Archive for January, 2008
GM CEO Rick Wagoner on Chevy Volt Risk
Several other bloggers and I had a press conference with Rick Wagoner, GM’s CEO.
My second question and his answer were as follows (first question here):
Obviously GM is taking a risk in developing, marketing, promoting, and advertising a car that doesn’t exist yet, how do you feel about that risk and what it represents for the [...]
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Die Cast Chevy Volt
Here’s a Volt we can all afford.
It’s $13.95 in fact,but only 7500 being made. You can order yours here.
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The Price of the Volt
Reader response has clearly been quite negative in reaction to Bob Lutz’ mentioning the Volt may cost more than 30,000 initially.
There are several considerations however:
Cost of fuel will be a lot less; 2 cents/mile for electricity versus 15 cents per mile for gasoline.
High likelihood of significant tax rebates for Volt owners.
Possible leasing of the battery.
The [...]
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Lutz: First Volts Will Cost More than $30,000
Many months ago Lutz told us it was GM’s intention to sell the Chevy Volt for under $30,000. Not surprisingly that was GM-Volt’s top voted post of 2007.
In an interview with WIRED magazine, Maximum Bob dropped another bombshell.
With respect to the car costing under $30,000 he said:
“I’ve always said I’d like to be able [...]
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Clarification: Chevy Volt Mule Production Timeline NOT Delayed, only Journalist Test Drive is
Bob Lutz reiterated on Monday during the Cadillac press conference, that he was overly optimistic about having mules for test drives in Easter, and once again said it would be “more like June”.
I was able to get some clarification on this from Tony Posawatz, the Volt’s chief engineer, just after Lutz’ comment.
Tony said “Bob is [...]
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GM’s Chief to Toyota’s President on plug-in hybrids: “That’s my speech”
CEO Rick Wagoner took some questions from bloggers today.
I asked Mr. Wagoner for his response to Toyota president Wantanabe’s comment that he looks forward to direct competition with GM in bringing a plug-in hybrid to market by 2010.
His response:
“The comments from Wantanabe-son are fine. Actually, I saw some summary of the stuff he [...]
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Toyota Makes a U-Turn on Plug-in Lithium-ion Hybrids
Trying to get out of the plume of dust the Volt has kicked up, Toyota’s president has gone a full 180 on lithium-ion batteries. Often in the past stating things like lithium-ion technology was not ready for cars, that people didn’t want to plug-in, and that the next generation Prius would have to rely on [...]
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BYD F6DM Plug-in Electric Hybrid
BYD is a Chinese automaker. Here in Detroit, they are displaying the slogan “building your dreams” as opposed to “bring your own drivetrain”. I suppose it probably stands for something else in Chinese.
Anyway I stopped by the booth and spoke to their export manager Mr. Paul Lin.
Paul explained that the car uses a [...]
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GM’s Troy Clarke: Chevy Volt to become this Generation’s 57′ Chevy
Troy Clarke is GM’s President of North America. I participated in a blogger interview with him.
When asked about why and whether GM has positioned itself as an alternative energy powertrain leader. He noted the top three reasons are; concern over climate change, price of gas, and energy indepoendence . He feels GM has positioned itself [...]
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Saturn Flextreme E-Flex Concept Vehicle
Today GM is introducing the Saturn Flextreme concept. Similar to it’s Opel cousin, the vehicle uses an all-electric drivetrain powered by a lithium-ion battery capable of 34 miles of range and has a 3 hour recharge time. The on-board generator is diesel powered.
Read full release below:
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Saturn VUE Plug-in Hybrid to Begin Production in 2010
GM has announced it is making progress on the Saturn VUE plug-in 2-mode hybrid, and that they expect production in calenday year 2010.
The vehicle is expected to have 10 mile all-electric driving range and will use a lithium-ion battery pack. I had a chance to speak with Bob Reuter who is the chief engineer. [...]
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Breaking: Bob Lutz Says Driveable Chevy Volt Mules in June, not Easter
Here on the sidelines of the Detroit auto show myself and several bloggers are having the opportunity to chat with GM Vice Chairman Robert Lutz. I am actually writing this post as we go; so-called “live-blogging”.
He is asked what his personal involvement in the Volt project is.
He mentioned he is very interested because it’s [...]
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Recent Posts
- Volt Battery Supplier Chosen and GM Comments on Production Photo Leaks (POLL)
- BREAKING: Production VOLT Spied!! The REAL DEAL!!
- Chevy Volt Interior Picture Leak
- Bob Lutz Responds to Toyota’s Announcement: Large Volt Test Fleet in 2009
- Volt Competition: Mazda’s Secret E-REV Program, Toyota Forwards Plug-in Fleet to 2009
- Bob Lutz on Chevy Volt Battery Tests, Cold Starts, and Use of OnStar
- The Chevy Volt Generator Will Run at One of Several Fixed RPMs
- E-Flex Cadillac Next?
- How the Chevy Volt Operates Past the Customer Depletion Point
- The Chevy Volt Will Have iPod Connectivity (Plus More Design Issues)
