Michigan Chevrolet Dealers Carry Revolutionary Chevy Volt Technology, Awarded and Honored by Edmunds

April 22, 2011 - PRLog -- DETROIT, M.I. – Michigan Chevrolet dealers are extremely proud of being a part of a corporation that has received so many awards and acknowledgments for new technology that may have the potential to open doors to more green options for passenger cars.
General Motors released the Chevrolet Volt in December 2010, and since then received tremendous feedback on the vehicle and its Voltec technology. As the New York International Auto Show opens, General Motors’ Voltec technology will be given its newest award from Edmunds.com: 2011 Green Car Breakthrough Award.
Every year Edmunds.com awards the Green Car Breakthrough Award to a vehicle, technology or program that offers a new base to build from for better standards in fuel efficiency or emissions reduction or sustainability. Also, Edmunds.com looks for programs that help the public move toward a greener option by campaigning the acceptance of a vehicle or technology. By offering the Chevrolet Volt to customers, Michigan Chevrolet dealers reach a wider range of customers, showing them what an electric vehicle can do.
“Voltec is a game changer for the electric vehicle community and it offers a blueprint for commercial manufacturers to build upon as these types of vehicles continue to develop,” said John O’Dell, Senior editor at Edmunds.com in a press release. “Applied to a broader base of vehicles, Voltec and other automakers' versions of the extended-range plug-in hybrid technology can have a tremendous impact on U.S. fuel consumption.”
The Chevrolet Volt has also received awards for:
•   North American Car of the Year
•   2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year
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GM’s technology, Voltec, is rechargeable hybrid technology that allows the Chevrolet Volt to drive 20 to 40 miles on an electric charge. After that point, an internal combustion engine turns on to continue the flow of power.
Since December, General Motors has sold a total of 1,200 Chevrolet Volts in the U.S. At this point General Motors says, in an Edmunds.com press release, that dealerships have plenty of orders to fulfill and the orders will take up the remainder of this year’s production. Michigan Chevrolet dealers will continue to fill orders as the vehicles are delivered to their dealerships. With production having been increased in March, half of the 1,200 orders will be fulfilled.
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[Source(s): Edmunds.com]