The Ecoboost engines are "on the boost" nearly all the time the throttle is open. Loafing down the highway at 65mph, the Ecoboost trucks are showing 4psi. As someone mentioned above, they improve...

The CTS has a front short and long arm (SLA) configuration and a rear independent multilink. The Volt is front McPherson struts and a rear torsion bar. I don't see any compatibility there.

Of course there is. What do you connect the suspension to if not the "chassis"? It has a unibody chassis.


No. The current DeltaII platform has been used as the basis for the following...

A smaller displacement engine with a turbocharger, properly engineered, can be more efficient (measured as fuel used/kWh produced) than a normally aspirated one. That's why so many cars are showing...

They did incorporate the watts link used in the Opel Astra line, which should address my primary complaint with the Volt's rear suspension - poor lateral location control.

Back to Pete's point,...

Motor Trend got it wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9-9atMw6Zs

At 35:20, Pamela Fletcher (Chief Engineer - Volt Powertrain) says "as low as 40ish mph". The video uses 70mph as an example...

Don, your ability to spin a negative out of every positive Tesla moment is commendable. Brings me back to reading Priuschat's Volt forum in 2011. Those were the days.

Have you been in a...

WTH? You guys are quoting articles written by journalists to accuse Elon Must of lying? Elon Musk did not write them.

EDIT: Tesla received 465 million. Ford got 5.9 BILLION out of the same...

Funny, all my "hard core car guys" friends (4dr CTS-V, SC Elise, multiple Z06s, M3s, M5s, 911s, S2000s, etc, etc) *love* my Volt. Two are keeping an eye on off-lease values. Truth be told, non of...

It will be built on the Delta 2xx platform, same as the new Cruze and probably 10 others by the time they're done.

My guess is that the D2XX platform is more "voltec friendly" than the D2, having...

Heck, consider it a victory that he even bothers to plug in!

Tupelo lives in Los Angeles. I bet the answer is "HOV".

This. I have made ONE (1) drive in the past 3 years that exceeded the range of a Model S. It was a fly-out, drive back deal with a car I bought so it would not have mattered anyway. In any case,...

I'm with Mark on this. What you've discovered is that none of those people NEEDED to charge. They are able to charge at home, off-peak, which seems like a better solution. Maybe someone who lives...

If you were, you certainly know Greg. How's he doing?

I'm with jsmay here. To put it in perspective, the transmission holds 9 quarts of fluid and 10kW is about 4X the power of an 8" electric range burner.

Fixed that for you. :D


In California, it sounds like Tesla owns the entire luxury car market.

It would be instructive to drive another Volt. Maybe your dealer has another? I'm in Monmouth County - you're welcome to try mine if you are local.

Cruising on the highway, I find the ICE...

While it may get the coolant warm in 42 seconds to some underfined temp under some undefined starting condition, I'm sure you'll agree there's a lot more to warming up the engine. One of my cars has...

The full system is about 80% efficient. 2011/2012s take about 13kWh when you measure it, not 14.4. Current trails off as it approaches full charge.

As others mentioned, the Voltec is just a...