Comments on: GM Exec: Volt to Have Very Cool Eco-Graphic Interface http://gm-volt.com/2009/10/05/gm-exec-volt-to-have-very-cool-eco-graphic-interface/ 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: Mike http://gm-volt.com/2009/10/05/gm-exec-volt-to-have-very-cool-eco-graphic-interface/#comment-152183 Mike Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:47:50 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1740#comment-152183 I wonder if someone from Apple helped in the UI design. Looks very Apple-esq. Not sure how that will work when driving. I know that I personally prefer to have large obvious buttons and segregation between components. I have a Mazda6 now, and the heater controls and radio controls are combined into one flowing panel, but that requires a bit more attention from me while driving to change any settings. Not something good in a world where we are continually getting more distracted from driving. I wonder if someone from Apple helped in the UI design. Looks very Apple-esq. Not sure how that will work when driving. I know that I personally prefer to have large obvious buttons and segregation between components.

I have a Mazda6 now, and the heater controls and radio controls are combined into one flowing panel, but that requires a bit more attention from me while driving to change any settings. Not something good in a world where we are continually getting more distracted from driving.

]]> By: stas peterson http://gm-volt.com/2009/10/05/gm-exec-volt-to-have-very-cool-eco-graphic-interface/#comment-151056 stas peterson Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:14:21 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1740#comment-151056 The enviro crazies in California are the ones responsible for the high priced electricity. They only want electric power plants that produce no electricity to be built. Now think what the consequences will be for California and the adoption electric cars when or If the Clueless One gets his Cap & Tax which quadruples the price of California electricity from $.31 per KWh to $1.25 per KWh. Meanwhile Clueless One will boast about how he will encourage everyone to buy electric cars? Unfortunately for the country, The Clueless One is incompetent, and his counselors Holdren & Chu are brain dead believers who have written of their plans and love for the Noble Savage; and want to deindustrialize and depopulate the country and bring him back. I never really thought that fellows who write and publish of the need to kill off 280 or 300 million Americans, would ever be appointed to the post of street cleaner, never-mind DOE Secretary and Environmental Czar respectively. Clueless Junior in California is another poor example of Chief Executive. He buys into the most stupid of the insatiable environmental demands, and seems happy to be actively driving industry out of California. Proving you can find losers in either political Party. The enviro crazies in California are the ones responsible for the high priced electricity. They only want electric power plants that produce no electricity to be built. Now think what the consequences will be for California and the adoption electric cars when or If the Clueless One gets his Cap & Tax which quadruples the price of California electricity from $.31 per KWh to $1.25 per KWh.

Meanwhile Clueless One will boast about how he will encourage everyone to buy electric cars?

Unfortunately for the country, The Clueless One is incompetent, and his counselors Holdren & Chu are brain dead believers who have written of their plans and love for the Noble Savage; and want to deindustrialize and depopulate the country and bring him back. I never really thought that fellows who write and publish of the need to kill off 280 or 300 million Americans, would ever be appointed to the post of street cleaner, never-mind DOE Secretary and Environmental Czar respectively.

Clueless Junior in California is another poor example of Chief Executive. He buys into the most stupid of the insatiable environmental demands, and seems happy to be actively driving industry out of California. Proving you can find losers in either political Party.

]]> By: Matthew_B http://gm-volt.com/2009/10/05/gm-exec-volt-to-have-very-cool-eco-graphic-interface/#comment-151040 Matthew_B Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:20:20 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1740#comment-151040 I don't want to see some stupid leaf animation. I want to see a crying oil sheik. The more efficient you are, the more he cries. I don’t want to see some stupid leaf animation.

I want to see a crying oil sheik. The more efficient you are, the more he cries.

]]> By: Doof http://gm-volt.com/2009/10/05/gm-exec-volt-to-have-very-cool-eco-graphic-interface/#comment-151011 Doof Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:36:39 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1740#comment-151011 Dave G is correct. However there is also another benefit. ICE's are more prone to have problems. Because of the fact that they have so many moving parts. A lot of people aren't stating this fact as much as they could. The reliablilty factor of the electric motor vs the ICE. Not everyone in america buys cars this way, but when the things start getting old and they still function really well, then people will be really thankfull for the volt. Dave G is correct. However there is also another benefit. ICE’s are more prone to have problems. Because of the fact that they have so many moving parts. A lot of people aren’t stating this fact as much as they could. The reliablilty factor of the electric motor vs the ICE. Not everyone in america buys cars this way, but when the things start getting old and they still function really well, then people will be really thankfull for the volt.

]]> By: stas peterson http://gm-volt.com/2009/10/05/gm-exec-volt-to-have-very-cool-eco-graphic-interface/#comment-150989 stas peterson Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:33:59 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1740#comment-150989 The VOLT 230 mpge is real World. Except that it is probably too low and most average drivers will exceed it easily and many will double it. The VOLT 230 mpge is real World. Except that it is probably too low and most average drivers will exceed it easily and many will double it.

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