chevy spark Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:19:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Chevy Volt Ad Playing Rough with Pure Electric Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ad-playing-rough-pure-electric-vehicles-20140214/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ad-playing-rough-pure-electric-vehicles-20140214/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:11:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45929 Do automakers run attack ads? See for yourself as the Chevy Volt leaves pure electric vehicles to die in the desert! Whoa! Did you read that correctly? At least, that’s my impression on seeing a recent ad, featuring a Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle (EREV), cruising through the desert. Concerned, the kid asks his dad […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ad-playing-rough-pure-electric-vehicles-20140214/feed/ 0 45929 Tougher IIHS Crash Testing Pushing Small Cars Off the Road https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tougher-iihs-crash-testing-pushing-small-cars-road-20140124/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tougher-iihs-crash-testing-pushing-small-cars-road-20140124/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:22:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45429 With the IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) quantifying the relative safety of vehicles in various types of accidents, it seems that small cars are no longer up to par. Its seems logical to assume that, the bigger the car, the safer you’ll be in case of an accident. On the other hand, small cars […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tougher-iihs-crash-testing-pushing-small-cars-road-20140124/feed/ 0 45429 Chevy Spark EV Charges in 20 Minutes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-spark-ev-charges-in-20-minutes-20121227/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-spark-ev-charges-in-20-minutes-20121227/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:09:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30425 General Motors’ most recent addition to the electric vehicle [EV] family is an electric version of the already-popular Chevy Spark subcompact. The Chevy Spark EV, recently unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, has made an improvement in charging that may help to take the sting out of EV ownership. Typically, EV charging times […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-spark-ev-charges-in-20-minutes-20121227/feed/ 0 30425 Chevy Spark EV to Make Its U.S. Debut in 2013 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-spark-ev-us-2013/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-spark-ev-us-2013/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:59:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20796 After quitting the electric car program in 2003 and effectively trashing any of its remains (who knows the story knows that I’m referring to the EV1), General Motors is back into the electric car business. Starting with the Volt, which was expected to be a bigger success than it is, the company is now announcing […]

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