Comments on: Bob Lutz Says Tesla Motors Spurred GM to Build the Volt

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:14:08 +0000

I’m centered now on making an attempt to be in a position to jump higher

By: mykallb

mykallb — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:58:43 +0000

# ug Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 12:01 am Quote

“Tesla has always had the higher volume $30,000 sedan in their sites, but it’s impossible for such a small company to start there.”

Depends on whether you start from scratch or not. Witness the pending Miles Javlon.

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I think Tesla has come to the sobering realization that the “short term” plans of survival take precedence over the “over confident” Musk’s seat cushion plans for successive models.

By: ug

ug — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:01:06 +0000

“Tesla has always had the higher volume $30,000 sedan in their sites, but it’s impossible for such a small company to start there.”

Depends on whether you start from scratch or not. Witness the pending Miles Javlon.

By: kent beuchert

kent beuchert — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:59:03 +0000

Count on Newsweek to distort history in the name of a catchy blurb : Lutz didn’t resurrect the electric car – he reinvented the electric car; as a serial hybrid.

By: Dave G

Dave G — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:39:46 +0000

Tom #27 Says:
“The Volt is going to have a more powerful motor than the EV1 and the batteries seem like they should be able to charge and discharge at least as fast…”

The EV1 had batteries that would go up to 150 miles per charge (MPC). That’s 3 times the batteries of Volt, so that’s why the EV1 could do 0-60 in 7 seconds.

lkruijsw #32 Says:
“If you have a full BEV, then power isn’t a problem…”

This assumes that a pure battery EV would have larger batteries for more range, which is usually true, but not always.