Comments on: Bob Lutz: No Chevy Beat But Maybe 500,000 Chevy Volts

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By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:50:19 +0000

Never with these clowns.

By: Rashiid Amul

Rashiid Amul — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:24:11 +0000

I just want to know when will we get to 500k?

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:22:00 +0000

I am afraid these guys will screw up the Volt project. They should hire Lee Iacocca to run the Volt project.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:19:31 +0000

As stew said I’m sorry, but I just can’t believe Bob and Rick are still employed..

I can’t agree more. Why can’t the board see the gross incompetence. Wagoner should have been canned after killing the EV1 and starting the Hummer fiasco.

By: mien green

mien green — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:29:15 +0000

Why no, we consulted Niccolò Machiavelli. He’s a much better model to keep us from becoming too delusional about governmental policy.

And of course on the “green issues”, I’m reminded of the alcoholic beverage making model, whereby the yeast culture generates ethanol as a waste product of metabolism until it reaches a toxic level at around 12%, at which point they kill themselves off and stop the fermentation process.

Thanks for asking.

By: Shawn Marshall

Shawn Marshall — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:31:58 +0000

There are too many expert opinions on this site. GM is obviously in a struggle for its existence and the Volt gambit is an admirable attempt to solve their problems. I wish them well. They face an excruciating trial.
But there is no doubt that they have established the Volt concept as a technological leap forward. Let’s hope they can make the landing.
People on this site should put away their knife sharpeners and try to look for the upside of GM’s attempt, whether it meets success or failure. All the spurious advice about green issues(a crock of shite) and government planned economies( did you consult the Bolsheviks?) could be helpfully omitted.

By: noel park

noel park — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:52:33 +0000

#151 mien green:

Exactly.

One of Mr. Kennedy’s (an asthmatic with asthmatic kids) favorite examples is the older coal fired power plants in the Ohio Valley. Their particulate emissions cause thousands of asthma cases, as far east as New York and Conn. If they had to pay to treat all of the asthma cases, it would be way cheaper to clean up their emissions. Since they don’t, WTF.

Plus, it’s way cheaper to contribute $50 million to various political campaigns than it is to scrub the stacks. Someone pointed out to me here the other day how little it costs to gain influence with politicians. No s**t!

By: ThombDbhomb

ThombDbhomb — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:35:01 +0000

#160 Just_Me

Fred X is as funny as Rush Limbaugh. His “joke” plays on divisiveness. As I said earlier, racist jokes are “just” jokes too. Does that make them ok? How about this…your wife is ugly!* HA-HA-HA-HA. That joke is sooooo funny! If anyone thinks otherwise, they are thin-skinned.

*my apologies to your wife. I’m sure she’s lovely. I was just trying to make a point.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:32:35 +0000

Man, I thought this blog was supposed to be about the VOLT. Can we all lay off of Rashiid a bit??? He’s not even the one who made the joke. If I laugh at a joke it doesn’t exactly mean I support the ideas behind it….sometimes that’s the POINT. On to better things…

Nothing would make me happier than to see GM building (and selling) 500,000 Volts a year. In the end, they will build to suit market demand. So in the end, WE will decide how many they build, by going out and buying one.