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Q&A With Chevy Volt Lead Powertrain Engineer

Alex Cattelan is head of the Volt propulsion engineering team.  I had the chance to discuss the current state of Chevy Volt development from her perspective.
What is your role in the Volt program?
I head up the team that does all of the propulsion systems for the Volt. That includes motors, power electronics, we don’t [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 193 Comments

Vice Chairman Tom Stephens on the Current State of GM’s Hydrogen Fuel Cell Program

September 21st, 2009 | Posted in: GM Q and A, Hydrogen, Project Driveway with 219 Comments

Hydrogen powered vehicles is a topic that tends to bring out debate. Before the recent explosion of interest in battery electric cars, talk of a hydrogen superhighway and fuel cells cars being the next big step were all the rage.
Interest appears to be waning.
Tom Stephens is vice-chairman of GM and is responsible for product [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 219 Comments

Guest Post From GM’s Frank Weber on Long Term Cost Advantage of EREVs Over BEVs

July 30th, 2009 | Posted in: Feedback to GM, GM Q and A with 466 Comments

This is Frank Weber, Global Vehicle Chief Engineer, Chevrolet Volt. I read with great interest “Dave G’s” post comparing the cost and range of extended-range electric vehicles (EREV) like the Volt to that of BEVs. While many of Dave’s numbers are estimates, his analysis is spot on and worth noting. EREVs have [...]

Posted by: Frank Weber with 466 Comments

Pre-production Volt in Motion: Lead Designer Bob Boniface says “Its Like Christmas Morning”

July 28th, 2009 | Posted in: Design, GM Q and A, Video with 325 Comments

Bob Boniface is the chief designer of the Chevy Volt. In this GM video he discusses what the current pre-production state means from a design standpoint and what work is yet left to do.  We are treated to some new moving footage of the pre-production vehicle in black.
Boniface explains at this point his team [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 325 Comments

GM VP’s Chevy Volt Update

July 23rd, 2009 | Posted in: GM Q and A with 284 Comments

In our last post we had a live chat with Jon Lauckner GM’s VP of global program management, who along with Bob Lutz is co-creator of the Chevy Volt.
He took some significant questions from readers here and some other sites. Key information is as follows:
Price
GM has never officially told us what the Volt will cost, [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 284 Comments

GM VP Troy Clarke on Why GM Doesn’t Have a Strong Hybrid Sedan

February 2nd, 2009 | Posted in: GM Q and A, Hybrid with 134 Comments

I had the opportunity to ask a question of GM’s VP North America, Troy Clarke. It was as follows:
Other automakers are making cars like the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius, why hasn’t GM placed a strong hybrid architecture into a small sedan and targeted a lower price point, and rather put those systems into [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 134 Comments

Chevy Volt Generation Two

January 30th, 2009 | Posted in: Engineering, GM Q and A, Voltec with 183 Comments

I had the chance to speak with Nick Zielinksi, he is GM’s vehicle line director for advanced technology vehicles. He is doing some of the coolest stuff at GM, developing the engineering for their “way in the future” cars.

Since you are responsible for the generation two and three Volts can you say anything about what [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 183 Comments

My Question to GM’s CFO Ray Young

January 22nd, 2009 | Posted in: Financial, GM Q and A, Original GM-Volt Interviews with 99 Comments

GM just received last night an additional $5.4 billion in government loans bringing the total so far to $9.4 billion. They are expected to receive an addition $4 billion on February 17th.
While in Detroit, I had a chance to ask one question to Ray Young who is GM’s CFO. Ray noted that GM [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 99 Comments

My Question to GM CEO Rick Wagoner

January 19th, 2009 | Posted in: GM Q and A with 97 Comments

While at the Detroit Auto Show I had the chance to meet GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner in a group discussion with about ten journalists. It sort of reminded me of the film Roger and Me, here I am some bumbling Michael Moore-type winding my way through months of effort to finally stand next to [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 97 Comments

GM Q&A: Volt Vehicle Line Executive Frank Weber on the Current Chevy Volt Mules

November 6th, 2008 | Posted in: Engineering, GM Q and A, Original GM-Volt Interviews, Prototypes with 69 Comments

Frank Weber is the Chevy Volt vehicle line executive. I had a chance to sit down with him for some discussion while he was in New York at a recent event.
How is the mule development going?
The big step was when we finalized the mules vehicles at the end of August and delivered those on time [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 69 Comments

Lutz Provides More Volt Details: Photovoltaic Roof to be Unveiled in January, and Volt Development Ahead of Schedule

October 9th, 2008 | Posted in: Features, GM Q and A with 158 Comments

After the Volt unveiling the Toronto Star had a fruitful Q& A with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz.
Lutz told reporters that because things have gone so well, the Volt is actually ahead of schedule. He indicated that he was now 99.9% sure the Volt will be a success, and that as a result it will [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 158 Comments

GM Q&A: Chevy Volt Production

September 30th, 2008 | Posted in: GM Q and A, Original GM-Volt Interviews, Production with 117 Comments

I had a wide-ranging discussion with Robert Kruse, to whom I posed many of the questions readers here asked. Bob is GMs executive director of EVs and Hybrids. In this segment we discussed Volt production.
How many Volts are you aiming towards producing in the first year?
We have not announced a specific number for [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 117 Comments

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