This guest post was prepared by esteemed green car expert John Voelcker, editor-in-chief of GreenCarReports.com. He also drove both the Volt and Focus EV test mules…lucky guy!

  

  The 2011 Chevrolet Volt prototype (nee-Chevrolet Cruze)

  Well, the big day has come and gone: Now we've driven a 2011 Chevrolet Volt prototype. More than 18 months before buyers can walk into a Chevy dealer and test one, we got behind the wheel.

  What's the Volt like? It's remarkably ... unremarkable.

  And we mean that as praise. General Motors has managed to build a radical car that seems so normal it'll make the average American driver completely comfortable with electric drive.

  For half an hour today, we drove a Volt "mule" – a Volt powertrain installed in the body of a 2010 Chevrolet Cruze subcompact – around the roads of the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. It uses "production-intent" components and, said vehicle line executive Frank Weber, provides about 80 percent of the capabilities of the final car.

  Click through for more.

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under GM, General Motors, Environment, Future, Green, Mileage, Feature, Ford, Ford, Chevrolet, EV, Grant, Detroit, 2011, Cruze, Electric car, Guest post, Focus

• Feature: Hot cars from around the world

  AshleyW on April 28, 2009

  If you have ever wondered what other countries have to offer in terms of car design, and what people are driving elsewhere, here is a taste of some really interesting cars that are pushing technology and design into realistic possibilities.

  

  Click through for the list!

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under Industry, Future, Classic, Feature, Europe, Sports car, Technology, Rolls-Royce, Koenigsegg, Convertible, Coupe, California, Pininfarina Hyperion, Fisker Karma, Morgan, Ultimate, SSC, EV, Ecomotive, design