FULL BLOOM 001: Chevy Volt Nation Video
by George Spyros, New York City, USA on 03.28.08
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In this FULL BLOOM video, wherein we provide you coverage of events in their entirety, we take you to the Chevy Volt Nation event held March 19 at the 2008 New York Auto Show; running time 50 minutes. And here is the post event video we brought you last week of General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz producing some "top secret" snap shots of the Volt's lithium ion battery pack. via: Susty.tv
Smells fishy.
Will the average consumer that wants such a car now, hold on to his old car until 2015?
What a fine, decent neurologist!
GM will squash this, success or not, because GM decided NOT to try to make a profit on the volt. That will make it irrelevant to the bottom line, and thus not a serious endeavor.
Only if this car makes a profit, will GM pay attention. After you purchase your Volt, write a check for 25% of your cost and send it to the president of GM.
I highly doubt that it should take them 2 years to effectively arrange their "new" type of chemical cell in a way that could allow for 40 miles a charge. Tesla can already get 200+ miles a charge with very old technology, and this is when it's optimized for performance, not necessarily economy like the volt.
2 years for 40 mile range = Weak
GM isn't likely to build the Volt. They are far more likely to keep lobbying CARB and then say something to the effect of "Due to the low demand, the car can't be produced in sufficient volume to generate a profit." All this while other companies build their Prius competitors and the rest of the industrial world laughs at us.
This is the same GM that bought the rights to large format EV quality batteries and sold the patent to Texaco. There was an excellent article titled "A Confederacy of Dunces" that went a long way towards explaining out battery "problem."
guys, I think your comments are somewhat misplaced. they will make it and no later than 2011. I sort of agree they could do it faster especially if they took an existing model as the basis instead of waiting for a new one but I do understand that they have to be sure it works when they actually sell it. it's not a problem to get 60km range. that's not what they are working on.
the thing I would like to have had asked is if they can now admit to having killed the EV1. if they can't admit that what keeps them from making the same mistakes again. in the same spirit I would have liked to ask if the Volt was a direct reaction to the documentary who killed the electric car. I know the answer to both questions but I want them to realize it too. if they could be made to see what they have done they would be much better equipped to do the right thing in the future.