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

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 [...]

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Chevy Volt Generation Two

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 [...]

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My Question to GM’s CFO Ray Young

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 [...]

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My Question to GM CEO Rick Wagoner

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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GM Q&A: Chevy Volt Production

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 [...]

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Video Update: Ask Your Chevy Volt Questions at the GM Centennial Event

We are two just days from the presumed global unveiling of the Chevy Volt production car.  I will shortly be heading out to GM headquarters in Detroit to experience and bring you all the details live at the source of the GM Centennial Celebration.
This is also an opportunity for anyone here that has questions to ask [...]

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Volt Nation VIDEO: Public Q and A Part II

In this segment, the GM execs answer questions about performance, saying it will be stable whether the generator is on or off.  Also discussed is how fun an experience electric driving can be. Weber says “it’s fun to eco-drive”.
The team was asked about roll-out plans, Volt chief engineer Posawatz says first the integrity [...]

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More with Contintenal EV Director on the A123/Conti Chevy Volt Battery Pack Development

Below are more questions and answers with Darryn Nowicki Electric Vehicle Director, Continental Automotive, one of the Chevy Volt pack-making team members.
What is the process of building up to be able to make packs on a mass scale?
As far as being able to mass produce the batteries, we are gearing up to be able to [...]

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More Details on Pricing the Volt

Recently we heard a statement from Dee Allen of GM about the Volt costing around $35,000. Since it’s of tremendous interest and importance, I decided to look into this in more detail. I managed to catch up with Mr. Allen who it turns out is GMs spokesperson on global product and brands, and [...]

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The Latest with Frank Weber, E-Flex/Chevy Volt Vehicle Line Executive

I sat down for a brief Q and A with Frank Weber. He is the vehicle line executive for the Chevy Volt and all of E-Flex systems for GM. He knows a lot about what’s going on and is very forthright and forthcoming.
What was GMs motivation to build the Volt?

Societal challenge. Look [...]

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