News from GM Europe

5 World Premieres:
· Chevrolet Cruze
· Chevrolet Orlando Show Car
· Opel/Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer
· Opel/Vauxhall Insignia ecoFLEX
· Saab 9-X Air concept

3 European Premieres:
· Chevrolet Volt production car
· Chevrolet Camaro
· Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon

GM Forum:
· Current and future pro-environmental technologies



General Motors demonstrates the diversity of its brands, mobility concepts, alternative propulsions and design expertise at the 2008 Paris Motor Show (October 4 – 19, 2008) with eight world and European premieres and a display of current and future pro-environmental technologies.

The star of the GM Forum stand is the production version of the Chevrolet Volt, simultaneously revealed September 16 in Detroit and Rüsselsheim during General Motors’ 100th anniversary celebrations. The Chevrolet Volt has the potential to redefine GM’s next 100 years and drive dramatic changes in automotive transportation.

The Volt ushers in a new era of electrification for the automobile and creates a distinct class of cars known as the Extended-Range Electric Vehicle, or E-REV. An E-REV like the Chevrolet Volt is unique from a hybrid or plug-in hybrid in that the vehicle’s wheels are always driven electrically by an electric drive unit. For the first 60 km (MVEG combined), the vehicle is powered only by electricity stored in its 16-kWh lithium-ion battery. When the battery’s charge has been depleted, a range-extending gas/E85-powered engine creates additional electricity on-board to power the car for several hundred additional miles. The result is a functional vehicle without range anxiety. Read more ...

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