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Volt Questions Answered!
Nick Zielinski, Chief Vehicle Engineer of the Volt reads common enthusiasts questions and responds to them in a video statement. He specifically addresses the following questions with the following answers:
1) When the vehicle will be released - he wont say
2) How much it will cost - he wont say except “competitively-priced”
3) [...]
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The Volt is GM’s iPod
A very thoughtful discussion on the birth of the Volt appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal. The story goes that GM has been feeling the heat and threat from Toyota, a company now known for its green-ness due to the Prius. Seeing the risk of being known as a company that turns out [...]
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Volt to be Less Than $30,000
Bob Lutz was quoted as saying some very interesting things. See source article here. He was commenting on the Federal decison to increase fuel economy ratings. In the discussion, which took place on May 10th, he said that the Volt’s consumer cost would be less than $30,000. He also said that [...]
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Volt to be Produced in 36 Months
Larry Burns gave an interview to Automotive News in which he elaborated on some details of the Volt’s production process and plans, and included that a formal production program for the vehicle exists, with initial engineering work already underway.
He says that GM has allocated specific funds for development, with expectations being that 500 million will [...]
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Gas Prices Hit Record High
On May 7th the national average cost of one gallon of regular unleaded gasoline hit $3.07. This is up from the previous record of $3.03 on August 11, 2006.The imperative for all electrc cars like the Volt clearly presses on.
Soon as the cost of battery technology drops and gas prices continue to soar, we [...]
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Senate Hearing on Advanced Technology Vehicles
Yesterday, the Sentate Finance Committee, subcomittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure heard testimony from some of of the leading people of the electric car/ Chevy Volt movement. These included David Vieau of A123 systems and Martin Eberhard of Tesla Motors. All of the transcripts from the meeting can be read in their entirety here.
The main [...]
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Toyota Surpasses GM in Worldwide Sales in 2007
Well, it finally happened. Japanese carmaker Toyota sold more vehicles worldwide this year so far than General Motors, supplanting it as the Number 1 automaker in the world. Toyota sold 2.35 million vehicles as compared to GM’s 2.26 million. Remember GM has been in the top position for 75 years, so this is [...]
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Hydrogen Volt
GM rolled out its new Volt concept variant in Shanghaii yesterday. As mentioned, the vehicle is different than the predecessor concept in that instead of a combustion engine linked to the battery, the car uses a hydrogen fuel cell, which can both charge the battery and drive the engine.
Because of the hydrogen fuel cell, the [...]
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New Version of Volt to House Hydrogen Fuel Cell
As we predicted in our previous post, the new version of the Volt to be displayed at the Shanghai Auto show will demonstrate how the E-flex system can be configured with a hydrogen fuel cell as opposed to the internal combusiton engine.
This concept illustrates the “Flex” portion of E-flex. Since it is the battery-powered [...]
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GM’s Bob Lutz Speaks with Bloggers at NYIAS
GM’s Bob Lutz spoke with a group of bloggers at the New York International Auto Show, including Matt Buchanan of Gizmodo, Jen Chung and Tien Mao of the Gothamist, Rebecca Carter of ecorazzi, Brandy Schaffels of AskPatty, Michael d’Estries of GroovyGreen, Mark Durham of Wired/Autopia and Dan Vaughan of Concept Carz. Terrific very detailed video [...]
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How Electric Cars Can Power the Home
The issue of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) has been raised before when discussing electric vehicles. This refers to the intriguing concept of using a fully-charged electric car’s batteries to give power back to the grid, when the grid needs it and the car doesn’t.
An example given is the scenario of a blackout, ocurring after the homeowner’s [...]
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A123’s Li-ion Batteries Power World’s Fastest Electric Vehicle
The Killacycle broke the record for the fastest electric vehicle of all time on April 3rd and 4th. The bike was able to do a quarter-mile in 8.1 seconds, reaching a speed of 156 miles per hour, and can do 0 to 60 in 1.5 seconds.
The bike is powered by 990 lithium ion cells [...]
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Recent Posts
- Automakers Are Running Out of Time
- Auto Company CEO’s Testify Before the Senate
- Are Chinese Automakers Considering Buying GM and Chrysler?
- The Automaker Bailout Congressional Debate Has Begun
- Production Volt Interior Further Refined: Center LCD Screen, Center Stack Buttons, and Vents
- GM CEO Calls Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing a “Fantasy”
- How the Chevy Volt is Expected to Beat the 100 MPG Designation
- Pelosi Lays Out Conditions For Automaker Aid
- Auto Bailout Bill Will be Brought to Senate on Monday
- GM-Volt.com Letter to the US Government
