Here on this last day of 2009, it seems like it would be a good time to reflect on this past year of Volt developments.
It has been a truly memorable year for sure, but mostly in a negative way with respect to the financial crisis and GM’s bankruptcy proceedings. That did place them on good footing and with the Volt program unswayed and still going strong, next year, the year of the Volt, should prove to be most important of all.
Interestingly the financial mayhem didn’t make it into the top ten posts of the year.
So what were the top 10 posts of 2009? In order of number of page views here they are:
1. Dave Letterman Bashes the Chevy Volt on National Television w/Video
This was when Late Show comedian Dave Letterman “got it wrong” about the Volt on national television, thinking the car could only be driven for 40 miles and missing the point about the range extender, calling it “ridiculous.”.
2. GM-Volt.com Chevy Volt Mule Test Drive w/ Video
This was that special day in April when I got behind the wheel of a Cruze-based Volt mule and took it for about 10 miles around GM’s Milford Proving grounds. Smooth.
3. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz Brings Chevy Volt on Late Night with David Letterman and it’s Awesome
Sweet vindication. GM vice chairman and consummate car guy Bob Lutz got on Letterman’s show and set the record straight about the Volt. Complete with Letterman’ on-air apology.
4. Exclusive: Visit to the Chevy Volt Integration Vehicle Assembly Plant
I got to be the first journalist to visit GMs pre-production operations facility and observe the first of 80 pre-production Chevy Volt prototypes being assembled. These have been completed and under intensive testing since September.
5. GM Aims to ‘Wow’ Customers With Seamless and Intuitive Chevy Volt Driving Experience
GM vice president Jon Lauckner discusses GM’s high-reaching goal of perfection for the Chevy Volt
6. Q&A with Ian Clifford CEO of Zenn Motors: EEStor to Publicly Prove its Technology Imminently
No matter how you cut it, EEStor news is always very popular. I guess imminent should have been defined as greater than 6 months because it still hasn’t happened. Needless to say, our silent and stealthy friends in Texas have missed yet another “gaurenteed” milestone to reveal the elusive breakthrough EESU by the end of 2009. The same thing happened in 2007 and 2008. There’s always 2010! Not sure if 10% owner Zenn Motors will make it that far though, they will stop production of their Zenn low speed vehicle in April to focus their entire company on producing EEStor-powered drivetrains to sell to OEMs.
7. Test Ride: Chevy Volt Pre-production Prototype w/ Video!
In this case I got to take a brief ride in a near production Volt with former Volt executive Frank Weber at the wheel. My first time ever in the final version of the car.
8. GM: Chevy Volt Price Depends on Cost of Gas and Will be Set in May 2010
Another always hot and popular topic is what the Volt’s price will be. In this story Jon Lauckner explains GM won’t officially set the Volts price until 6 months before production, and will base it in part on gas prices at the time. This means we’ll finally know the price in about 5 months. Later information suggests GM may have a surprise for us in this regard.
9. Cadillac Converj Extended-Range Electric Vehicle
This was the world premier unveiling of the beautiful Cadillac Converj Voltec-powered concept. GM has reportedly greenlighted it production for 2012. Expect a very high-tech and high-performance Voltec car with maximum bells and whistles. Cost per Bob Lutz will be about “two Volts.”
10. Chevy Volt Generation Two
A short Q&A I did with Nick Zielinksi who is a GM advanced technology engineer. He explains the rationale behind the next generation Volt: lower and lighter with smaller battery and same range. Planning and development are well underway. We wish them luck.
And thanks to you all for reading GM-Volt.com. You are my inspiration for keeping on keeping on. Please keep spreading the word about the Volt, and follow GM-Volt on Twitter and Facebook.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (7:06 am)Number 1 was the Chevy Volt song and the montage of images that Lyle put with it, IMO.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (7:21 am)LOL!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (7:23 am)Congratulations for this excellent website Lyle. It has been wonderfull to follow every step in the development of one of the biggest game changers in the world: the VOLT.
Keep on going cus we are for sure keep steping by every single day!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (7:32 am)Thanks for the great year Lyle. GM Volt dot com is synonymous with EV awareness.
One theme that has repeated this year is timing issues in EV development. I feel it’s appropriate to repost the “Hilter’s EV dilemma” video.
Let’s Get The Wheels Of The Volt On The Road!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra7-1Wx4exc
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Dec 31st, 2009 (7:36 am)yes. congratulations on a great year. looking forward to reading next year’s posts.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (7:49 am)RB,
Thanks for the chuckle on the dance routine, (although Lyle did do an excellent job on the montage).
I gave you a +1 for humor and also to make sure your feeling weren’t hurt again. Sometimes this can be a rough crowd, as you already know.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (7:56 am)Lyle – Another milestone attained in your commendable and successful effort to bring EV and Volt news to the forefront, and providing a favorable environment for insightful discourse.
To the many GM-Volt.com posters – a hearty thank you for the additional information, insight and wisdom you’ve provided. How often is it that an interest blog becomes a better resource than traditional outlets? You guys and gals have made it so. Has helped this reader understand a lot more about engineering, finance, auto sales and the compromises that must be made to meet such a wide range of automotive needs among us all.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (8:04 am)I never saw this before. It is hillarious. It deserves more than +1.
Gee, I hope GM does not make us “get out the checkbook” for a price increase.
Happy New Year everyone!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (8:16 am)Great Job this year Lyle. Tomorrow we begin the year of the Volt. It should really be exciting.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (8:28 am)Still hoping that one of us regular, non Californian people can get one before the next decade.
Is there any way to find out the effect if the on board charger is plugged into a 240v outlet?
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Dec 31st, 2009 (8:41 am)Given the year that GM has had as a company, I’m thankful that there still is a company and that there still is a Volt rapidly approaching completion. It’s so easy to glaze over this, but the Volt project as well as the company itself had a very near death experience this past year. A sincere “thank you” to GM for committing to this vehicle, especially for when it would have been real easy not to.
I wish a very Happy New Year to everyone here!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (8:50 am)Good Point. I am sure many argued to kill the Volt program to help save GM. They did not give in on this and we should be thankful.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:15 am)It has been a good year for GM-VOLT.COM and its many members. I want to wish one and all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Thanks for all the memories, Lyle. It has been a great run.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:23 am)Well not yet….
I cannot imagine that GM would throw in the towel on the Volt, but I also did not imagine that GM would nearly disappear from the automotive front.
Happy New Year to GM, and lets make 2010 a year that we remember and reminisce about being the year that we began the transition from a petroleum-based to an electric-based transportation system.
After following this site for the past couple years, I am more convinced then ever, that electric transporation is going to become a reality.
Thanks, again Lyle, for all the work you do to keep the message going and to promote the electrification of the automobile.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:40 am)“The same thing happened in 2007 and 2008. There’s always 2010!”
Lyle, just to set the record straight the “same thing happened” starting in 2006 when Ian Clifford stated the following BS to Bill Moore of EV world:
“[ZENN president Ian Clifford] He is confident that EEStor will pull the wraps of their mysterious “battery” very soon; his exact word was “imminent” and that I could, in fact, hold my breath for their announcement. “(Bill Moore, EV World, November 29, 2006)”
http://www.gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2999
http://www.gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3815
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:44 am)To Lyle
Thanks for all your hard work on this site. Even so I do not post regularly I do read it every day.
To Lyle and Everyone
Have a great New Year, stay save and see you all here next Year.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:59 am)So, tomorrow there should be a post of the “Top 10 Quip Responses” from ’statik’. That would be funny.
Or,
The “Top 10 Troll Responses” showing how their misconceptions of the VOLT truly make them bottom feeders…
Or,
Post the ‘lyrics’ to the Chevy VOLT Song from the auto show.
Really, that would be comedy at its finest!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:06 am)This site has been the very best by far for our learnings about Voltec.
It’s a treasure-trove in and of itself for the positive impact it has had down through the years for assisting the public to comprehend an entirely different set of technologies.
Lyle’s the one who is asking all the right questions, and directing the conversations toward the technical aspects that are the very most important. We either learn our technologies in depth, or those same technologies may have us delving financially into our pockets in depth to correct for our indifference to respecting and adhering to their specifications.
2010 has all the signs about it to be one exceptionally-incredible and highly prosperous new year! Especially for those who relentlessly demand of themselves to learn about technologies. That describes everyone here, by the way.
Happy and Prosperous New Year!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:15 am)I’d like to join the chorus of thanks to Lyle for his tireless efforts with this site (and putting up with us). He took his own desire to see something happen and did something remarkable – he did everything he could to make it happen. In a sense, even if he’d failed, it would have been an incredible effort. As it is, he’s taken us along on his historic adventure, and for that I’ll always be grateful.
As someone already said very well, I’ve learned a lot about many related topics that touch on the Volt, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank Statik for a lot of that. He’s taught me a lot (on so many levels)(lol), and his guest op-eds are a real plus too. Thanks as well to all the posters for sharing their knowledge and opinions daily (and their patience).
Sorry for the long post, but it’s been great participating in this site, and we have an even more exciting year ahead!
I wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:23 am)Lyle,
Thanks for all the reporting on the Chevy Volt; I look forward each day to reading GM-Volt.com. I am pleased that GM has kept its promise to deliver the Volt by November, 2010. I hope their new battery research lab can find ways to make the battery less expensive. IMO, battery technology and costs will be the make or break on electric vehicles. I hope that 2010 will be a milestone year for advances in battery technology. Happy New Year!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:26 am)Lyle, I just want to add my thanks for all of us EV nerds that consider your site, if not the highlight of the day, darn close! Best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:38 am)Thanks. I learned that Volt is “…simple as a dimple…” and “…cheaper than your phone.” Good messages.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:39 am)Lyle:
Great work so far!!!!
Can’t wait to see what this site will be like when Volt owners get to post their experiences……
Happy New Year Everyone!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:41 am)Happy New Years to everyone, and of course especially to Lyle, whose hard work makes it all happen.
Looking forward to 2010 — The Year of the Volt!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:56 am)Ditto!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (10:59 am)“Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.”
Michael Corleone/Al Pacino
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:01 am)7:56 am
True that. +1
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:01 am)Lyle:
Thanks for this great site. I have been a lurker for about 2 years. There are so many good responders I never felt the need to contribute. I read the site every day and always learn something.
Happy New Year to all!!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:04 am)Great website. I follow the updates almost daily while waiting for the arrival of the Volt. It definitely keeps my interest. Keep up the good work for 2010!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:04 am)I’d love to see that montage again. I think it was one of Lyle’s best works.
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:07 am)10:15 am
“The power of one.” This is the best example I have ever seen. As to statik, amen to that too. Tagamet and all the rest of you, come to that. +1 to all, LOL.
Great comments today bloggers.
LJGTVWOTR!!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:15 am)Well I guess I’ve got all day, but let me just say it right now.
I can only join the chorus of congratulations to Dr. Dennis for his amazing achievements. An automotive journalist par excellence IMHO. I read Autoweek very carefully every issue, and the Volt reporting here is 100, nay 1000, times better. Awesome!
Someone called 2010 “The Year Of The Volt”. God send that it shall be true. Maybe a year from today we will be getting some actual owner feedback. What is the old saying? “Next year in Jerusalem”?
The happiest and MOST PROPEROUS possible New Year to all.
LJGTVWOTR IN 2010!!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:20 am)Thank You, Lyle! Happy and Happier New Year.
Happy trails to You ’til we .meet again
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:30 am)Noel, you help us keep a finger on the pulse of the West coast, so a +1 to you too!
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:37 am)Thanks for all you’ve brought to the table, Dr. Lyle. That list could have easily included several more posts given the exciting development period of the Volt this past year. Next year is going to top it all off.
I’ve done a little ’spreading the word’ in other websites I go to. Here’s a thread I started in a bicycle website I’m a part of (stuart22=starliner there). There’s still plenty of distrust of GM and anti-GM sentiment existing, but as this thread shows, some of them are softening up and getting interested in the Volt and what it’s all about:
http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=197959
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:39 am)My 2c..
Thanks Lyle for a great FREE forum that is much much better than that “Other” site!!!!
Now for some Kahlua n Coffee.
/starting a little early for new years
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Dec 31st, 2009 (12:15 pm)Thanks for the link and the support of the Volt on that thread. There really was only one unyielding dude, and I think his issues go a lot deeper than the Volt or GM (lol). The need for the Volt to be “spot on” as we’ve discussed here before, was a really strong theme too.
Lots of PR remains for GM.
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (12:18 pm)Lyle,
Thank you for this wonderful website. Sharing my anticipation for the Volt with all the readers make it a little less stressful.
Wishing you and all the readers the best for 2010.
Happy New Year!
NPNS!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (12:20 pm)I gotta ask. There is this “article” on theeestory.com that talks of a small ultracapacitor to an electric bicycle builder. It acts like something from EEStor was actually shipped to this guy. There is a video of the guy riding the bicycle with an electric motor. The “battery” looks like an ordinary sized battery that normal electric bicycles (if there is a “normal” electric bike) use, not at all the size of a supposed EEStor unit (2×2x8). It looks like a joke to me, but what do I know? Dated 2 days ago. Never mind, I now see that it is talking about a unit that is “expected” to arrive. How could I have missed that?
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Dec 31st, 2009 (12:31 pm)I’d like to add my thanks to Lyle and everyone here for everything you’ve done to make the Volt a reality. And for making this such a great place to talk about it. Hopefully, by this time next year, Lyle will have one of the early Volts.
Happy New Year everyone!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (12:32 pm)I echo all of the sentiments of thanks and look forward to a GOOD New Year.
Dr. Dennis, you are the best.
Everybody else, your input is also great – the whole is bigger than the sum of its parts.
The best to everyone. Here’s hoping that each of us has a Volt experience this year, even if it is only sitting in one at a show.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (12:58 pm)Dr. Dennis: Thank you for all your work to bring the first person interviews and test drives directly to viewers of this web site. Even though you do this from your heart, you still break news on a very regular basis on Chevy Volt and GM developments.
I hope you are compensated somewhat from the commercial advertising on this web site. You deserve every penny. In addition, you must have a very understanding wife who gives you the time away from your day job and your family to devote to this site.
On to the Year of The Volt!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:09 pm)Thank you, Tag, for your comments. I’ve done earlier threads there on the Volt, and each time the negativity level from the responses seemed to be less than the previous thread I did.
Check out this one I started back in June……
http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=175638&highlight=volt+prius+chevy
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:18 pm)Thanks to everyone for good info and good ideas.
Have a happy New Years Eve and 2010.
The Great Spirit gave you two ears and only one mouth, so you can talk half as much as you listen.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:23 pm)I second that sentiment about Lyle getting an early Volt. What better way to thank Lyle for all that he has done while providing an excellent outlet for detailed volt information to the thousands of gm-volt readers.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:24 pm)O.K. I admit it, I’m addicted to reading this web site Thank you Lyle for this site! Here’s to a Great New Yearand please don’t drive if you drink.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:34 pm)Happy New Year, Lyle!
I hope you get the first Volt!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:36 pm)The on-board charger is capable of accepting 240 volts, but only through a professionally installed device available from GM to Volt owners at extra cost. This is as much for the protection of your house as for themselves; they don’t want to be subject to lawsuits from home fires caused by amateur wiring (though I know that I would get it right!!!).
When plugged into the GM 240V charger, the Volt should fully recharge in 3 hours, instead of the usual 8 (on a dedicated 110V circuit), or 11 hours (on 110V at an optionally lower setting to avoid tripping the breaker on a non-dedicated outlet).
Charging behavior is non-linear (it takes less than half the time to get half the charge), so you could get 20 miles’ worth in around 3 hours at 110V on a dedicated outlet, if you had to. Because of the engine turning a generator when stored electricity is depleted, you should never be forced into this situation.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:47 pm)Ditto that! Happy New Year all… 2010, the year of the coming of the Volt!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:49 pm)Chevy Volt: American-made, American-FUELED. May this car change the direction of the country.
Retired, US Air Force veteran. Proud American. Thank you Lyle for promoting such a great fervor toward this car. Less than a year to go now.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (1:51 pm)What would I do without gm-volt.com? I really don’t know. Thanks for taking me along on your dream, doctor. Here’s to another great year!
*clink*
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Dec 31st, 2009 (2:08 pm)OUCH! Thanks for hanging in there and giving back more than they dished out. They say “pioneers take all the arrows”, so I guess that makes you a pioneer (g).
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (2:14 pm)Thanks Lyle to bring back chronological post order in 2009
Thanks to GM to keep Volt on track & schedule by end of 2010
Thanks to 2010 to bring hope to get over this difficult ‘08-’09 period.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (2:24 pm)CaptJack has the right idea. Never too soon to start the celebrations. Happy New Year to the best blog on the Net.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (2:28 pm)Indeed so
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Dec 31st, 2009 (2:32 pm)Lyle,
Thanks for all your work on this site over the years. The waiting is almost over for some lucky few in CA. When it will come to Chicago I don’t know, but I want to be at the top of the list… if I’m still employed.
Happy new year everyone!
Fishmahn
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Dec 31st, 2009 (2:35 pm)As always, Great Job Lyle!
This is one of my favorite sites. I come here almost every day to take a look a the dialog and learn something new about this incredible car.
Also, y’all make me laugh (in a good way) every day! Even the trolls are funny.
Have a great 2010 ‘The Year of the Volt’!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (3:09 pm)Timaaayyy!!! wants to get real, too!!!
http://www.comcast.net/slideshow/news-oddphotos/9/
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Dec 31st, 2009 (3:29 pm)2:28 pm
So much the better! Best news I’ve heard today. Happy 2010.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (3:52 pm)3:09 pm
Great stuff! I got so fascinated that I scrolled through all 55 photos. Amazing to see the folks all around the world dressed up in Santa suits. Very cool, no pun intended as most of them were taken in December.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (4:53 pm)Slow day! I think that this thread may make the top ten for “Fewest posts” LOL.
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:01 pm)Hitler had nothing to say about ESStor????
Cheers
And a Happy New Year
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:11 pm)Happy New Years to all and thanks again to Lyle, Statik and all the regulars for making this the best place to check up on the Volt and all things electric car. 2010 should prove to be even more interesting and exciting for those of us out here in Volt Nation.
Thanks again!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:19 pm)In three short hours begins the year of the Volt !
It’s been a long road. Lyle, you’re one determined guy. You stuck with us for years. You dug up information for us almost every day, keeping GM-volt.com lively. You got us interviews that we would not have had, otherwise. You even refrained from laughing every time EEStor said “it’s almost ready”.
I just wanted to say – Thank you.
I can’t wait to see the feeding frenzy when the Volts hit the dealerships in November. I’ll keep my “Black Friday” camping gear ready to camp out at the dealership, so I can be first in line when they go on sale. Bring on the dealer markups – I’m ready.
In the meantime, I’ll just sit back and admire Tagamet’s cat. I love that picture.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (9:28 pm)Thanks, Grump. I’ll pass the compliment along to Jack aka Tag’s icon.
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:28 pm)Jack RULES! I also groove on that avatar. Peace out man (and cat) and HNY to you both.
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:35 pm)THANKS MIKE! Jack has 2 brothers – one is an identical twin (Toby) and one looks totally unrelated (Bubba). They all came to live here with the resident cat (Levi) about a year ago.
That picture of Jack smilin makes me smile every time I see it. I’m glad to hear that others enjoy it to.
Peace to you and yours too!
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:38 pm)That’s the best picture of all on the site. Jack ought to be the site mascot Tag.
Happy New Year and Good night all!
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Dec 31st, 2009 (11:40 pm)I’ll check with his agent….
Have a great one!
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Jan 1st, 2010 (12:03 am)HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We’re now in the year of the VOLT!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Jan 1st, 2010 (1:12 am)He was too busy listening to his new H-pod:
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Jan 1st, 2010 (1:29 am)It’s been fun these last couple years prognosticating (pontificating?
) on the Volt with everyone and I look forward to continuing to do so for the better part of one more before it finally comes out. That will be a good day.
Happy New Year’s to everyone, and Tag’s cat.
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Jan 1st, 2010 (10:52 am)Is Levi the schemer of the bunch? (Levi is an anagram for “evil” after all).
You know, now that I think about it, while the Volt may not be a five-seater, you could always build a custom multi-cat throne that mounts into the center cupholder console in the back…
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Jan 1st, 2010 (8:24 pm)Great idea, could work for babies as well.
Easier just to wait for version two though, heh.
DON’T glue him to the hood, it will reduce your AER.
/joke
Welcome to the year of the Volt
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Jan 1st, 2010 (9:29 pm)Actually, Levi was “wild” for his formative months, so when we got him he needed a lot of “affection: (like with a stout stick) to get him to behave himself. As a result, I’m the alpha male in the house, then Levi, Bubba, Toby and then poor Jack. I think Jack smiles a lot so he doesn’t tick off any of the other cats. Levi has come a long way, but the Vet still refuses to see him. It took three adults to hold him down for his shots (all wearing long leather gloves). We’ve had cats for ~35 years, but never two that were the same. A lot like kids, I guess.
Happy New Year!
Tagamet
Let’s Just Get The Volts’ Wheels On The Road!!**********NPNS
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Jan 2nd, 2010 (7:15 am)From humble beginnings…
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Jan 2nd, 2010 (9:19 am)My understanding was that the 240v unit was a separate charger. My question still remains, what happens if you plug the on board charger into 240v. Pretty easy to make an adapter to do so. Pretty important that you be able to do so if the vehicle is to be sold worldwide. Most of the world doesn’t have our electrical jumble which includes 120v.
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Jan 2nd, 2010 (12:29 pm)Happy New Year to everyone at GM-Volt.com!
Lyle, congratulations on a tremendously successful year. I still have no idea how you manage to keep up the pace of information flow on this site and still have any semblance of live beyond GM-Volt, let alone a day job! I’ve said it before, but only history will show how this site has managed to keep a multi-national corporation (GM) focused on a dreamed-up concept during the most difficult financial crisis of our lifetime. There is no doubt in my mind that the collective enthusiasm and interest generated from this site is largely responsible for keeping GM on track.
The only thing that could top your Top-10 list would be to have Letterman name the VOLT in his on-air Top-10 stories for 2010!
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