Archive for March, 2008
GM Has Ten Volt Prototype Battery Packs - Picture of A123/CPI Pack
Some of the premier green blogs gathered some great new information from our Volt Nation event and have posted it for the world to see. We had in attendance AutoBlogGreen, GreenCarCongress, and Treehugger.com.
GreenCarCongress was told by Frank Weber that GM actually possesses a total of 10 battery pack from both teams. We also [...]
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Volt Nation VIDEO: Bob Lutz Answers Questions
This video segment features GM vice chairman Bob Lutz taking questions from the Volt Nation attendees. He talks about the rationale for GM taking a risk on the Volt. He also discusses how GM made a mistake in not developing hybrids at an earlier time as Toyota did. He describes the Volt as a performance [...]
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Volt Nation VIDEO: Bob Lutz Addresses the Crowd
This is the section of Volt Nation where GM vice chairman Bob Lutz made some comments to the crowd about the car and the event.
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Lutz: 94.5% Confident Chevy Volt in Production by November 2010
Soon after the Volt concept was first announced in January 2007 GM vice chairman Bob Lutz told the world he was 90% confident it would be built by 2010. This has become my favorite question to ask him each time I get the chance because it is a good gauge of the programs development [...]
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Volt Nation Press Coverage: A Million Volts, GM expects to Lose Money at First
Another great outcome of the Volt Nation event is that we are getting considerable press coverage. This will help spread the word. It is interesting to see how reporters describe our efforts.
First up, Katie Merx at the Detroit Free press wrote this article on how the Volt fans are energized.
She noted how Bob [...]
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Volt Nation a Success
We did it!
I just got back from the Volt Nation event at the Jacob Javits Center and I believe it was a smashing success. Over 200 people braved the rains and traveled by car bus and plane from as far away as Chicago, Arizona, Minnesota, and California to take part in this historic event.
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Volt Nation Has Arrived
This site has served as a public forum to analyze and observe the production of the car that will change the word. The first mass-produced electrically-driven car built by a major automaker with sufficient infrastructure to see to it that a large proportion of the population will have access to it.
For more than a [...]
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Lutz: Volt Battery Suppliers are in a Horse Race and Expect 100,000 in sales by 2012
GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said GM initially planned to choose between either CPI/LG Chem or Conti/A123 to make the Volts pack by this April, but that the plans have changed somewhat. He now says GM wants to “run the two in parallel for a while longer”.
He calls the battle to be the Volt’s [...]
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GM Chevy Volt Engineer Hears Our Requests
We had a very vigorous response yesterday when one of GM’s engineers reached out to this site for some feedback on ideas for a data interface for the production car. The response of over 500 comments seemed to crack the blog’s ability to handle it! No worries, I still have the comments in the database and will get [...]
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The Chevy Volt Will First be Released as a Captured Test Fleet to GM Employees
To learn more about expected timing, location, and cadence of ramp-up for initial Chevy Volt production I turned to Jon Lauckner who is GM’s VP of global program management, considered a first deputy to Bob Lutz. Below are his answers to my questions.
When it comes to rolling out the car in the U.S., [...]
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Comments Overloaded on Last Post
We passed 525 comments on the last post and it seems to have overwhelmed the software.
Don’t worry all the comments entered so far are saved and I will get them back up. For now feel free to answer the questions on this thread.
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Give Your Direct Input to GM’s Volt Engineering Team on Vehicle Data Options!
A post by “Belloc” on our Forum was noticed by one of the actual GM engineers that is building the Chevy Volt. That engineer writes to me “I’m an enthusiastic reader of the gm-volt.com site” and “I’m trying to ensure that it’s (the Volt) got the best features that the customers’ want.
Belloc’s post:
“I would like [...]
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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)
