Comments on: More Chevy Volt Mule Test Drives and GM’s Point of View w/ Videos

By: bass-on

bass-on — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:12:45 +0000

All of the talk about getting off of fossil fuels is somewhat ridiculous. Where do you think the electricity to charge up these cars comes from? Coal is the most prevalent and it certainly is not environmetaly friendly.

By: Lev

Lev — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:17:04 +0000

I love how the CBS guys show money being printed when they talk about the federal aid, and show the GM logo when they say its name. Nothing like visual and audio stimulation to brainwash an audience. When he asks Weber a question, the video cuts off right as he is about to answer, and instead we hear the reporter’s opinion. What kind of journalism is that? Biased and unreliable. There is a reason he is the only ass to actually have a bad opinion…

By: Herm

Herm — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:27:31 +0000

Depending on the battery, the longevity could be extreme..

By: Shawn Marshall

Shawn Marshall — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:34:46 +0000

89 herm & 76 steven
Home equity is deductible too and the rate is maybe better than auto rate. I can pay cash but would I?
I remember getting 14% on unit trusts and 18% on a money market for some months when we had another winner in the White House so just call me a dumbass Steven.

I apologize for being rude, was only teasingly trying to make the point that the possible longevity of EV may make the premium more palatable. Guess I should speak more plainly for those who need it.

By: Herm

Herm — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:02:44 +0000

Toyota can put a big lithium battery in the Prius in a short amount of time.. the new 2010 Prius is ready for it (unlike the previous models) .. they are just keeping an eye on the lithium market.

#48 CaptJackSparrow Says:
April 15th, 2009 at 3:48 pm

Now with the Volt not expected to be out to the General Public till 2011, wouldn’t one expect the Prius will also improve in performance by then? If so, the price wars of now will make the Volt look like a niche product and not for the masses.

By: Herm

Herm — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:50:39 +0000

of course inflation is about to take off, so that $60k will be nothing by the time he gets done paying for it..

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#76 Steven Says:
April 15th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
“I’m gonna get financing for 10 years, maybe 15, cuz the Volt’s gonna last a long time.”
Awesome plan, that way you can end up spending $60,000 for your $40,000 Volt. You are a bankers dream.

By: Tagamet

Tagamet — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:44:03 +0000

Those “poor billionaires” who payed millions to go into space would have been far better served to get a test drive in a VOLT mule (and GM could use the money(g)).
The GM guys’ voices were DRIPPING with well-deserved pride.
Be well,
Tag
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By: joe obrien

joe obrien — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:44:15 +0000

Dean Reynolds is clearly clueless, makes CBS look bad having such a simpleton give a review on an advanced car.

Just because gas prices are temporarily down because most of the country is broke thanks to 8 years in the wrong direction, doesn’t mean that as soon as we start to rebound gas prices won’t shoot right up as soon as investors think they can start profiting from trading oil over $100 a barrell again.

Hello $3.50 + a gallon gas once again.

Not to mention the effects from peak oil, but I don’t feel like typing forever to point out how clueless Dean is.

By: Jim I

Jim I — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:55:22 +0000

If GM really wanted to know about pent up demand for the Volt, all they would have to do is release model information with options and pricing, and then let customers place orders at their local dealerships. To keep the orders serious, take deposits which would be kept in an escrow account. That way they would be returned, should the worst case scenario occur for GM…..

But first, GM would actually have to tell us where they are going to release the Gen-1 production vehicles!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:08:09 +0000

Why is it taking soo much of GM’s efforts to reintroduce technology they had the jump on over 10 years ago? The EV1 was loved by every one of its owners, batteries were its only limitation. Conveniently the ideal battery technology was baught by Mobil Oil. My concern about this whole “right car at the wrong time” idea is: why are we so oblivious to the fact that oil is not “conveniently” getting lower, but is deliberately being lowered to thwart a second attemt to break our dependance on oil as its being introduced. I predict the same thing to happen to the Volt as the EV1: designed to fail, the Volts expected sales will never come to pass as gas prices drop to a record low, then as the project is scraped by the auto sector as a whole… gas prices will then skyrocket to another new high. Remember there is still over 100 Trillion dollars worth of oil in the ground, does anyone honestly think the oil tycoons will sit back and let battery powered cars take over just for the sake of being green? Not likely.