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GM Says Anxious Volt Owners May get Any Loaner they Wish - Even a Corvette!
You’ve got to hand it to General Motors: even though the Chevrolet Volt is currently in the middle of a formal fire investigation by the NHTSA, it looks like it can still generate good publicity out of it. Cooperating with the safety agency to look into the lithium-ion battery issue was to be expected, but providing free loaners to Volt owners who have “fire anxiety†(even though all incidents involved crashed test cars), isn't something you take for granted.
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Case Closed: Nhtsa Clears Chevrolet Volt On Fire Risk, Says Everything's Okay Now
All ends well for General Motors as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that it is officially closing the safety defect probe into the post-crash fire risk of the Chevrolet Volt. The federal safety agency stated...
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Gm To Provide Concerned Volt Owners With A Free Loaner After Fire Probe
General Motors is reaching out to Volt customers concerned that their vehicle's batteries might catch fire under certain circumstances after a crash, by offering them a free loaner car until the company resolves the issue. The problem first arose...
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Nhtsa Opens Formal Investigation On Chevy Volt And Li-ion Batteries After New Crash Tests Result In Fire
Earlier this year, a Chevrolet Volt caught fire while stationary at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Winsconsin facility car park, three weeks after it had been subjected to a side-impact crash test on May 12. Alerted by the incident,...
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Nhtsa Probes Chevrolet Volt After Battery Catches Fire
Federal safety regulators are looking into the safety of lithium-ion batteries after a Chevrolet Volt went up in flames at a parking lot at the National Highway Traffic Administration testing center in Wisconsin. An agency official said that the incident...
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Gm Claims Volt Owners Seeing Up To 1,000 Miles Range Without Filling Up
General Motors says owners of the Volt are driving up to 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) before they need to fill up. “A sample of our early Volt customers suggest that they drive 1,000 miles before they fill up the gas tank,†Tony Posawatz,...
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