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The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid and extended-range electric vehicle car that was manufactured by General Motors, and also marketed in rebadged variants as the Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand and the Buick Velite 5 in China, and with a different fascia as the Vauxhall Ampera in the United Kingdom and as the Opel Ampera in the remainder of Europe.
The development of automatic headlight systems at General Motors can be traced back to the early 1950s. In 1952, GM introduced the Autronic Eye, an automatic headlight dimming system, for Oldsmobile and Cadillac models. [2] Twilight Sentinel, which expanded on the concept of automatic lighting control, was introduced in the mid-1960s.
At the Volt's debut, GM engineers said the second generation Volt was developed using extensive input from first generation owners. [29] [30] Frontal view of the 2017 model year Chevrolet Volt. Production of the 2015 model year Volt ended by mid-May 2015, while manufacturing of pre-production units of the second generation began in March 2015. [31]
Chevrolet Volt. Photo credit: General Motors Co. Few cars have taken more flak from media critics in recent years than General Motors' innovative green car, the Chevrolet Volt. Of course, few of ...
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Will General Motors (NYS: GM) pull the plug on the Chevy Volt? It looks like it has -- but only temporarily. GM said that its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which builds the innovative plug-in ...
Designers at General Motors sought to make the Volt's design as conventional as possible. [60] Engineers were dedicated to minimizing aerodynamic drag, [61] but they intentionally avoided incorporating the distinctive roofline and silhouette of the second-generation Prius, considering it synonymous with the 'hybrid' aesthetic.
MyLink a.k.a. Intellilink is a telematics system/infotainment system offered by General Motors in their vehicles. The system was debuted in 2011 in the then-new Chevrolet Volt. The system was marketed as Intellilink for Buick, GMC, Vauxhall and Opel. It was marketed as MyLink by Chevrolet and Holden. [1] Cadillac used the CUE infotainment system.