Comments on: NBC Reporter Test Drives Chevy Volt Prototype Mule

By: dumb Ohio person

dumb Ohio person — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:00:02 +0000

I bet if you need heat in any all electric car, your total range will drop alot. I hear no talk about heating the car. Heat takes alot of electicity. I guess I would just dress warm, buy me a motorcycle helmet, and stick my head out of the window.

By: sudhaman

sudhaman — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:07:30 +0000

volt is an excellent concept. GM lost market due to cheap imported cars from Japan and Germany and also because the credit markets are freezed .Not because they did not make good cars.Otherwise how they would have been market leader for 77 years

By: Mamiro Yoshizawa

Mamiro Yoshizawa — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:17:08 +0000

Dear Sir
I want to know how difficult will be to connect Volt as power supply to the grid? For instance during peak hour of utilities.
And how difficult will be to get hot water from the gas or alcohool engine? During the above assumption.
Mamiro Yoshizawa Electric power Engineer

By: endo-kuuken

endo-kuuken — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:18:51 +0000

I wonder if they plan to train all the mechanics to service this thing? there aren’t that many things on it, but like all things, murphy’s law strikes and then you can’t get the car serviced… it is one of my worries about getting a volt, I want peace of mind, some kind of long standing warranty, I went through a nightmare with a BMW I bought in 2002, since only the dealer could do work on it, I paid through the nose for a new ECU after the warranty had expired at 36k miles

have you all seen the fisker karma? it is growing on me

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:35:00 +0000

just buy a civic… they look the same and it’s almost 20k less. it’d take a lot of gas to make up that difference…