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GM-Volt - Chevy Volt Concept SiteGM-Volt - Chevy Volt Concept SiteDedicated news, information, and discussion site for the Chevy Volt electric car. Articles
Lutz Details Volt?s New Design and Production Plans
2008-03-27 01:58:00 Bob Lutz gave a rather extensive Chevy Volt interview to the Australian publication Go Auto, and let out remarkable details we didn’t get to hear at Volt Nation. For one thing he told them the Volt will be sold in Australia in 2011 or 2012. In terms of production volumes, he said: ?Initially the production is going ... More About: Design , Engineering , Plans , Production
Lutz Details Volt?s New Design and Production Plans
2008-03-27 01:58:00 Bob Lutz gave a rather extensive Chevy Volt interview to the Australian publication Go Auto, and let out remarkable details we didn’t get to hear at Volt Nation. For one thing he told them the Volt will be sold in Australia in 2011 or 2012. In terms of production volumes, he said: ?Initially the production is going ... More About: Design , Engineering , Plans , Production
Volt Nation VIDEO: Public Q and A Part III (Final)
2008-03-26 06:00:00 In this final segment of the Volt Nation Q&A, Volt/E-Flex vehicle line executive Frank Weber tells us that the onboard charger, which takes the current from an electric outlet has smart charging capabilities and is able to receive either 110 V or 220 V input. He also mentions that GM has plans under development ... More About: Video , Public , Final , Part
Volt Nation VIDEO: Public Q and A Part III (Final)
2008-03-26 06:00:00 In this final segment of the Volt Nation Q&A, Volt/E-Flex vehicle line executive Frank Weber tells us that the onboard charger, which takes the current from an electric outlet has smart charging capabilities and is able to receive either 110 V or 220 V input. He also mentions that GM has plans under development ... More About: Video , Public , Final , Part
At $40,000 the Volt Would Result in No Profit for GM
2008-03-25 06:00:00 An article was just published by Businessweek by way of MSNBC, that discussed automakers’ efforts and requirements to be able to reach the new 2020 CAFE standards. In it Bob Lutz was mentioned discussing the Chevy Volt. Here is a quote from the article: “The company once targeted $30,000 as the price for a Chevy Volt. ... More About: Financial , Profit , Result
At $40,000 the Volt Would Result in No Profit for GM
2008-03-25 06:00:00 An article was just published by Businessweek by way of MSNBC, that discussed automakers’ efforts and requirements to be able to reach the new 2020 CAFE standards. In it Bob Lutz was mentioned discussing the Chevy Volt. Here is a quote from the article: “The company once targeted $30,000 as the price for a Chevy Volt. ... More About: Financial , Profit , Result
Volt Nation VIDEO: Public Q and A Part II
2008-03-24 06:00:00 In this segment, the GM execs answer questions about performance, saying it will be stable whether the generator is on or off. Also discussed is how fun an experience electric driving can be. Weber says “it’s fun to eco-drive”. The team was asked about roll-out plans, Volt chief engineer Posawatz says first the integrity ... More About: Video , Public , Nation , Part
Volt Nation VIDEO: Public Q and A Part II
2008-03-24 06:00:00 In this segment, the GM execs answer questions about performance, saying it will be stable whether the generator is on or off. Also discussed is how fun an experience electric driving can be. Weber says “it’s fun to eco-drive”. The team was asked about roll-out plans, Volt chief engineer Posawatz says first the integrity ... More About: Video , Public , Nation , Part
Volt Nation VIDEO: Public Q and A Part I
2008-03-22 21:19:00 This video segment covers question from the attendees of the Volt Nation event and the Volt executive teams answers. The first question covers electric grid capacity and thermal management. Frank Weber says the powertrain components are there but its the functional integration that will be solved over the “next couple of months”. The next question was about ... More About: Video , Public , Part
Volt Nation VIDEO: Public Q and A Part I
2008-03-22 21:19:00 This video segment covers question from the attendees of the Volt Nation event and the Volt executive teams answers. The first question covers electric grid capacity and thermal management. Frank Weber says the powertrain components are there but its the functional integration that will be solved over the “next couple of months”. The next question was about ... More About: Video , Public , Part
GM?s Chevy Volt Vehicle Line Engineer?s Volt Nation Briefing
2008-03-22 06:00:00 Frank Weber is the Chevy Volt E-Flex vehicle line engineer for GM. He is an earnest, forthright, and confident man who tells it like it is. He gave us a 10 minute briefing about where the battery pack, mule, and design development is at the present time. The video does not show the battery slide Frank ... More About: Vehicle , Nation , Engineer , Line
GM?s Chevy Volt Vehicle Line Engineer?s Volt Nation Briefing
2008-03-22 06:00:00 Frank Weber is the Chevy Volt E-Flex vehicle line engineer for GM. He is an earnest, forthright, and confident man who tells it like it is. He gave us a 10 minute briefing about where the battery pack, mule, and design development is at the present time. The video does not show the battery slide Frank ... More About: Vehicle , Nation , Engineer , Line
My Introduction and Bob Lutz Showing Off the Battery Photos
2008-03-22 00:35:00 We are getting more and more clips from the show to share with those who could not attend. The first clip is yours truly giving the opening comments. In the second clip you can see GM vice chairman Bob Lutz showing off some photos of the Continental/A123 pack. He had them safely ... More About: Photos , Battery , Introduction
GM Has Ten Volt Prototype Battery Packs - Picture of A123/CPI Pack
2008-03-21 19:10:00 Some of the premier green blogs gathered some great new information from our Volt Nation event and have posted it for the world to see. We had in attendance AutoBlogGreen, GreenCarCongress, and Treehugger.com. GreenCarCongress was told by Frank Weber that GM actually possesses a total of 10 battery pack from both teams. We also ... More About: Battery , Picture , Prototype , Pack , Packs
Volt Nation VIDEO: Bob Lutz Answers Questions
2008-03-21 12:45:00 This video segment features GM vice chairman Bob Lutz taking questions from the Volt Nation attendees. He talks about the rationale for GM taking a risk on the Volt. He also discusses how GM made a mistake in not developing hybrids at an earlier time as Toyota did. He describes the Volt as a performance ... More About: Video , Questions , Answers
Volt Nation VIDEO: Bob Lutz Addresses the Crowd
2008-03-21 02:23:00 This is the section of Volt Nation where GM vice chairman Bob Lutz made some comments to the crowd about the car and the event. More About: Video , The Crowd , Crowd
Lutz: 94.5% Confident Chevy Volt in Production by November 2010
2008-03-20 20:01:00 Soon after the Volt concept was first announced in January 2007 GM vice chairman Bob Lutz told the world he was 90% confident it would be built by 2010. This has become my favorite question to ask him each time I get the chance because it is a good gauge of the programs development ... More About: Timeline , Production , November , Chevy
Volt Nation Press Coverage: A Million Volts, GM expects to Lose Money at F
2008-03-20 14:47:00 Another great outcome of the Volt Nation event is that we are getting considerable press coverage. This will help spread the word. It is interesting to see how reporters describe our efforts. First up, Katie Merx at the Detroit Free press wrote this article on how the Volt fans are energized. She noted how Bob ... More About: Money , Press , Million , Coverage
Volt Nation a Success
2008-03-20 06:00:00 We did it! I just got back from the Volt Nation event at the Jacob Javits Center and I believe it was a smashing success. Over 200 people braved the rains and traveled by car bus and plane from as far away as Chicago, Arizona, Minnesota, and California to take part in this historic event. It ... More About: Success
Volt Nation Has Arrived
2008-03-19 12:23:00 This site has served as a public forum to analyze and observe the production of the car that will change the word. The first mass-produced electrically-driven car built by a major automaker with sufficient infrastructure to see to it that a large proportion of the population will have access to it. For more than a ... More About: Nation
Lutz: Volt Battery Suppliers are in a Horse Race and Expect 100,000 in sale
2008-03-19 06:00:00 GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said GM initially planned to choose between either CPI/LG Chem or Conti/A123 to make the Volts pack by this April, but that the plans have changed somewhat. He now says GM wants to “run the two in parallel for a while longer”. He calls the battle to be the Volt’s ... More About: Battery , Suppliers , Sale , Race
GM Chevy Volt Engineer Hears Our Requests
2008-03-18 21:21:00 We had a very vigorous response yesterday when one of GM’s engineers reached out to this site for some feedback on ideas for a data interface for the production car. The response of over 500 comments seemed to crack the blog’s ability to handle it! No worries, I still have the comments in the database and will get ... More About: Engineering , Engineer , Requests , Chevy , Chevy Volt
The Chevy Volt Will First be Released as a Captured Test Fleet to GM Employ
2008-03-18 12:00:00 To learn more about expected timing, location, and cadence of ramp-up for initial Chevy Volt production I turned to Jon Lauckner who is GM’s VP of global program management, considered a first deputy to Bob Lutz. Below are his answers to my questions. When it comes to rolling out the car in the U.S., ... More About: Timeline , Released , Production , Test , Fleet
Comments Overloaded on Last Post
2008-03-18 02:43:00 We passed 525 comments on the last post and it seems to have overwhelmed the software. Don’t worry all the comments entered so far are saved and I will get them back up. For now feel free to answer the questions on this thread. More About: General , Post , Comments
Give Your Direct Input to GM?s Volt Engineering Team on Vehicle Data Option
2008-03-17 02:21:00 A post by “Belloc” on our Forum was noticed by one of the actual GM engineers that is building the Chevy Volt. That engineer writes to me “I’m an enthusiastic reader of the gm-volt.com site” and “I’m trying to ensure that it’s (the Volt) got the best features that the customers’ want. Belloc’s post: “I would like ... More About: Engineering , Data , Vehicle , Direct , Team
Error in Motor Trend Magazine?s Plug-in VUE Advertisement Section
2008-03-16 10:06:00 One of our readers pointed out an ad the other day in the April edition of Motor Trend in which the Saturn VUE plug-in, slated for production in 2010 is described as having a 34 mile all-electric range. That news certainly got that reader excited, and potentially many others. This information although exiting did not match ... More About: Magazine , Advertising , Advertisement , Plug
Volt will be Either a Tremendous Victory or a Terrible Defeat
2008-03-15 12:00:00 As some readers previously noticed, the Economist published an excellent article about battery technology. It is concise, well-written, and accurate. The article goes through the historical evolution of the battery right up to today’s cutting edge lithium-based technologies. Specifically discussed are the chemistries used by LG Chem and A123, the two companies that are ... More About: Victory , Battery
North Carolina To Build Statewide Network of PHEV Charging Pods
2008-03-15 12:00:00 North Carolina apparently plans to take the initiative to position itself as a state that welcomes plug-in electric cars. Utility companies Duke Energy and Progress Energy are pledging $3 million dollars over 5 year to go in part towards building “a statewide network of charging pods at parking lots, gas stations and truck stops.” This may ... More About: North Carolina , Network , North , Build
Volt Pricing to Take High Battery Warranty Cost into Account
2008-03-14 16:27:00 GM vice -chairman Bob Lutz told reporters some of the Volts recently increased pricing reflects the high cost of warrantying the lithium-ion batteries. He said: “We are going to bake in a very substantial warranty cost for the battery in our overall pricing calculation,” and “We need to be conservative, simply because it’s the first time we’ve done anything ... More About: Battery , Cost , High , Warranty , Account
Lutz: Volt Prototype Road Tests Bumped to July
More articles from this author:2008-03-14 06:01:00 Bob Lutz just told reporters today that the first Chevy Volt prototype road tests with working lithium-ion battery packs have been moved to July. This is one month later than they were initially planned for in June. The very first public plans were for media road tests on Easter. This was then changed to ... More About: Timeline , Prototype , Road , Tests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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