Comments on: GM VP Gives Chevy Volt Update: Development Remains on Schedule http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/19/gm-vp-gives-chevy-volt-update/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jbiz http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/19/gm-vp-gives-chevy-volt-update/#comment-87506 jbiz Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:11:20 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1433#comment-87506 Great news. However, I never doubted the Volt. Chevy knows how important this car is. Late 20 to early 30 somethings really love this car, and my wife and I are planning on buying one just about regardless of the cost. This is the car we wish we had five years ago! If GM can take the idea and extend it to: sporty, rugged, etc other vehicles they can probably dominate. Right now I am a Subaru owner and have been for a long time. However this Volt is good enough to make me switch and that's really saying something! Great news. However, I never doubted the Volt. Chevy knows how important this car is. Late 20 to early 30 somethings really love this car, and my wife and I are planning on buying one just about regardless of the cost. This is the car we wish we had five years ago! If GM can take the idea and extend it to: sporty, rugged, etc other vehicles they can probably dominate.

Right now I am a Subaru owner and have been for a long time. However this Volt is good enough to make me switch and that’s really saying something!

]]> By: Eric Salyer http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/19/gm-vp-gives-chevy-volt-update/#comment-87371 Eric Salyer Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:58:25 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1433#comment-87371 I am extremely glad to hear that the Volt is still on schedule and did not get canned. The significance of this technology, concept, idea can not be over stated. I truly belief this car will revolutionize the car industry and help reduce our dependence on foreign oil. GO GM!!!!!!!!! I am extremely glad to hear that the Volt is still on schedule and did not get canned. The significance of this technology, concept, idea can not be over stated. I truly belief this car will revolutionize the car industry and help reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
GO GM!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: koz http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/19/gm-vp-gives-chevy-volt-update/#comment-87123 koz Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:36:10 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1433#comment-87123 kdawg #48 I saw that too but then read the linked article. The "last 33 of" wording was an inaccurate paraphrase by Lyle. Laukner wrote the "last of the 33...", so Statik is accurate. But does it matter to the point of them being on schedule or not. Perhaps so perhaps not. I don't agree with a lot of the griping about missed deadlines, changed plans, and other changes in the design process. Certainly GM and Lutz were misleading or incompetent in the early comfortably under $30K comments. Anybody familiar with the technology involved could predict that was bogus. But stirring those misrepresentions in the same pot with every single adjustment during the design process is absurd. It is impossible to be as transparent as GM has in this design process and not encounter changes. IMO it is perfectly reasonable to hold their feet to the fire for changes that indicate a shift in their commitment to this project and its fundamental goal of producing a commercially viable EREV in a timely manner. It's also understandable to call them out if one believes they are being deceitful. The change in mule count from 50 to 33, if this is indeed the case, is most obviously a result of their cash problems and could certainly be a sacrificed they chose to make while not directly affecting their timeline to production. Of course it would increase risk but not necessarily the development timeline. That said, I would be very surprised if the timeline ends up being unaffected by their financial woes. I do agree with Statik and others in the overall opinion that end of 2010 looks increasingly less likely to be the first production date. kdawg #48

I saw that too but then read the linked article. The “last 33 of” wording was an inaccurate paraphrase by Lyle. Laukner wrote the “last of the 33…”, so Statik is accurate. But does it matter to the point of them being on schedule or not. Perhaps so perhaps not. I don’t agree with a lot of the griping about missed deadlines, changed plans, and other changes in the design process. Certainly GM and Lutz were misleading or incompetent in the early comfortably under $30K comments. Anybody familiar with the technology involved could predict that was bogus. But stirring those misrepresentions in the same pot with every single adjustment during the design process is absurd. It is impossible to be as transparent as GM has in this design process and not encounter changes. IMO it is perfectly reasonable to hold their feet to the fire for changes that indicate a shift in their commitment to this project and its fundamental goal of producing a commercially viable EREV in a timely manner. It’s also understandable to call them out if one believes they are being deceitful. The change in mule count from 50 to 33, if this is indeed the case, is most obviously a result of their cash problems and could certainly be a sacrificed they chose to make while not directly affecting their timeline to production. Of course it would increase risk but not necessarily the development timeline. That said, I would be very surprised if the timeline ends up being unaffected by their financial woes. I do agree with Statik and others in the overall opinion that end of 2010 looks increasingly less likely to be the first production date.

]]> By: kdawg http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/19/gm-vp-gives-chevy-volt-update/#comment-87068 kdawg Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:02:25 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1433#comment-87068 #19 Static says He mentions having just finished building the last of the 33 mules to prove his point? Thats odd, because just 6 weeks ago, Lutz said they were building 3 a week and would have 50 by year’s end. Source: ----------------- You read that wrong. Its not "last of the 33", its "the last 33 of". Totally different meaing. That would make me belive its the last 33 of 50, so they have 17 complete already. #19 Static says
He mentions having just finished building the last of the 33 mules to prove his point? Thats odd, because just 6 weeks ago, Lutz said they were building 3 a week and would have 50 by year’s end. Source:

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You read that wrong. Its not “last of the 33″, its “the last 33 of”. Totally different meaing. That would make me belive its the last 33 of 50, so they have 17 complete already.

]]> By: koz http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/19/gm-vp-gives-chevy-volt-update/#comment-87066 koz Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:43:28 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1433#comment-87066 john1701a #46 "A hatchback offers a far more practical interior than a sedan." That too. It's probably number 2 or 3 on the list, above the unique look of the skin. john1701a #46

“A hatchback offers a far more practical interior than a sedan.”

That too. It’s probably number 2 or 3 on the list, above the unique look of the skin.

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