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• 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

• Week in review, July 24 — August 1

  Banovsky on August 4, 2009

  Let's take a look back at some of the stories we talked about here at vLane.

  

  The new 2010 Ferrari 458 made headlines…

  Features:

  • Guest Post: What Kind of Car Buyer Are You?
  • vLane Guests at the Local Motors Blog

  Road tests:

  • 2010 Chevrolet Camaro

  News:

  • All-Electric Nissan Leaf
  • Tiny Tuner: Gazoo Racing Toyota iQ

  vLane Community:

  • Our Informative Cash for Clunkers / CARS thread
  • What's the Most Bad-Ass Muscle Car Money Can Buy?
  • #carchat 21 Recap
  • Community Review: Toyota Highlander Hybrid

  Weird:

  • RoboCop Loves Fried Chicken
  • Best Bumper Sticker Ever

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under Misc, Humor, This week, Discussion, vLane, Cash for Clunkers, Guest post, Community review

• Link: vLane guests at the Local Motors blog

  Banovsky on July 30, 2009

  We're honoured to have been asked to contribute to the Local Motors blog. You can read our piece, "The Problem with Cars and Sustainable Design," here.

  

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under Environment, Future, Green, Link, Discussion, Local Motors, vLane, Electric car, Design, Guest post

• What kind of car buyer are you?

  Banovsky on July 27, 2009

  This guest post was prepared by Tyler Elliston, co-founder and CEO of Carsala, an innovative service to help shoppers find the right used car.

  

  Tyler Elliston

  By his own admission, when it comes to buying cars, he's an innovator — but previously an "old school" buyer. He loves cars, finding great deals, and devising new ways of doing things.

  Are you the Old School, the Insider, the Obsessive Compulsive, or the Innovator when it comes to used car buying?

  Old School

  You begin to buy a car by first going to the dealership on the corner where you bought your last car, then go to a few other dealerships on Saturdays over the next few months (maybe even double check yourself by looking in the newspaper classifieds) and begin your negotiations for the car you decide you want by saying to the salesman, “I only want to spend $xxx on a monthly payment.”

  Three to six months later, you are the somewhat proud owner of a car you are “okay” with. If you're reading this blog, we're guessing that's not you.

  Read on…

  Read full article | Comments (0) | Filed under Future, Misc, Advice , Discussion, US, Cash for Clunkers, Car Allowance Rebate System, CARS, buyer, used car, Carsala, Guest post, Tyler Elliston