I am a natural born minimalist. I love simple items that are built with real quality; reminiscent of early American manufacturing.

Remember the "Flying gas can" of world war II. I am interested in the "Fly battery pack" version of the Volt; a simple, cost sensitive version of the volt. Remove the crap that drags the price above $20k. Bring the price down to the price the average blue collar worker can afford.

RW

That type of vehicle has been available for years:

Zap Link (http://www.zapworld.com/)

the problem, rw86347, is that the batteries themselves probably cost more than $20K at this point...

That type of vehicle has been available for years:

Zap Link (http://www.zapworld.com/)

Umm... Not really what he was thinking about I don't think. Zap just sells golf carts for the road, not real cars. I think he's thinking of a Volt with crank up windows, no AC, manual steering, no radio, no special navigation or displays, no power door locks/remote/alarm system, maybe no heater, etc. Unfortunately, even with it striped down, I don't think GM could meet the price point he's hoping for. The battery and new technology just costs too much.

You might be able to get exactly what you asked for - eventually. Just don't expect it in the first generation of the Volt.