More Big News!: Chevy Volt Timeline Made Public

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   Brian Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 3:09 pm

   With all due respect to Maximum Bob, I will wait for an official announcement from GM before getting too excited. He tends to say things that sound official but aren’t really official.

   That being said, these dates are about the same as what we have been hearing all along, so they are probably accurate.  
   
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   Steven B Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

   Coolness, mass-production by the end of ‘10. What about limited production? Will a smaller number be available before the end of that year for early purchase, like happened with the Hybrid Camry? I’d like to get in line as soon as possible. My guess is that the Volt will experience the same sales frenzy as the Prius has all the way up to the present, maybe an even stronger market presence. I’d like my name to be towards the top of my region’s waiting lists. Not that anyone would know, but I’m also wondering if there’s going to be actual advertisement for the Volt when it comes out. Again, like the Prius, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if, due to strong market presence, it won’t need actual advertising until a couple years of production and sales. I’m totally excited, though! Woo-hoo, go Volt!!!  
   
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   Hoang Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

   Leasing the battery? Give me a break. How about selling the extended warranty for the battery or the upgrade package like in personal computer. No way. I want my Volt to have 100000 miles warranty like many other automakers now offer today and the price is less than 30K. Otherwise, goodbye American’s automaker. Sleep tight and have a nice dream that you will win the plug-in race. This is why I hate all the political stuffs.

   Just my 2 cents  
   
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   Mark Goldes Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 4:30 pm

   Beyond the first generation, VOLT could utilize our GENIE(tm)and supersede batteries.

   No recharge required.

   See magneticpowerinc.com for more information about GENIE.  
   
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   Hoang Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

   The GENIE looks like the Perpetual Motion Machine to me. I really hope I am wrong someday.

   Mark, I did not dig into the GENIE. Does the GENIE require a constant little energy provided to produce larger amount of energy. Or does it requires some sort of initial energy to start the machine. Or does the machine simply produce energy by just connecting it to an energy-consumming device?  
   
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   Mark Goldes Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 6:00 pm

   GENIE is not a Perpetual Motion Machine. However, it may cause something approaching a perpetual commotion, as engineers and scientists begin to understand how it works.

   It will be started with a capacitor in the factory and will keep that capacitor charged as it runs. So, it can be stopped and started at will. No external power or recharge will be required.

   MPI magnetic energy conversion technology, such as the solid-state GENIE, is probably drawing energy from the quantum vacuum.

   Those who doubt that energy can be converted from the quantum vacuum should read the British Intelligence Report covering the inventions of Hans Coler. It is readily available on the web. Coler first demonstrated a solid-state magnetic energy conversion device in 1926. Several university professors examined his work with great care and agreed it was real. In 1937 he demonstrated a 6 kW solid-state generator. His research was afterwards supported by Hitler’s navy. The Allies bombed his laboratory in 1945, shortly before the end of WWII. He cooperated with British Intelligence after the War. The Report was published as a Classified document in 1946. 34 pages were declassified in 1979 and can be viewed by pasting the following URL into a browser.

   http://www.rexresearch.com/coler/colerb~1.htm  
   
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   Apex Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 7:28 pm

   Late 2010 huh? I guess that means we wont get our hands on them until 2011. By then Tesla’s Whitestar Sedan will be available. I guess the EV war will be in full swing by then.

   I was really hoping it would be available sooner, but I knew that was wishful thinking. My current beater has taken it’s last lap and I need transportation. Too bad there isn’t anything on the market I find as appealing as a Volt. I guess I will have to get something to get me from point A to B until the Volt or some other affordable EV is available for the masses.  
   
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   Tim Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 9:15 pm

   Interesting thing, perpetual motion. When will the earth stop rotating, gravity stop working, electrons stop circling and so on? By the way, what EXACTLY is gravity? How does it work and what exactly is “between” those electrons anyway?

   Have we NOTHING else to learn about matter and energy? I’m glad all those people were willing to die or be tortured when they said the earth was NOT flat or that they were not “witches”. I’m glad the Wrights ignored the laughter of the scientific community and I’m glad ignored them too when he pointed his finger at the moon.

   Too bad the scientific community has replaced their curiosity with arrogance.

   Perhaps the key is in the unified theory. We’ll get it… some day… maybe.

   If they are willing to release their control of energy on earth.

   Dare to dream and NEVER fear laughter or ridicule. After all, we do ride in cars…  
   
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   Drake Says:
   August 9th, 2007 at 10:26 pm

   “Mass production” in late 2010- that’s only three years away. This is an amazing turnaround for GM.  
   
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    Brian Says:
    August 10th, 2007 at 12:04 am

    what in the hell happened to this thread?  
    
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    Steven B Says:
    August 10th, 2007 at 1:05 am

    Good question. I have no idea, weird though. My question still holds, though. I’d still like to know whether there will be LIMITED production of the Volt before the end of 2010, like I asked in the first place. It takes time to get into full production for any product, and the possibility of limited production and limited release is more or less a given if the company is interested. Anybody know? That really is what Toyota did with the Hybrid Camry, so…still wondering.  
    
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    Katie Says:
    January 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 am

    first off i would like to say i am in love with electric cars! this is totally awesome i cant believe i might be able to get one now. i just saw a commercial for this chevy volt car and was so amazed. and now im thinking i can get one for graduation since that would be in 2010! i am also interested in the limited release of some because getting one sooner would be the best thing ever. and no offense since apparently this great news came from GM but i was very dissappointed when i saw a documentary called “Who Killed the Electric Car?” and general motors had a perfect chance to start mass production of EVs and the movie showed that the government was more interested in hydrogen cells which are taking too long to be produced? i was quite angry. chevy volt is our chance to do this forreal. electric cars are an amazing future that i want to make the present

    im a student though. my thoughts are purely still in development   
    
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    Katie Says:
    January 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 am

    i really hope someone posts after me too. i would like some follow up on my thoughts. am i mis-guided and whatnot? thanks.  
    
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