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What is the True Demand For Electric Cars?
This is clearly a question that is important to answer.
Since the Volt was introduced in January 2007, many EV programs and EV concepts have emerged. President Obama was elected and pledged to put 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. The hydrogen car future has been put in doubt. Oil [...]
GM-Volt.com Chevy Volt Want List Tops 50,000 Members
I started the unofficial Chevy Volt “waiting list” in May of 2007, just about four months after GM revealed the Chevy Volt concept for the first time.
At that time its growth was slow, as this site had very little reach. I remember projecting it might be possible to collect 50,000 names by the time [...]
Survey Says 48% of US Consumers Interested in Purchasing a 40 Mile Range Plug-in Hybrid
Sometimes in our little world of GM-Volt.com it becomes hard to know how much consumer interest there really is in cars like the Volt.
Clearly there is interest, but how widespread is it, and more so how many people are actually considering buying one?
Pike research did a study to determine just these facts.
In a web-based prospective [...]
GM-Volt.com Speaks with Audi President Johan de Nysschen
Last week Audi North America President Johan de Nysschen was quoted as saying the Chevy Volt was a ”car for idiots.” This led to an explosion of web controversy.
Finding this comment hard to believe, and as an ardent Volt enthusiast, I sought the truth direct from the source, and had a half hour informal [...]
Audi President Issues Statement Qualifying His Claim the Chevy Volt is a “Car For Idiots”
The automotive portion of the Internet reverberated Thursday with the comment made by Audi President Johan de Nysschen in which he claimed that the Volt was a “car for idiots.”
The rush of negative press forced Mr. de Nysschen to issue a statement on the Audi Facebook page, in which he claims not remembering saying those [...]
Audi North America President Says Chevy Volt is a ‘Car For Idiots’
In the 2 -1/2 years since the Chevy Volt concept was first unveiled there has been considerable attention from and tension with competitors. Mostly it has been a fair game, and over time in fact many automakers have started their own EV or EREV programs.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk once called the Volt with its [...]
GM-Volt.com Shows America’s Passion About Cars Remains Strong
Every so often GM-Volt.com rises to the attention of the national media. In the most recent case our little blog wound up featured in a story in the Wall Street Journal penned by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Kevin Helliker.
The focus of the story was the fact that despite the global financial meltdown and the particular decimation [...]
GM Launches Chevy Volt Social Media Site: ChevroletVoltAge.com
On July 16th GM launched a dedicated Chevy Volt social media portal called ChevroletVoltAge.com.
I have some mixed feelings about this. GM made me aware it was coming, and I actually was briefed on the project in person at a meeting at GM’s headquarters which included people from GM communications, social media, and Chevrolet marketing.
As [...]
Lutz Denies Ambivalence About the Volt and…Introducing the World’s First Images of the Volt in Black
It may be recalled the Washington Post recently published an extensive piece about Bob Lutz and the Volt in which the vice chairman of GM and originator of the Volt concept was described as being “ambivalent” about the Chevy Volt. The story’s painted Lutz as a lover of loud shiny powerful gas guzzlers and [...]
Bob Lutz and GM Ambivalent About the Chevy Volt
The Washington Post has just published one of the most intensive and thoughtful articles about the Chevy Volt and what it means for GM I have ever seen. The story is based on an interview with GM vice chairman Bob Lutz.
The story begins pointing out that the Chevrolet Camaro SS is GM’s latest muscle [...]
From the Collapse of the Auto Industry Shall Rise the Electric Car
Close observation of recent developments in the automotive sector leads to a certain conclusion; financial collapse is necessary to bring about needed change.
We are bearing witness to a catastrophic rupture of the car industry as we know it. Not only in terms of the economic machinery upon which it is run, but more so upon [...]
Frank Weber Says Chevy Volt is Necessary and Relevant For Energy Independence
Frank Weber is GM’s Volt vehilce line executive, an extremely bright mild-mannered and humble German engineer with laser beam precision accuracy and vision. After visiting the EVS24 symposium in Norway he was so inspired to pen a piece about the relevance of the Volt.
Frank had the feeling many of the world’s brightest minds think [...]
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