Comments on: Chevy Volt on CBS Sunday Morning: Lutz Says Priced “Nicely” Under $30,000

By: Don

Don — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:31:25 +0000

we dont need a $30,000 dollar mini cadilac,we need a $12,000 affordable car

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:35:52 +0000

FYI: kent’s been badmouthing/trolling Tesla for some some time now. I hope he has the grace to eat his words publicly and often when the first production Tesla roadsters hit the road in the next few months (I recall him claiming that the whole company is nothing more than a scam and that they’ll just run off with the money, they’ll never get to production etc..).

GM: You made my day when you introduced the Volt!

By: rx_tx

rx_tx — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:56:17 +0000

You can “download” and watch the cbs video here:

http://tinyurl.com/ytjjk6

For those that can’t stream (including me

By: kent beuchert

kent beuchert — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:44:44 +0000

Did they call Tesla “crappy” or “scrappy” ?
Crappy is the better fit. I see they finally fired (kicked sideways,perhaps) their less than accurate CEO Eberhard. He was the goofball who swore that the Tesla’s would get 250 miles “regardless” regardless of AC usage, terrain, etc. which every EV person knows is pure BS). Then the EPA ran tests and set mileage as “200.” Then Tesla started claiming “over 200 miles.” The cost of batteries they claimed was “low” because they were using generic (and first generation) li ions, but refused to say how much the replacement costs would be, claiming that costs would fall 7% per year,
and be much lower when replacements were needed, a time interval which they refused to estimate. Then came stories of $25,000
battery packs that only lasted 5 years, then Tesla claimed the battery pack would last “150,000″ miles, an absurd notion unless one lived in the car and somehow managed to put 30,000 miles a year on the clock. At that point I wrote off Tesla as a goofball bunch of CA airheads who have way too much money and way too little sense or honesty.

By: voltman

voltman — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:14:25 +0000

“Will the Volt be nicely under #30,000 including the battery?”

What the hell are you paying for if the batteries are not in there? A generator and a motor? My 06 honda was 18k and it gets 40mpg.