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Bob Lutz to Retire

February 9th, 2009 | Posted in: Latest News with 83 Comments

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz is the father of the Chevy Volt. He is an outspoken colorful, what-you-see is what-you-get kind of guy. A veteran both of the Marines and the automotive industry, he has been the source not only of the Volt itself but many of the most interesting and important quotes along [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 83 Comments

GM CEO: “Chevy Volt is a Go”, Production Schedule Approved by the Board and Design Shown Publicly in the “Very Near Future”

June 3rd, 2008 | Posted in: Design, Latest News with 207 Comments

This morning GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner made some major announcements about GM’s plans for reacting to $4.00 per gallon gasoline and slumping sales, particularly of trucks indicating that high gas and oil prices are not cyclical but likely permanent.
First the automaker is closing 4 truck and SUV plants in North America, which should result in [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 207 Comments

Could Recession Crash the Volt?

May 13th, 2008 | Posted in: Financial, Latest News with 132 Comments

We wait patiently as GM puts the Volt through the most rapid development cycle any of its vehicles has ever had. Meanwhile, since the original concept was introduced in Jan 2007, the economy has been in trouble. The burdens of the credit crisis and the rapidly rising oil prices have significantly affected the [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 132 Comments

NEW FEATURE: Bi-Monthly Chevy Volt Video News Update

August 26th, 2007 | Posted in: Latest News, Video with 13 Comments

I am trying out a new feature here on GM-Volt.com. Just as the GM execs are meeting every two weeks to discuss progress on the Chevy Volt’s development, I thought it would be a good idea if I posted a video wrap-up of the past two weeks news, information, and events related to the [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 13 Comments

10-Mile Range Volt Prototype out in 2008, 40-miler in 2009

August 2nd, 2007 | Posted in: Competitors, General, Latest News, Release Date with 25 Comments

Just now an article appeared on Bloomberg.com. The authors cite “secret sources” (not sauces) as saying that GM expects to have an early working Volt prototype out in 2008 which will get a 10 mile all-electric range. Their secret source goes on to say that a 40-mile version will be out in 2009. [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 25 Comments

Ford Also Plans to Enter the Plug-in Car Arena

July 10th, 2007 | Posted in: Latest News with 8 Comments

Yesterday, Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said that hsi company plans to sell plug-in hybrids within the next 5 to 10 years.
He made this comment at an event marking a partnership between Ford and Southern California Edison to explore the feasibility of rechargeable cars and the impact on the electrical grid of their widespread [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 8 Comments

GM-Volt EXCLUSIVE Interview/Podcast: Compact Power Inc. Executives Discuss Volt Battery Pack Development

June 27th, 2007 | Posted in: Battery, Latest News, Original GM-Volt Interviews with 20 Comments

In our last post, I presented an interview with Dr. Bart Riley of A123 Systems, one of the two companies GM awarded contracts to in order to develop the Volt’s battery packs. Now I’ve also had the opportunity to discuss the same issues with two top executives from the competitor company, Compact Power Inc. (CPI) [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 20 Comments

GM-Volt EXCLUSIVE: Interview and Podcast with A123 co-founder, CTO, and VP of R&D Bart Riley on Building the Volt’s Battery Pack

June 21st, 2007 | Posted in: Battery, Latest News, Original GM-Volt Interviews with 50 Comments

Today I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Bart Riley, co-founder, VP of R&D and CTO of A123 Systems. We discussed A123’s battery system and how they are going about making the Volt’s battery pack system.
This interview is important in that is reveals the first details available about A123’s plans since the June 5th [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 50 Comments

GM Sends in the Engineers

June 15th, 2007 | Posted in: Electric Motor, Latest News with 14 Comments

Today GM announced that they are moving 500 fuel cell experts out of the laboratory and on to the production front. Their collective work will focus on mass production of the 5th generation hydrogen fuel cell system that was unveiled in the Hydrogen Volt in Shanghai.What this means is that GM is serious about [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 14 Comments

GM-VOLT.COM Moderator Participates in Blogger Interview with Nick Zielinski, Chief Vehicle Engineer of the Volt and Gary Smyth, Director Powertrain Systems

June 7th, 2007 | Posted in: Latest News, Original GM-Volt Interviews with 35 Comments

Tonight, myself and several other bloggers including including Matt Kelly of Podtech, Sam Abuelsamid of AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Scott Anderson of Hydrogen Forecast, Philip Proefrock from Ecogeek and Greenoptions, and Matt Mayer of GroovyGreen.com were given the wonderful opportunity to have a sincere and very interesting discussion about the development of [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 35 Comments

GM-VOLT.COM Moderator Participates in Blogger Interview With Micky Bly, Director of Hybrid Vehicle Integration

June 7th, 2007 | Posted in: Latest News, Original GM-Volt Interviews with 8 Comments

June 7, Detroit Michigan – Today, myself and several other bloggers including including Matt Kelly of Podtech, Sam Abuelsamid from AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Scott Anderson of Hydrogen Forecast, Philip Proefrock from Ecogeek and Greenoptions, and Matt Mayer of GroovyGreen.com were given the opportunity to interview Micky Bly who is GM’s Director [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 8 Comments

GM-VOLT.COM Moderator at GM Headquarters

June 7th, 2007 | Posted in: Latest News with 13 Comments

Your trusty moderator is here right now in the lobby of GM Headquarters in Detroit, awaiting a day of meetings with several GM executives critical to the developemnt of the Volt.
I will do my best to get our questions answered!
Latest news so far includes:
-a supposed quote from GM on Volt production in 2015 (way too [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 13 Comments

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