Driving an electric car might feel cool and environmentally friendly, but there’s an inherent worry involved: Cars that use only battery power have a limited range before they have to be charged.

To deal with this so-called “range anxiety,” auto makers have been developing mobile applications to ease consumers’ fears that their battery-powered car won’t have enough juice. Over a recent weekend, I decided to try one out. General Motors Co. let me borrow their new Chevy Volt and a Motroloa touch-screen phone using Android software to see for myself how their OnStar app interacts with the car.

The app lets you lets you check the charging status and initiate charging, and it tells you how many miles the car can travel before it runs out of battery power and gasoline. It also can unlock doors, check tire pressure and cool or heat the cabin from anywhere as long as your phone is getting service.

GM says the app can help consumers manage their battery usage. For instance, by using the app to pre-start the car and warm the cabin while the vehicle is still docked at a charging station, the driver won’t have to drain any of the battery’s power to do that while on the road.

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Made in America: Electric Charging System

It comes in a little box, it's not heavy at all, it installs in an hour or so... that's right it's your very own electric charging dock for your electric vehicle! Now you can go from discharged to full charge in three hours or less!

Forty-eight hours before the Super Bowl, Volkswagen's "Star Wars"-themed ad for its 2012 Passat was already all the rage.

In its Super Bowl ad, the Chevrolet Silverado replaces Lassie.
"OK, calm down. Don't get mad. Get even," Ewanick says he told his team. "If they've got a hot spot, then go wherever they go."

A team of Chevrolet marketers went into action, paying for links to Chevy's Super Bowl ads to appear as a top result when people Googled phrases such as "Darth Vader." On Sunday, the team did the same for the tag line "Imported from Detroit," when Chrysler's Eminem spot for the 200 sedan stole the show.

As a result, Chevrolet's ads got 55 million views online in the four days following the Super Bowl — far above expectations, Ewanick said. Despite the ongoing buzz around Chrysler, Chevrolet is one of several brands to run Super Bowl ads that worked to increase consumers' propensities to shop a vehicle the next time they're in the market.

General Motors is unveiling its version of an in-car connectivity system that uses a driver's smartphone -- and promises to make it better than Ford's competing system and others.

Like Ford Sync, it will allow you to use your smartphone, play music and other vehicle functions by voice command. It has a feature that displays the name of the musical artist and the song. It will also have the Pandora online music service.

"We're taking the infotainment system to the next level," Micky Bly, GM's chief engineer who is best known for successfully make Volt work, tells Drive on in an interview. "We've spent a lot of time on the human machine interface making sure customers do not have too many distractions." GM's system will be better, he says, because competitors don't have the OnStar communications link built into every GM vehicle.

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MotorTrend says “this vehicle looks better and drives better than the coupe”. The 2011 Camaro convertible will be here very soon. For only a $500 deposit, you can get on the list to get one from Courtesy Chevrolet.

The V8 Camaro convertible delivers 0 to 60 in 4.9 seconds and completes the quarter mile in 13.2 seconds at 109.3 MPH. Stopping power is impressive taking only 107 feet to come to a complete stop from 60 mph.

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Here are some great, old photographs of Courtesy Chevrolet from our beginnings way back in 1955! Enjoy this nostalgic look back at our Courtesy Chevrolet history.

A great time was had by all at the exclusive Courtesy Chevrolet Volt preview party the the W Scottsdale on February 9th, 2011. A lot of interested buyers in the new Chevrolet Volt! You can put yours on order for just a $500 deposit. Click here to place your deposit and you could be driving the new Chevy Volt soon!

February 9th the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro 550-horsepower GT500 Fighter made its debut at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show.  Planned to launch at the beginning of 2012, its features make it the highest performing and most technologically advanced car developed in its class.

Named for the all-aluminum racing engine developed in the late 1960s and used in a handful of regular-production 1969 Camaros, the Camaro ZL1 incorporates a 6.2L supercharged V-8 LSA engine and a 6 speed manual transmission.  It is not a replica of its precursor, but an entirely new machine built to top speeds never released in a Camaro

Highly functional, the car is designed aerodynamically for speed and accuracy while providing an elegant and powerful display of beauty that will enrapture auto-enthusiasts everywhere.   Using a newly developed electric power steering system and a Magnetic ride Control suspension, it combines the speed and precision needed to match top lap times on road-racing circuits with the safety and driving dynamics of street driving.

The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro sports a dual-mode exhaust system allows alterable sound and character controls that respond to engine rpms, tuned to give the car a signature sound.  A stronger driveshaft and rear axle system supported in differential cast iron housing, helps direct the V-8’s power to the ground smoothly.