Archive for the 'Public Opinion' Category
The Volt’s #1 Fanboy and Our Wait List Story is the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
I’ve been called a lot of things and here’s another.
Anyway, that’s what I’m called in the title of a new story about my effort, brought forth by John Voelcker who writes for Hybridcars.com, IEEE, and WIRED. Read it here: HybridCars
It is an extremely well-written article chronicling our efforts here and hopeful plans for the future.
You [...]
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GM-Volt Wait List Generation 2.0, List Tops 33,000 Members
As many of you know this site was started within days of GM announcing the Volt concept in January 2007. The goal then was to demonstrate to GM the demand was there for them to follow through and bring the car to production. On June 3rd, GM’s CEO announced the board approved moving [...]
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Bob Lutz Impressed with CNBC’s “Saving General Motors”
Last Wednesday, CNBC aired the hour-long documentary Saving General Motors . We covered it here and had a bit of fun dissecting it in the comments.
Apparently GM vice chairman Bob Lutz watched it too, and wrote a review on his blog.
Lutz wrote that he was "impressed with the balance, the fairness, and the journalistic integrity [...]
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GM CEO: “People Will be Lined up to Get Into This Kind of Vehicle”
It’s very tough times in the US economy and for the auto industry in particular. GM surprised investors yesterday with a rather large loss of $15.5 billion dollars in the second quarter. Despite that they still have $21 billion in cash reserves, $5 billion in credit lines, and plans to raise an additional $15 billion [...]
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Nissan CEO Ghosn: “I Don’t Want a Range Extender”
It looks like more fighting words in the OK Corral as GM vice-chair Bob Lutz has taken to calling the electric car competition arena.
Nissan’s CEO Carlson Ghosn has long stood by a pure EV approach. He recently told the New York Times that any electric car he would sell in the US would have [...]
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JD Power Survey Says: Yes to Hybrids, No to E85, Maybe to EVs
J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Alternative Powertrain Study was published Tuesday.
In the study of more than 4000 people planning to buy a car in the next 2 years, 62% indicated they were considering buying a hybrid. This number increased from 50% the year before.
A JD Power director indicated that this change represented improved education [...]
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GM-Volt.com Founder on NightSide with Dan Rea
Thanks to our regular reader and vigorous participant Larry G. (Tagamet), I was introduced to Dan Rea who does a nightly talk show on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 out of Boston.
I will be joining Dan on his show as a guest tonight Wednesday July 9th from 9PM - 10PM EST. For those who don’t know, [...]
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Lets Dispel Some Rumors: Did GM Really Move-Up Volt Production and Unveiling in Response to the Current Financial Crisis?
In the past few days there have been a flurry of conventional media and blog posts about how GM has decided both to unveil the production Chevy Volt and launch its production in an expedited fashion. These articles insinuate that these moves are suddenly taking place because of GMs finanical difficulties.
This began because of a [...]
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Wall Street Journal Opinion - Chevy Volt Just a Political Tool
Occasionally an opinion piece is written about the Volt that comes out negative. These are unconventional pieces as the vast majority of journalistic work paints the car in a positive light.
The Wall Street Journal has just published an article by editorial board member Holman Jenkins that was particularly harsh.
The author takes note of GMs [...]
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Should GM Skip the Volt and Just Make More Efficient Gas Cars?
It’s glaringly clear that GM (and Ford and Chrysler) have rapidly slid into serious financial peril. Revenues have depended heavily on trucks and SUVs. The current oil price spike has fundamentally and profoundly shifted consumer behavior across the boards. People have abruptly stopped buying SUVs and trucks in favor of small fuel efficient [...]
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Lutz Explains Why the EV-1 Can’t Simply Be Reintroduced
After GM first introduced the Chevy Volt concept in January 2007, there was a lot of ire and skepticism from the former EV-1 crowd. Most vocal among them was Doug Korthoff who appeared in the film Who Killed the Electric Car?
Doug has since filled the web with extensive anti-GM rhetoric and used to make appearances [...]
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Ford Calls the Chevy Volt a Hail Mary Play
Ted Miller is Ford’s senior manager of energy storage. He outlined to Bloomberg News Ford’s cautious approach to plug-in vehicles.
Balking at the idea of what GM has done with the Volt he said "if there’s going to be a true plug-in hybrid market, we’re going to be there. It’s just that that’s a huge [...]
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Recent Posts
- GM CEO’s Best Guess: Volt Will be Priced in “Mid to High 30’s”
- The Dawn of the Next Vintage of Chevy Volt Developmental Vehicles
- GM May Reveal the Production Chevy Volt on it Centennial Webcast, September 16th
- GM Has More Than Two New E-Flex Vehicles Already at Scale-Model Stage of Development
- The Volt’s #1 Fanboy and Our Wait List Story is the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
- GM’s Future Volt and E-Flex Plans
- GM’s Advanced Battery Director Denise Gray is “Keeping Her Eyes on the Future”
- Interview with Chevy Volt Chief Designer About the Production Car: Plus Leaked Pictures and Video
- BREAKING: GM Releases New Production Volt Photos
- Chevy Volt Update from Chief Engineer: “There’s Nothing Standing in Our Way”
