Comments on: GM-Volt Exclusive: Bob Lutz Details Volt Mule Energy Use in Highway Driving

By: student

student — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:45:46 +0000

Sorry, but given real history, I still think Toyota and Honda will beat them to the street in terms of product, quality and price.

I’ll believe in the Volt when I see it on the roads for 2 years at least – enough time to get past the ‘initial quality’ nonsense that GM still touts in their ads, long after the economic disaster and subsequent admissions to congress that their vehicles lacked in quality and design compared to ‘foreign’ imports (many of which are built here now).

While I’m interested in the Volt as a concept, I think that given GM’s past record on electrics and innovation, we should wait til it actually shows up in showrooms and works as advertised without weekly defect repairs. Will the $20+ Billion in aid packages given by the US and Canadian governments translate into some kind of savings or coupon to average leading edge buyers, or will it evaporate into marketing and executive bonuses again?

Show us the car already; we’ve shown you the money.

By: Justwatching

Justwatching — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:05:28 +0000

No battery to date can equal 1/4th the power density of a gallon of bio diesel.
No one in their right mind will pay $40,000+ for a over complicated electric golf cart with such a short range and long recharge time. This car is a dead duck. Just a rich man’s toy.

By: JohnS

JohnS — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:37:06 +0000

Now that’s a nice looking Chevy and a big step in the right direction. I’m not a big fan of alternatively fueled automobiles. In my opinion power production should be left to the power company. My foremost worry with this automobile would be that the gasoline in the tank could go bad. I imagine that not everyone will benefit from a plug-in but for those who can it will be measureless.

By: Nick Szegedi

Nick Szegedi — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:46:26 +0000

Of all the cars manufactured by the Big 3, The Chevy Volt is the only one that we should save. If GM is forced into bankruptcy, I hope this car is resurrected under a new entity. I would by stock in that company.

By: nights

nights — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:51:55 +0000

it sounds like gm is still in the oil company’s pockets.
1- we the consumers are not going to be buying power from an indian gas station/
2- we are not impressed that he can drive 20 miles on a 60% charge when we know he couild with current technology be driving continiously withour external charging.(the dam car chan charge itself as it drives alone).
3-Gm has spent years delivering sorry, awful automobiles at hugh outragerious prices to us which costs thousands to keep running. (it’s a quality problem stupid, and short 20 mile hops in front of a camera is not going top convence anyone).
4-You’ve been so unbelivable for so long that you have to come up with something belivable before i buy it and this blookland bridge you are trying sell us want sell.
5- It has to go all electric with home/office charging as well as on the road chargiong with batteries which don’t have to be replaced at robbery prices every 4 yrs.