Your trusty moderator is here right now in the lobby of GM Headquarters in Detroit, awaiting a day of meetings with several GM executives critical to the developemnt of the Volt.
I will do my best to get our questions answered!
Latest news so far includes:
-a supposed quote from GM on Volt production in 2015 (way too long…I’m asking about that one)?!
-a deadline for working Battery pack final candidate in June 2008 from either Continental/A123 or Compact Power/AG.
Stay tuned, and I will report back todays findings, including the winner of the Challenge X competition.
June 7th, 2007 at 11:36 am
2015!?!
I’ll own a Toyota plug in by then…
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June 7th, 2007 at 11:48 am
That 2015 date HAS to be wrong, there is no way it will take that long.
And if it does, I also will already own a plug-in Toyota.
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June 7th, 2007 at 11:52 am
I’ll have enough money to buy a Tesla by then. Moderator, thanks a bunch. What the hell do you do, anyway?
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June 7th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Is it the fact that Borroni is the head of the fuel cell division that is causing him to say the Volt won’t be ready til 2015, i.e. his Volt won’t be ready in 2010 because fuel cells are pie in the sky, but Lutz’ Volt with an ICE engine will be selling in late 2009 or 2010? Lord I hope this is the case…
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June 7th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
2015, my god! Please let this be wrong.
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June 8th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Since we in the US use 40% of the worlds gasoline, so we control the climate. If we can’t stop selfdestructing till 2015, we will not need cars anyway.
Civilization will have collapsed. There won’t be any roads to drive on because FEMA will have bankrupted the infrastructure-repair treasury with monthly declared diasaster-areas. Mega hurricanes, wildfires, century-long drought in the West will close power stations to conserve water to drink, mudslides, steamy monsoon-like floods in the East, insurance companies will have abandoned us, and the few jobs left will not need cars.
Start your applications now to work as house servants for the few dozen oil company CEOs who will employ the last few US workers in as maids and gardeners.
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June 8th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Dave,
…that Tesla you can buy, why not consider starting an EV share business?
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June 9th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Dave
I am a die-hard enthusiast for this electric car and want to do my part to help make it happen. We need it for financial reasons, security reasons, and environmental reasons. In my day-job, I am a physician.
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June 11th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
I have never seen a company so up front about its newer baby like GM has been with the VOLT. I do believe it will be here before or by 2010. I am also a true believer that we are F the planet and that the VOLT and its technology is not just a transportation need, but a need for our own national security and climate stability as well. I do not think we will be around in 2015 with a need for a car. By then a stone, an arrow, and a horse will be more essential if GM does build the VOLT soon.
Join in the ReVOLT-lution.
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June 24th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
I have patents that GM may be interested in that can greatly improve the performance of the volt. The TriTrack is a dual mode car set of patents that drastically reduce the aerodynamic drag and rolling drag of the 4 passenger car. It has a measured Cd of .07 and because it rolls on steel wheels on metal guideway is is 10 times easier to roll than rubber tires. Not only does it solve the energy waste problem of current cars it solves traffic congestion in city centers. I am glad to see that GM has finally done something. I applaud the change of heart and I hope that the TriTrack can get serious consideration by GM. The input form for the corporation drives people away. I hope that this new tack allows for ideas to be included rather than excluded. The TriTrack is solar ready meaning it is efficient enough to be powered by the 137 feet by 7 feet area under the guideway for each car using 17% efficient Sanyo panels. With GM’s help we can improve both the efficiency of the panels to 40+ percent and get to market faster if you so choose. By going full solar all the negatives are removed from the skeptics. Technology can achieve great things if it is allowed.
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November 25th, 2007 at 8:28 am
I have patents that GM may be interested in that can greatly improve the performance of the volt. The TriTrack is a dual mode car set of patents that drastically reduce the aerodynamic drag and rolling drag of the 4 passenger car. It has a measured Cd of .07 and because it rolls on steel wheels on metal guideway is is 10 times easier to roll than rubber tires. Not only does it solve the energy waste problem of current cars it solves traffic congestion in city centers. I am glad to see that GM has finally done something. I applaud the change of heart and I hope that the TriTrack can get serious consideration by GM. The input form for the corporation drives people away. I hope that this new tack allows for ideas to be included rather than excluded. The TriTrack is solar ready meaning it is efficient enough to be powered by the 137 feet by 7 feet area under the guideway for each car using 17% efficient Sanyo panels. With GM’s help we can improve both the efficiency of the panels to 40+ percent and get to market faster if you so choose. By going full solar all the negatives are removed from the skeptics. Technology can achieve great things if it is allowed.
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March 24th, 2008 at 1:00 am
it is wrong it is going be available by 2011
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June 30th, 2008 at 10:29 am
am a die-hard enthusiast for this electric car and want to do my part to help make it happen. We need it for financial reasons, security reasons, and environmental reasons. In my day-job, I am a physician.
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