Comments on: New Harris Poll: More Than 25% of Car Owners Plan PHEV as Next Car http://gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:19:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Slot Cars Toys http://gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-104500 Slot Cars Toys Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:06:56 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-104500 Hey, I'm running a blog myself too and I was wondering can you tell me what's the template you're using? thanks. Hey, I’m running a blog myself too and I was wondering can you tell me what’s the template you’re using? thanks.

]]> By: Tom http://gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9180 Tom Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:42:19 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9180 I get excited talking about the Volt and other future electric vehicles, but I think it bores other people. People seem to think electric cars are some kind on nerd toy. Probable because so many electric vehicles of the past were dorky looking and impractical. I try to explain the new technology, but people aren't going to get it until they see use driving our new Volts around. I get excited talking about the Volt and other future electric vehicles, but I think it bores other people. People seem to think electric cars are some kind on nerd toy. Probable because so many electric vehicles of the past were dorky looking and impractical. I try to explain the new technology, but people aren’t going to get it until they see use driving our new Volts around.

]]> By: omegaman66 http://gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9121 omegaman66 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:27:01 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9121 With only 60 thousand slated for production, I don't think they will need to advertise until 6 months after the Volt comes out. In the mean time other elective vehicles will be coming and people will be slowly getting more info on the subject. They are going to sell out the volt the first go round anyway. Then once people have more than just a hyped up commercial promising the moon then they will really take notice like the did with the parallel hybrids. I think the hold up on production for the first couple of years will not be how many they can sell or how many they can make but how many batteries they can have manufactured. Just speculation on my part. With only 60 thousand slated for production, I don’t think they will need to advertise until 6 months after the Volt comes out.

In the mean time other elective vehicles will be coming and people will be slowly getting more info on the subject. They are going to sell out the volt the first go round anyway. Then once people have more than just a hyped up commercial promising the moon then they will really take notice like the did with the parallel hybrids.

I think the hold up on production for the first couple of years will not be how many they can sell or how many they can make but how many batteries they can have manufactured.

Just speculation on my part.

]]> By: Drake http://gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9089 Drake Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:22:46 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9089 Steven - I agree man. GM should arrange for the Volt to be in the next Transformers movie along side their other vehicles. Steven – I agree man. GM should arrange for the Volt to be in the next Transformers movie along side their other vehicles.

]]> By: Steven B http://gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9084 Steven B Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:02:14 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/09/28/new-harris-poll-more-than-25-of-car-owners-plan-phev-as-next-car/#comment-9084 My suggestion is some form of cultural integration: Like integrating it into the plot of a movie about the future, or putting it into the plot of a sitcom episode. I think people could learn alot about it if the information was spread that way. Make it subtle, but so subtle that the point is missed. An example, though it's about the death of the trolley car by being replaced by buses and cars (thanks to GM, unfortunately), is "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" If you know about that movie and the subject, you may also be aware that, even though it is a movie, it has actually been used a significant number of times in academic papers on the subject. Just one idea among many, though. And the more information out there will result in more demand, which could be bad for early adopters because it will raise the price, but good for the manufacturers and dealers. I'm sure that this the future, any way it goes, though. My suggestion is some form of cultural integration: Like integrating it into the plot of a movie about the future, or putting it into the plot of a sitcom episode. I think people could learn alot about it if the information was spread that way. Make it subtle, but so subtle that the point is missed. An example, though it’s about the death of the trolley car by being replaced by buses and cars (thanks to GM, unfortunately), is “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” If you know about that movie and the subject, you may also be aware that, even though it is a movie, it has actually been used a significant number of times in academic papers on the subject. Just one idea among many, though. And the more information out there will result in more demand, which could be bad for early adopters because it will raise the price, but good for the manufacturers and dealers. I’m sure that this the future, any way it goes, though.

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