Comments on: Driving the Volt http://gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30700 noel park Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:16:05 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30700 Also, if you do see Automobile, check out the Toyota concept hybrid small pickup on page 12. If Chevrolet offered something like that, I would buy one in a heartbeat for my business deliveries. When gas gets to $4-$5 a gallon, light truck operating small businesses are going to be hurting just as bad as commuters. Also, if you do see Automobile, check out the Toyota concept hybrid small pickup on page 12. If Chevrolet offered something like that, I would buy one in a heartbeat for my business deliveries. When gas gets to $4-$5 a gallon, light truck operating small businesses are going to be hurting just as bad as commuters.

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30697 noel park Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:36:50 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30697 The February, 2008 isue of Automobile magazine has an extensive story on the US version of the Smart. I will not belabor the point, but they seemed rather underwhelmed. They reported real world mileage averaging under 40 mpg. It's cute as a button, but not the answer for most of us, alas. On the other hand, they report that over 30,000 people have now paid $99 to get a place on the waiting list. Does that mean that Roger Penske is smarter (no pun intended) than me, once again? Probably! The February, 2008 isue of Automobile magazine has an extensive story on the US version of the Smart. I will not belabor the point, but they seemed rather underwhelmed. They reported real world mileage averaging under 40 mpg.

It’s cute as a button, but not the answer for most of us, alas.

On the other hand, they report that over 30,000 people have now paid $99 to get a place on the waiting list. Does that mean that Roger Penske is smarter (no pun intended) than me, once again?

Probably!

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30645 noel park Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:17:32 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30645 Mark H. Canadian, #40: They are availble here now since 1/1, but I believe that the ones sold here are all gasoline powered. The mileage ratings are more like 40 city/45 highway than the 70+ reported by Statik for the diesel. I guess the diesel can't pass US emissions regulations? Can anyone correct me if I'm wrong? Come on, I know you will! if they had a diesel here, and actually got 70+ mpg, it would be huge. Mark H. Canadian, #40:

They are availble here now since 1/1, but I believe that the ones sold here are all gasoline powered. The mileage ratings are more like 40 city/45 highway than the 70+ reported by Statik for the diesel. I guess the diesel can’t pass US emissions regulations?

Can anyone correct me if I’m wrong? Come on, I know you will! if they had a diesel here, and actually got 70+ mpg, it would be huge.

]]> By: Mark H. Canadian http://gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30569 Mark H. Canadian Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:44:07 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30569 #36 Noel park We have had the Smart Car for thee years in Canada. ( Statik fellow Canuc ? ) They are all diesels . I'm not sure why they were not released in the states . I understand you are getting them this year . I have a friend with one and he is not to happy when it comes time to change the oil you see they are sold by Mercedes and must be brought back in to the dealership for oil changes . It is not a standard 10 minute afair and they can charge as much as 3or 4 hundred $$$$. Hope that has changed by now. #36 Noel park
We have had the Smart Car for thee years in Canada. ( Statik fellow Canuc ? ) They are all diesels . I’m not sure why they were not released in the states . I understand you are getting them this year . I have a friend with one and he is not to happy when it comes time to change the oil you see they are sold by Mercedes and must be brought back in to the dealership for oil changes . It is not a standard 10 minute afair and they can charge as much as 3or 4 hundred $$$$. Hope that has changed by now.

]]> By: Yury http://gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30538 Yury Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:59:28 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/02/13/driving-the-volt/#comment-30538 nasaman #38 "As a consequence, it turns out that the amount of pollution and/or CO2 produced by electric power plants generating a given amount of energy needed for a Volt to go 40 miles is roughly only 1/3rd to 1/5th (depending on whether the power plant uses coal, natural gas, etc) what a conventional car would produce traveling the same distance." wow! thanks for the data. do you have a link to that info? plus, E-REV is a big infrastructural step. if we only use one form of highgly transportable/manageable energy, the end user no longer determines the initial source of energy, so gradiall shift to cleaner energy sources is easy, just do it one plant at a time. nasaman #38

“As a consequence, it turns out that the amount of pollution and/or CO2 produced by electric power plants generating a given amount of energy needed for a Volt to go 40 miles is roughly only 1/3rd to 1/5th (depending on whether the power plant uses coal, natural gas, etc) what a conventional car would produce traveling the same distance.”

wow! thanks for the data. do you have a link to that info?

plus, E-REV is a big infrastructural step. if we only use one form of highgly transportable/manageable energy, the end user no longer determines the initial source of energy, so gradiall shift to cleaner energy sources is easy, just do it one plant at a time.

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