Comments on: How Many People Know About the Volt?

By: Ontario Blue Collar

Ontario Blue Collar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:33:22 +0000

There is more than a billion dollar project which won’t help Toronto for the next few years. The way it’s paid for is with a special fund for projects to boost manufacturing now. Oh yeah, that fund is added straight to the national debt.

John Baird releases a bit of frustration at Toronto’s expense, Miller capitalises and it happens and streetcars worth $1.2 billion are bought. Gotta love politics. We’re so very lucky that Toronto didn’t need any work done on roads, sewers, parks and bridges or anything else that could reduce unemployment and help the city right now.

By: steven

steven — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:03:55 +0000

does anyone know how many people work for GM in 2009 plaz right back to me on my e-mail by tommorow

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:48:50 +0000

Most people I have talked to about the Volt have never heard of it as well.

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:09:18 +0000

It would be nice if Chev can produce a car where the window does not fall inside the door. No doubt the Volt will have this feature like every other Chev.

By: Bob G

Bob G — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:27:33 +0000

#135 N Riley says, “… Man in the Street interviews and other such have pretty well shown the low level knowledge of the typical person on the street …. And finally, let Dr. Lyle Dennis do a god test drive over the weekend.”

Don’t believe everything you see on TV. Those “interviews” are selected for shock and entertainment effect, so we don’t get to see all the “boring” people who *can* answer the questions. Besides, if someone ambushed me with a camera and told me that I was on national television, I would be a little distracted too.

Regarding test drives, I suspect that one of the reasons we don’t see a big Volt test drive blitz is that these cars are under active development. If it’s anything like a flight test program in the aerospace industry, just about every hour of each vehicle’s time is reserved for testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and modifications. Taking vehicles away for other “non-essential” activities could jeopardize the schedule.

So, while I think feedback from Lyle would be valuable to the Volt’s development effort, I wouldn’t expect GM to let him have a prototype for more than a few hours.