Archive for September, 2007
Bob Lutz: Chevy Volt Mules Will Be Old Malibus
Apparently GM invited a group of bloggers to a round-table sit down with GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz. Some of the interview is reported on Jalopnik (link) and includes some Volt-talk.
I wasn’t invited, but since it took place on the West Coast and I’m on the East Coast, perhaps that is why? Maybe next [...]
Popularity: 1%
Project Driveway Update
For those of you who might not know, Project Driveway is the name GM is giving to a modestly-large scale hydrogen fuel cell vehicle test it is planning.
For the event, GM will be giving out 100 hydrogen-powered Chevy Equinoxes to selected and fortunate parties in the U.S. located in L.A., N.Y.C., and Wash D.C. [...]
Popularity: 2%
EnerDel Gets GM Money to Develop Li-ion Batteries
Trying to keep its eggs in more than a few baskets, GM is a member of the USABC, or United States Advanced Battery Consortium. Among this entities other members are Ford and Chrysler.
The consortium is actually a subunit of the parent body known as the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) which was [...]
Popularity: 1%
Chevy Volt May be Built in Ohio
An article surfaced in which the Mayor of Lordstown, Ohio indicated that there are rumors the Chevy Volt may be built at GMs Lordstown assembly plant. The facility currently employs 2800 autoworkers, and 5 years ago received a 500 million dollar facelift from GM. The plant is located 40 mile southeast of Cleveland (hey they [...]
Popularity: 1%
Chevy Volt on CBS Sunday Morning: Lutz Says Priced “Nicely” Under $30,000
First, welcome to anyone arriving to this site who just heard about the Volt on National TV this AM.
Today, on national television CBS aired a segment about the future of cars and the fact they will be running on electricity and not gas. Featured was the Tesla Roadster, as the small silicon valley “scrappy” [...]
Popularity: 1%
Chevy Volt TV Ad
GM continues to advertise the as yet non-existent Volt heavily to help change its image from the maker of gas-guzzling trucks to the new lean green electric GM. This is truly unprecedented, marketing a product that doesn’t even exist in prototype and is 3 years away. Pundits say GM is taking a risk, I say [...]
Popularity: 1%
Clarification: Chevy Volt Electric Motor is A/C
In our previous post, it sounded as though Mr. Tony Posawatz responded that the Volt will use a DC motor, which seemed surprising.
Readers caught that and I questioned Mr. Posawatz again..he indicated that the Volt has an A/C motor.
Sorry for any confusion.
Popularity: 1%
Popularity: 1%
Don’t Get Killed on Your Killacycle
We’ve posted about the Killacycle, which does 0 to 60 under 1 second, and uses A123 lithium-ion cells making it the fastest electric vehicle on the planet (see previous post).
Invertor Bill Dube was showing it off for reporters at the WIRED Nextfext, burning out, he got shot off, and he was well..almost killed (we hear [...]
Popularity: 1%
GM Saturn VUE Likely First Plug-in Vehicle by Major Automaker: 2009…ish
A report was just published in the Detroit Press discussing an interview with Jill Lajdziak who is the Saturn brand general manager for GM, in which she indicated that the Saturn VUE plugin-in is set to arrive “2009ish”.
We know already that the Saturn VUE Greenline or hybrid arrived at dealerships in April of this [...]
Popularity: 1%
GM-Volt.com Interview With Tony Posawatz
Tony Posawatz, VLD E-Flex
I just had the opportunity along with a few other bloggers to discuss the E-Flex program including the Chevy Volt and Opel Flextreme vehicles with Mr. Tony Posawatz. Tony is the Vehicle Line Director for E-Flex vehicles for GM. In this position, he is a man “in the know” when it comes [...]
Popularity: 1%
Bob Lutz Discusses Cost of Producing the Chevy Volt
In an interview on Sept 10th, published by Reuters, taking place on the sidelines of the Frankfurt auto show, Bob Lutz, GMs vice-chairman discussed some cost issues related to the Volt.
He indicated the Volt may actually lose money for GM.
“This is a venture into the unknown,” Lutz said. “I think we are fully resigned to [...]
Popularity: 1%
GM Building New Design Center For Upcoming E-Flex Fleet
Ed Welburn, GM chief designer
As per a Wall Street Journal report, GM is converting an old auditorium in Warren, MI into a design center specifically to be used for designing the Volt and the future E-Flex fleet.
If you are not convinced about GMs dedication to the Volt so far, this is another proof to [...]
Popularity: 1%
Recent Posts
- GM CEO’s Best Guess: Volt Will be Priced in “Mid to High 30’s”
- The Dawn of the Next Vintage of Chevy Volt Developmental Vehicles
- GM May Reveal the Production Chevy Volt on it Centennial Webcast, September 16th
- GM Has More Than Two New E-Flex Vehicles Already at Scale-Model Stage of Development
- The Volt’s #1 Fanboy and Our Wait List Story is the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
- GM’s Future Volt and E-Flex Plans
- GM’s Advanced Battery Director Denise Gray is “Keeping Her Eyes on the Future”
- Interview with Chevy Volt Chief Designer About the Production Car: Plus Leaked Pictures and Video
- BREAKING: GM Releases New Production Volt Photos
- Chevy Volt Update from Chief Engineer: “There’s Nothing Standing in Our Way”
