Comments on: Chevy Volt Skeptics Continue to Breathe Their Last Gasps http://gm-volt.com/2007/08/21/chevy-volt-skeptics-continue-to-breathe-their-last-gasps/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:02:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Bartosik http://gm-volt.com/2007/08/21/chevy-volt-skeptics-continue-to-breathe-their-last-gasps/#comment-4721 Mark Bartosik Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:31:37 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/08/21/chevy-volt-skeptics-continue-to-breathe-their-last-gasps/#comment-4721 I read this article, and found it to be very light weight and devoid of evidence. Not worth my 60 seconds to read it. Sometimes media (print, TV, Internet) just gets padded with drivel. When GM made a recent announcement about the Volt and CNN reported it, a couple of presenters made off the cuff comments that they weren't so sure that they wanted the high electric bills. As we've discussed here, that the increase in electric bill is much less than the decrease is gasoline bill. They completely missed the point. I heard another presenter (on another station) refer to a survey of why Prius owners purchased that car. Many chose the answer "I am making a statement". The airhead presenter, thought that people meant that they we making a fashion statement (not a political or environmental statement) and dismissed them as vein. Ironically she only showed how she thought about things. Not everyone does a good job all the time, and not everyone has a clue, and journalists are no exception. I read this article, and found it to be very light weight and devoid of evidence. Not worth my 60 seconds to read it.

Sometimes media (print, TV, Internet) just gets padded with drivel.

When GM made a recent announcement about the Volt and CNN reported it, a couple of presenters made off the cuff comments that they weren’t so sure that they wanted the high electric bills. As we’ve discussed here, that the increase in electric bill is much less than the decrease is gasoline bill. They completely missed the point.

I heard another presenter (on another station) refer to a survey of why Prius owners purchased that car. Many chose the answer “I am making a statement”. The airhead presenter, thought that people meant that they we making a fashion statement (not a political or environmental statement) and dismissed them as vein. Ironically she only showed how she thought about things.

Not everyone does a good job all the time, and not everyone has a clue, and journalists are no exception.

]]> By: kent beuchert http://gm-volt.com/2007/08/21/chevy-volt-skeptics-continue-to-breathe-their-last-gasps/#comment-4697 kent beuchert Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:06:18 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/08/21/chevy-volt-skeptics-continue-to-breathe-their-last-gasps/#comment-4697 Notice how strange it is for a "scientist" to provide an opinion without any buttressing arguments. That's not the scientific method that I'm familiar with. It all boils down to the battery, and I think it's fair to say that neither of these two "experts" are keeping up with the latest developments in that regard. The journalist who wrote this article certainly didn't make much effort to get very close to the story. I suppose he already had the phone numbers of these "experts" and was pressed for time. The number of such skeptics has been reduced to such an extent that they are getting hard to find these days. I would love to get the email address for either one of these "experts" and have them explain allof the evidence of progress lately and explain why he thinks the two battery team development leaders are lying. He might also explain why GM is introducing all these hybrids these days, since, according to him, they never intended to build them. I'd say he's got a lot of 'splaining to do. Notice how strange it is for a “scientist”
to provide an opinion without any buttressing arguments. That’s not the scientific method that I’m familiar with.
It all boils down to the battery, and I think it’s fair to say that neither of these two “experts” are keeping up with the latest developments in that regard. The journalist who wrote this article certainly didn’t make much effort to get very close to the story. I suppose he already had the phone numbers of these “experts” and was pressed for time. The number of such skeptics has been reduced to such an extent
that they are getting hard to find these days. I would love to get the email address for either one of these “experts” and have them explain allof the evidence of progress
lately and explain why he thinks the two battery team development leaders are lying.
He might also explain why GM is introducing all these hybrids these days, since, according to him, they never intended to build them. I’d say he’s got a lot of ‘splaining to do.

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