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The General Motors EV1 is a battery electric car produced by the American automaker General Motors from 1996 until its demise in 1999. A subcompact car , the EV1 marked the introduction of mass produced and purpose-built battery electric vehicles.
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 GM codes for the first-generation Voltec powertrain drive unit are 4ET50 (RPO MKA for the Chevrolet Volt) and 4ET55 (RPO MKD for the Cadillac ELR). This transaxle integrates a torque dampener (serving the same purpose as a torque converter in a conventional automatic transmission ), motor/generator A, the planetary gearset, three clutches ...
Delco Electronics Corporation was the automotive electronics design and manufacturing subsidiary of General Motors based in Kokomo, Indiana, that manufactured Delco Automobile radios and other electric products found in GM cars. In 1972, General Motors merged it with the AC Electronics division and it continued to operate as part of the Delco ...
General Motors revealed the Ultium battery and platform technologies during a week-long March 2020 event held at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; [7] GM chairwoman and CEO Mary Barra called it "a multi-brand, multi-segment EV strategy with economies of scale that rival our full-size truck business with much less complexity and even more flexibility". [8]
While GM has withdrawn most of its previously announced electric vehicle targets, the automaker believes its EV sales momentum is finally building thanks to an expanding lineup of all-electric ...
Fastest acceleration of an electric car, 0 to 100 km/h in 1.461 seconds by university students at the University of Stuttgart. [70] Electric Land Speed Record 353 mph (568 km/h). [71] Electric Car Distance Record 1,725 miles (2,776 km) in 24 hours by Bjørn Nyland. [72] Greatest distance by electric vehicle, single charge 999.5 miles (1,608.5 km).
The initial target range for the gasoline engine/generator was set between 250 and 300 miles (400 and 480 km), and the vehicle had to accommodate four or five passengers, conforming to the standards of a family car. [16] [20] The Chevrolet Volt concept car was unveiled at the January 2007 North American International Auto Show.