Comments on: The Chevy Volt and Securing America’s Future http://gm-volt.com/2008/05/26/the-chevy-volt-and-securing-americas-future/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Fri, 25 May 2012 07:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: PJK http://gm-volt.com/2008/05/26/the-chevy-volt-and-securing-americas-future/#comment-43639 PJK Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:27:57 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1083#comment-43639 The VOLT is the best concept by far. I'm very glad GM has started the plug in hybrid race... Where were all of you when GM built the EV1? the best electric car ever built. No you didn't care because gasoline was $1 per gallon. You didn't care when CARB pushed back the mandate and then just abandoned it. The only good thing about high gas prices is that we will adjust with electric drivelines. to #6 Nationalistic... Tell that to a soldier who is keeping the terrorist away from you. Tell that to the families who lost family to the terrorist on 911. Saddam was only credited with killing approx. 300,000 people ... maybe we should have left him kill millions like Hitler.. We only found 30,000 missiles capable of caring nerve gas.. a few of which he tested on a village killing thousands... but maybe we should have waited till he tested a nuclear bomb on a city. You do no deserve the privileges our soldiers have secured for you. You are nothing but a lazy rider who would criticize the one who fights for you. The VOLT is the best concept by far. I’m very glad GM has started the plug in hybrid race…
Where were all of you when GM built the EV1? the best electric car ever built. No you didn’t care because gasoline was $1 per gallon.
You didn’t care when CARB pushed back the mandate and then just abandoned it.
The only good thing about high gas prices is that we will adjust with electric drivelines.

to #6 Nationalistic…
Tell that to a soldier who is keeping the terrorist away from you.
Tell that to the families who lost family to the terrorist on 911.
Saddam was only credited with killing approx. 300,000 people … maybe we should have left him kill millions like Hitler..
We only found 30,000 missiles capable of caring nerve gas..
a few of which he tested on a village killing thousands… but maybe we should have waited till he tested a nuclear bomb on a city.

You do no deserve the privileges our soldiers have secured for you.

You are nothing but a lazy rider who would criticize the one who fights for you.

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/05/26/the-chevy-volt-and-securing-americas-future/#comment-42686 noel park Tue, 27 May 2008 23:08:47 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1083#comment-42686 #83 Jeff: Thanks for a fascinating and educational comment from someone who was actually there. #83 Jeff:

Thanks for a fascinating and educational comment from someone who was actually there.

]]> By: Ron http://gm-volt.com/2008/05/26/the-chevy-volt-and-securing-americas-future/#comment-42685 Ron Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:39 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1083#comment-42685 I know the well-wishing and thanks to soldiers in the field are well intentioned, but I get the impression that many don't understand the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day. It was for those who cannot say "you're welcome" that we played taps yesterday. Veteran's day is for those like myself and several other vets on this forum who can reply. If you are mad about gas prices, perhaps a little bit of your anger should be directed towards Americans rather than oil shieks and "Big Oil". Don't forget that oil is traded on the commodities market and there are a lot of investors making a killing on Wall Street today at your expense. Diesel fuel costs $2.20 per gallon in Mexico where they don't have to run the crude through a futures market prior to refining. It's the same oil, just a different process! I know the well-wishing and thanks to soldiers in the field are well intentioned, but I get the impression that many don’t understand the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day. It was for those who cannot say “you’re welcome” that we played taps yesterday. Veteran’s day is for those like myself and several other vets on this forum who can reply.

If you are mad about gas prices, perhaps a little bit of your anger should be directed towards Americans rather than oil shieks and “Big Oil”. Don’t forget that oil is traded on the commodities market and there are a lot of investors making a killing on Wall Street today at your expense. Diesel fuel costs $2.20 per gallon in Mexico where they don’t have to run the crude through a futures market prior to refining. It’s the same oil, just a different process!

]]> By: Jeff http://gm-volt.com/2008/05/26/the-chevy-volt-and-securing-americas-future/#comment-42681 Jeff Tue, 27 May 2008 22:13:01 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1083#comment-42681 To Joe # 82: Yeh, the nickel batts in the generation 2 EV1s took longer to charge cause they stored more power and had more range. 120 mile per charge.  I had lead-acid batts in my gen 1 car, about 50 mile range, and I would have about 15% of charge left when I got home from work. The middle range of the batt would charge fast with the 30amp Magnacharger. The last 15% would take several hours to charge. The point being, if I needed to go out at night in the EV1 after work, it was not a big problem to get most of a full charge pretty fast. You did have to make the EV1 work for you and I easily did. I would also charge at work sometimes with 110 volt charger. The car would be full by the end of the day even if I went out to lunch.  I never saw any of this plugging in  and charging as an inconvenience because the trade-off was so great. I never had to spend time and money at a gas station or at the repair shop for routine maintenance. Every morning my car was fully fueled and ready to go. My electric bill was only $30 a month more than before I had the EV1. That was about 2 cents a mile. I would race Porsche 911s from stoplight to stoplight on the way to work, 15 miles, and win and blow there minds.  The car was too good to be true. The EV1 and the people in Lansing who made it were American Heros. Too bad GM management was too short-sighted to become the Apple computer of automakers at that time. But maybe now they will do it with the Volt. Maybe the public and our government will help this time.  Having the EV1 taken from me was horrible. A big disappointment in my follow man. I say all this because I think if we aren't careful it could happen again all in the name of greed.  To Joe # 82: Yeh, the nickel batts in the generation 2 EV1s took longer to charge cause they stored more power and had more range. 120 mile per charge.  I had lead-acid batts in my gen 1 car, about 50 mile range, and I would have about 15% of charge left when I got home from work. The middle range of the batt would charge fast with the 30amp Magnacharger. The last 15% would take several hours to charge. The point being, if I needed to go out at night in the EV1 after work, it was not a big problem to get most of a full charge pretty fast. You did have to make the EV1 work for you and I easily did. I would also charge at work sometimes with 110 volt charger. The car would be full by the end of the day even if I went out to lunch.  I never saw any of this plugging in  and charging as an inconvenience because the trade-off was so great. I never had to spend time and money at a gas station or at the repair shop for routine maintenance. Every morning my car was fully fueled and ready to go. My electric bill was only $30 a month more than before I had the EV1. That was about 2 cents a mile. I would race Porsche 911s from stoplight to stoplight on the way to work, 15 miles, and win and blow there minds.  The car was too good to be true. The EV1 and the people in Lansing who made it were American Heros. Too bad GM management was too short-sighted to become the Apple computer of automakers at that time. But maybe now they will do it with the Volt. Maybe the public and our government will help this time.  Having the EV1 taken from me was horrible. A big disappointment in my follow man.
I say all this because I think if we aren’t careful it could happen again all in the name of greed. 

]]> By: Joe http://gm-volt.com/2008/05/26/the-chevy-volt-and-securing-americas-future/#comment-42675 Joe Tue, 27 May 2008 20:56:27 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1083#comment-42675 to #78-Jeff     You  say you drove the EV-1 and put 32,000 mile in three years and the car can recharge 80% in 45 minutes. The charging part is what I find hard to believe. Recharging to a full charge took as long as 8hrs and it took 2 to 3 hrs to get 80% of the charge with nickel-metal hydride         to #78-Jeff
 
 
You  say you drove the EV-1 and put 32,000 mile in three years and the car can recharge 80% in 45 minutes. The charging part is what I find hard to believe. Recharging to a full charge took as long as 8hrs and it took 2 to 3 hrs to get 80% of the charge with nickel-metal hydride
 
 
 
 

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