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General Motors updates official statement about Chevrolet Volt in CT fire

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Government/Legal , Chevrolet , Electric While some have been quick to point fingers at the 2011 Chevrolet Volt involved in two separate incidents at the Barkhamsted, CT home of Storm and Dee Connors, General Motors has updated its earlier statement to improve the clarity of the situation. “While the Volt’s battery pack sustained damage,” says General Motors Global Electric Vehicle Executive Doug Parks, “it was not extensive enough or of the type that would suggest that it caused the fire.” GM experts are working with fire officials in the small town in the Northwest corner of Connecticut to help determine the cause of the blaze that also destroyed a home-built Suzuki Samurai EV that Storm Connors had been chronicling on a blog . General Motors is confident that the engineering and systems in the Chevrolet Volt provide exceptional safety, and the vehicle’s involvement in this situation is one of circumstance, merely a damaged vehicle due to its parking spot, and not the root cause of the fire. Full statement posted after the jump

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Chevrolet Volt priced from €41,950 in Europe

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Chevrolet 2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery Chevrolet says the Volt will cost €41,950, including Europe’s hefty value added tax, when it goes on sale in Germany later this year, and will carry a similar price tag when it launches on the rest of the continent. European Volts will come with standard leather seats, and Chevrolet’s eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty. The Volt’s Opel -badged Ampera twin will also hit the streets of Europe in the coming months, as well. The warranty covers the car’s powertrain as well as its lithium-ion battery

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This is not your typical review of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Hatchback , Chevrolet , GM , Electric 2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery Gene Weingarten is not an automotive journalist. He is, however, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The Washington Post . And yet, despite limited automotive knowledge by his own admission, he’s written an excellent review of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt . Weingarten admits he was predisposed to hate the Volt (and American cars in general), but his time behind the wheel didn’t jibe with those expectations.

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This is not your typical review of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt

This is not your typical review of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Hatchback , Chevrolet , GM , Electric 2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery Gene Weingarten is not an automotive journalist. He is, however, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The Washington Post . And yet, despite limited automotive knowledge by his own admission, he’s written an excellent review of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt .

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This is not your typical review of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt