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Nicole Vanneil Is 8 Months Pregnant and Busted for DUI
2008-05-27 03:13:00 Lutz, Florida. Either the Floridian press are utilizes the Internet more or they have the most wacky DUI stories. I seem to comment on a Florida DUI every week, and here goes another sad story.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
BIG NEWS from Bob Lutz: First Chevy Volt Prototype Hits the Road and Gets 4
2008-05-14 20:13:00 In the biggest news since the initial concept announcement, GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz confirmed that in fact the first Chevy Volt prototype, with the full lithium-ion battery pack has hit the test track. He said “It is reliably meeting its objectives. Even with a rough calibration, even with the wrong drive unit, the wrong body, etc. etc., ...
Lutz: Dynamometer Tests on First Volt Prototype Proving Successful
2008-05-09 13:48:00 Previously we heard that Bob Lutz was about to test drive the completed lithium-ion battery powered Chevy Volt prototype vehicle. This is very true, but it hasn’t happened just yet. GM vice-chairman and Volt shepherd Bob Lutz tells GM-Volt “we hope to drive it on the road next week.” Lutz’ enthusiasm is palpable, just like ours! With ...
Lutz? Confidence in Volt?s 2010 Timeline is Growing
2008-04-25 18:16:00 The Wall Street Journal has decided to redeem itself after the recent illogical Volt editorial , and has now published an interview with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz. Reporter John Stoll writes that Lutz has "growing confidence" the Volt will indeed be produced in 30 months. Lutz recognizes that the Volt is a "must-win" project for ...
Bob Lutz on the Volt
2008-04-11 00:00:00 By John Coyle Editor In all honesty, I'm really looking to the launch of the Chevy Volt. I'm really ready?like, really ready?to see an American company step up to the plate and deliver something revolutionary, and I think Chevy's little...
By: CarDomain Blog
More from Bob Lutz on the Volt Roll-out Plan
2008-04-10 21:34:00 In a previous post we discussed Bob Lutz’ statement that the Volt may first go to California, Florida, Washington DC, and New York. There was and still is a great discussion which ensued. One of dozens of interesting comments echoed by several was that perhaps it doesn’t matter as much where the Volts start rolling out, ...
Lutz thanks the ?Volt Nation? for their enthusiasm
2008-04-03 06:57:00 Back on the March 20, we recapped a bit of news from the first ever meeting of the so-called "Volt Nation" which took place at the New York Auto Show. Now, Lutz would like to thank the Volt Nation, along with ringleader Dr. Lyle Dennis (left, in the photo above), creator of the popular GM-Volt fan website, for meeting with Lutz and Volt design chief Frank Weber. The Volt Nation meet-us was where enthusiastic members of the community were able to ask their questions of the GM officials (You can watch videos of the entire meeting here).A few details came out of the meeting, mostly regarding the batteries, along with the revelation that GM was willing to lose money on the Volt. This stance is echoed once again by Lutz on the GM Fastlane blog, to which he adds, "We made that mistake once. We won't make it again. I think the whole company has learned when you step out and do bold things, you win and when you're cautious and let other people do the bold things, you lose." Lutz laments l...
Thank You Mr.Lutz!
2008-04-02 16:24:00 Vice Chairman Bob Lutz took the time out to write a thank-you note to all of us who attended the Volt Nation event in New York City. You can read his blog post here . The event was indeed unprecedented in that a social media resource (this site) was able to gain the attention of, recognition by, ...
Where to Begin? (Guest Blogger: Lisa Lutz)
2008-04-01 22:27:00 When my editor first mentioned to me that Amazon had invited me to guest blog for Omnivoracious, she explained it like this: Michael Pollan was their first-ever guest blogger and now they want you! She sounded both incredulous and pleased and maybe a little bit concerned about the folks at Amazon central. Sure, this makes sense. We'll invite an Oxford-educated professor with several critically acclaimed bestsellers in his wake and just when we've raised the bar of expectation, we bring in Lisa Lutz. Why thank you, Amazon. I admire your sense of variety. My problem is that I have no idea what to blog about. See, I write fiction, which for me means that whatever I have to say, I like to put in the form of a story. The story I'm going to tell you about today is my struggle with blogging and self-promotion. The following is a fictionalized version of my conversation with my editor when she told me about Amazon's blog invitation: Me: Oh that's great. Editor: It's fabu...
By: Omnivoracious
Our Second Guest Blogger: Lisa Lutz
2008-04-01 21:56:00 The first installment of Lisa Lutz's bestselling debut novel, The Spellman Files was a hot read around the office last spring. Described as "the love child of Dirty Harry and Harriet the Spy," Lutz's irresistible heroine Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, P.I.is a young-ish San Francisco investigator with a flair for zingers, ex-boyfriends, and screw-ups. Izzy--like any independent and privacy seeking gal--just wants out of the family biz (and home!), but just can't seem to break free from her nosy family of fellow spies, including her hilarious teenage sister, a matchmaker of yenta-like proportions. With the lightning-fast pace of a Federer v. Nadal Wimbledon final, the zingers fly back and forth between mom and daughter, brother and sister, P.I. and suspect. The banter is priceless. Yet, Lutz--an aspiring screenwriter for more than a decade--makes it look easy, way too easy. Lucky for the growing legion of "nutz for Lutz" fans, the s...
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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 ...
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 ...
Lutz confirms Chevy Volt media rides in July, GM won?t name battery supplie
2008-03-26 03:51:00 A little over ten days ago, GM's Bob Lutz told us that the Chevy Volt would not be ready for media drives until July. While that announcement was slightly newsworthy because it signaled a small delay/shifting of the timeline. Whatever. The news that the lithium-ion-powered mules would still be on track to be driven at all was a good sign. Lutz has now confirmed to Reuters that those rides are still scheduled for July but then announced a delay of a different kind. Two companies, Continental Automotive Systems and Compact Power Inc., are supplying test batteries for the Volt. GM had been hoping to name a supplier for the production Volt's batteries in the first half of 2008, but that announcement will now come later in the year. Lutz told Reuters that, "We need a better handle on who has the technological capability we need and who is going to have the production capability." And all the Volt fans held their breath a bit longer.[Source: Reuters]
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 ...
Bob Lutz: Saturn Vue plug-in, Chevrolet Volt to be more expensive than orig
2008-03-21 22:17:00 Bob Lutz: Saturn Vue plug-in, Chevrolet Volt to be more expensive than originally thought During the 2008 New York Auto Show, General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz addressed some of issue staring down the Detroit-based automaker's plug-in hybrid plans. While GM's plug-in hybrid vehicles might still be on track for a 2010 or 2011 launch, their prices will likely be much higher than originally anticipated. General Motor's first true plug-in hybrid vehicle will be a version of its two-mode Saturn Vue hybrid, scheduled to launch sometime around the turn of the next decade. The Vue plug-in will use next-generation lithium-ion batteries which should allow the Vue to travel 40 miles on electric power and have an EPA rating of 60 mpg. But that technology will come at a staggering price not normally associated with the Saturn brand. According to Lutz, "the two-mode hybrid system will add about $8,000 to $9,000 to the price of the Vue, with the plug-in technology addi...
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 ...
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.
Bob Lutz and the Volt
2008-03-21 00:00:00 By Rob Einaudi Editor-in-Chief Bob Lutz was here to talk about the Volt a bit more last night. GM is really doing everything they can to show how serious they are about this car and the technology behind it. And...
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Lutz: GM is OK with losing money on the Volt for a while
2008-03-20 22:05:00 According to Bob Lutz, General Motors has known how to make a hybrid for years, but held off of building one because they projected that they would lose as much as $250 million per year building them. What they hadn't counted on, though, was that a huge perception gap would grow in the public eye between GM's technological know-how versus Toyota's, a gap that would end up costing the company much, much more than $250 per year. So Lutz is now clear they won't make that mistake again. "We won't make a dime on this car [the Volt] for years, and the board is OK with that." The unanswered questions remain: just how much is the Volt going to cost, and how much of a loss will GM take on each one? The answers to those important questions will surely make or break the future of the range-extended plug-in hybrid project from GM. [Source: The Detroit News]
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 ...
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 ...
Lutz says Chevy Volt mules won?t be ready for media rides until July
2008-03-14 20:48:00 It seems every time GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz opens his mouth to speak, a news story is spawned. Sometimes however, there is less to the story than there appears to be. Case in point is the latest update on the Chevy Volt. Speaking in California, Lutz indicated that Volt mules (very early prototypes) would not be road tested until July. The thing everyone needs to realize is that vehicle development timing, especially on an all-new vehicle of this type tends to be very fluid. Schedules always have time built in for contingencies when the inevitable issues or delays crop up. Carmakers - and especially people like Lutz - are not used to be being so open about development programs and observers from outside are not used to watching what happens. Timing slips in some areas and gets made up in others. Given that GM has never publicly released any hard and fast dates, but has only talked in generalities about targets, people need to just relax. The Volt is still nearly three years away fr...
Lutz: Volt Prototype Road Tests Bumped to July
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 ...
Bob Lutz? Boss Cool on Global Warming Comment
2008-03-11 18:53:00 Not to beat a dead horse, but this item continues to persist in the media. As many of you know, Bob Lutz recently was quoted as saying global warming was a crock of sh*t. This resulted in an impressive run of internet and print media discussions, in the end Lutz made it clear that his ...
Lutz: Why Do You Need Fuel Cells?
2008-03-08 06:57:00 GMs vice-chairman is Bob Lutz, he is the father of the Chevy Volt and shepherding its development along personally. When he says something about the car, it has validity, and often he will be the first to leak out news, sometimes I suspect, against the wishes of GMs PR people. One thing is certain ...
GM Won't Kill Electric, Lutz Says
2008-03-08 02:38:00 Summary: President "General Rick Wagoner engines indicate a new phase in programs vehicle alternative-fuel GM's auto exposure to Los Angeles this month. While not saying what direction GM will take, vice president Bob Lutz said GM executives believe that electric vehicles are the future. work on GM's vehicle fuel cell may initially bear fruit as hybrid "of" series; vehicle, he said. Series A hybrid could operate primarily on electricity batteries with lithium-ion, with an engine as protection to complement the standard battery, Lutz said. engine relief has been an internal combustion engine of diesel or petrol. L Energy Relief was also coming from a fuel cell. " ; GM continues to fly off guzzlers ugly and outdated gas while floating big ideas for exhibitions automatic and giving lip service to the new technology. It has yet to sell a full hybrid. Even the idea of hybrid series is feasible now if the company would also be the barrier. Electric vehicles may be the future, but also t...
General Motors Corporation Vice Chairman Bob Lutz Calls Global Warming a Cr
2008-02-23 21:23:00 Folks, we finally have a corporate executive willing to stand up to these global warming lunatics. I have been saying for so long that unless Big Oil and other companies around the world start to stand up to the environmentalists, people will think that everyone accepts the absurd anthropogenic warming premise. It is the biggest myth ever perpetuated around the world by socialists who want to... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Bob Lutz Reponds on the Recent Crock of Global Warming Comments
2008-02-22 12:01:00 We discussed a few days ago, along with several other major blogs, Bob Lutz’ comment about global warming, where he had called it “a crock of s–t”. Apparently the GM vice-chair was quite amazed about how that took off on the blogosphere. He has now responded on his own blog, and makes the point that ...
Bob Lutz: ?The Road Ahead?
2008-02-21 12:00:00 GM’s outspoken Vice-Chairman, and father of the Volt wrote an opinion piece for the Feb 25th edition of Newsweek entitled “The Road Ahead.” His task was to predict the future automotive landscape and writes that it will be “markedly different than today”. First he predicts some change in “proportion”, cars will be smaller, but feels that those ...
Bob Lutz Turns up the Heat on Global Warming
2008-02-14 12:00:00 By now many of you have probably heard about this. Originally reported in D-magazine is a “closed-door”conver-sation between GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz and several journalists. On the topic of the Chevy Volt, Mr Lutz reportedly called global warming “a total crock of sh-t”. He went on to say he’s a skeptic rather than ...
GM?s Bob Lutz: Global warming is a ?total crock of sh*t?
2008-02-13 17:32:00 According to D Magazine, at a private lunch, GM chairman Maximum Bob Lutz said global warming is a "total crock of shit." Bob adds "I'm a skeptic, not a denier. Having said that, my opinion doesn't matter." Speaking about the battery-driven Volt, Lutz said, "I'm motivated more by the desire to replace imported oil than by the CO2 [argument]." At the lunch Bob also said hybrids like the Prius make "make no economic sense" and the Volt is exciting for him because "it's the last thing anybody expected from GM." Don't hold back Bob, tell us what you really think.Related: Bob Lutz video: it's "immaterial" who's first on EVs, guarantees "internal" release date for Volt Videos: Bob Lutz says Toyota will have egg on its face come Easter Bob Lutz has egg on his face: drivable Volt in June [Source: D Magazine via Jalopnik]
Lutz: Global warming a ?total crock of ****?
2008-02-13 10:42:00 Lutz: Global warming a "total crock of ****" GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz is fully behind development of Chevrolet's aggressive Volt plug-in hybrid, but not for the same reasons as many environmentalists. Mr. Lutz — GM's go-to man for one-liners and candid opinion — had some choice words against the claim of global warming. "Global warming is a total crock of shit,? Lutz told a group of mostly local journalists during a closed-door meeting at the Cacharel restaurant near Dallas and Fort Worth. "I'm a skeptic, not a denier … I?m motivated more by the desire to replace imported oil than by the CO2." Aside from CEO Rick Wagoner, Lutz is among the highest-ranking GM executives who speaks with the press on a regular basis. According to D Magazine, Lutz made it clear his opinion doesn't guide GM. "My opinion doesn?t matter," he said. Of course, GM has done nothing to tone down the outspoken executive during his tenure as ...
Lutz: Forty-Mile Electric Range Mules in March or April
2008-01-31 06:00:00 GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz told reporters in Flint, Michigan on Tuesday that the Volt remains on-schedule. He said: “We’re going to prove the skeptics wrong,” and “I hope to drive the 40 miles electrically by March or April and by June we’ll have running prototypes for the press.” And for those of you wondering about the first prototype packs from ...
Lutz in tune with U.S. car buyers; sees flexfuel as more valuable than dies
2008-01-29 08:53:00 As I wrote earlier today, new car buyers in the U.S. are more in favor of hybrids than diesels - by a huge margin. Over at The Car Connection, we find some comments by GM's vice chairman Bob Lutz that are in alignment with the KBB study. Lutz's view is that diesels won't appeal to American buyers. The reason is price. Lutz said:Frankly in the United States, with diesel fuel the same price as (gasoline), I don't think that many Americans are going to pay a $3,000 or $4,000 premium for a modern diesel engine. On top of the normal diesel premium, you now have advanced emission systems. Unless we decide to eat the cost, which unfortunately we can't afford to do, I think customers are going to say, 'Wait a minute. At equal fuel prices I'm paying $4,000 more for this.' It will not be like Germany.So, the strike against diesels is the cost. Instead of the oil burners, Lutz predicts, customers will drive green through flex-fuel vehicles. Convenient, considering that GM just announce...
Lutz: Chevy Volt is GM?s moon shot
2008-01-28 03:54:00 Lutz: Chevy Volt is GM's moon shot If successful, the launch of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid could mark a renaissance for the U.S. auto industry, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has said. For General Motors, it would appear the possible benefits of the project far outweigh the risk. If the car fails, "it's not fatal," Lutz said. But if it succeeds, "it will be sensational." It's no secret GM has faced many major hurdles with the Volt, from battery technologies to aerodynamics. GM's Jon Lauckner says the latest battery prototypes are "very encouraging," and Lutz says the concept's much-publicized aerodynamic problems have been resolved with a redesign of the car's exterior. In his interview with Wired Lutz was candid about pricing for the car. GM has long targeted a $30,000 price tag, but the first cars might come closer to $40,000, he noted. Lutz said his team of engineers have told him the necessary cost optimizations probably...
Bob Lutz: First-gen Volt might cost $40,000
2008-01-27 01:36:00 Seems the test drive date is not the only thing changing about the Volt. Bob Lutz tells Wired News the Volt will sell for more than the originally estimate of $30,000. How much more? Costs might go down on the second-generation Volt but Bob leaves open a price close to $40,000 for the first-gen Volts. Here is exactly what he said:WN: What's the target market for the car? Will it be a high-end car, a mid-range car?Lutz: I've always said I'd like to be able to sell it at around $30,000. The way things look now, it doesn't look like that's going to be possible. It looks like it's going to be more.WN: How much more?Lutz: I don't know. You'd like to have it at about $30,000 for the customer, but what I'm hearing from the team is we're not going to get there. They say we might get there on the second generation, and they say if they had a lot more time they might be able to cost-optimize it. I don't want to wait for cost optimization. I'd rather come out in 2010, and if it cos...
Lutz says gas prices will need to go up if Americans are to embrace small c
2008-01-25 06:22:00 Bob Lutz often makes a lot of sense. The GM vice chairman is saying the right things about the Chevy Volt and where GM is going in the future, but there's a line in this story from Automotive News (subs req'd) that doesn't make sense to me. Apparently, while speaking at the Automotive News World Congress yesterday, Lutz said that, "We refuse to let the price of fuel rise gradually in the United States and therefore we fail to induce change in consumer behavior." Huh? The last time I checked, the price of gas has risen gradually, especially since the mid-1990s. That's what the DOE says, anyway, as you can see in the graph after the jump. What's it like at your pump?Now, in a discussion of long-term prices, Lutz has a point. The real cost of gas today is just under what it cost in the late 1970s. And I certainly cannot disagree with him when he says that European-level gas prices (~$8 a gallon) will cause Americans to rethink the types of cars they drive (I should point out that ...
Lutz: RWD Chevy Impala, Pontiac GTO shelved
2008-01-21 02:25:00 Lutz: RWD Chevy Impala, Pontiac GTO shelved General Motors would like to offer a new Chevrolet Impala and Pontiac GTO based on its new Zeta rear-wheel-drive platform, but the much-rumored programs are "gone for now," GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has said. "We?ve got nothing in the product plan right now like that." Lutz said building more midsize to large Zeta vehicles is not a good strategy with America's new CAFE fuel economy standards in mind. While the new Chevy Camaro and Pontiac G8 use the platform, don't expect to see other GMs with the same underpinnings in the near future. Lutz told the publication he halted or killed off several Zeta programs as a direct result of the CAFE regulation being approved by the U.S. government. Such vehicles are not at the end of the market where GM wants to "stimulate demand," Lutz told Australia's GoAuto. Rather, GM is hoping to boost sales of smaller, more efficient vehicles. Under the new CAFE law, a...
Lutz: First Volts Will Cost More than $30,000
2008-01-17 00:59:00 Many months ago Lutz told us it was GM’s intention to sell the Chevy Volt for under $30,000. Not surprisingly that was GM-Volt’s top voted post of 2007. In an interview with WIRED magazine, Maximum Bob dropped another bombshell. With respect to the car costing under $30,000 he said: “I’ve always said I’d like to be able ...
A Conversation With Bob Lutz: Vice Chairman of General Motors
2008-01-15 21:10:00 We had the opportunity to sit down with Bob Lutz on Sunday, a 72-year old icon whose no nonsense attitude and charismatic demeanor have led some to dub him the ?Rockstar? of the automotive world. Our...
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Bob Lutz has egg on his face: drivable Volt in June
2008-01-14 20:17:00 GM-Volt.com is at the Detroit Auto Show and they write that Bob Lutz says a drivable Chevy Volt "looks more like June" and not Easter as had Bob promised. You might recall the post where Bob was quoted saying this:By the time the Easter Bunny delivers his or her first egg shipments we hope to have demonstrated initial prototype drives that demonstrate the feasibility of the 40 or 50 miles on pure electric drive. ...Somebody is going to have egg on their face and I personally don't like that. So, somehow I don't think it's going to be us but watch that with interest because around Easter time somebody is going to lose credibility.How is the egg, Bob?[Source: GM-Volt.com]
Lutz says new CAFE standards will increase car price by $6k
2008-01-14 03:30:00 Ten months ago, Bob Lutz said GM cars would be $5,000 more expensive if the Bush administration got its way with fuel standards by raising fuel economy 4% every year through 2017. Bush didn't get his way, but Congress did with its newly-signed-into-law energy bill that requires automakers have a fleet average of 35 MPG by 2020. According to Lutz, that's going to be even more expensive: "This is going to be a net average cost of $6,000 per vehicle, which will have to be passed onto the consumer."Lutz said that the premium would actually range from $4,000 to $10,000, and that "it won't come all at once, because 35 mpg doesn't kick in all at once." No one said that saving the world was going to be cheap -- but $6,000 per vehicle? We look forward to figuring out which vehicles will bear the brunt of the plan. Add $10,000 to the price of a ZR-1 and no one's really going to notice. Add $6,000 to the price of a CTS and, depending on how much more expensive its competition gets, things...
Breaking: Bob Lutz Says Driveable Chevy Volt Mules in June, not Easter
2008-01-13 22:52:00 Here on the sidelines of the Detroit auto show myself and several bloggers are having the opportunity to chat with GM Vice Chairman Robert Lutz. I am actually writing this post as we go; so-called “live-blogging”. He is asked what his personal involvement in the Volt project is. He mentioned he is very interested because it’s ...
Lutz: GM ?holding tight? to 2010 deadline for Volt
2008-01-08 20:14:00 Lutz: GM "holding tight" to 2010 deadline for Volt Late last week, comments made by GM CEO Rick Wagoner spurred speculation that the automaker might miss its much-touted 2010 production target for the 100 mpg plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt. But a new blog posting by Vice Chairman Bob Lutz confirms the 2010 timeframe is still very much alive. "This program remains a top commitment to the company, and we are holding tight to our 2010 deadline," wrote Lutz. The top executive seems to have made the statement in order to quell speculation the Volt was falling behind schedule. Chief executive Rick Wagoner made the remarks that started the debate, saying the launch date for the Volt was "fluid" and the company "can't guarantee" a 2010 launch. Lutz remains confident about the challenging development process. "While 2007 was a big year for the Volt, we expect 2008 to be even bigger," he wrote on the company's corporate blog. "As ea...
Ella in Lutz
2008-01-05 01:30:00 (Click on photo for more photos)The creator of this blog was enjoying a holiday party at the home of an infamous Seminole Heightsian, when another well known local requested that an update in the life of Ella, the dog, be posted. Most of you know, that the blogmaster, his wife and dogkids moved to Lutz from Southeast Seminole Heights in March of 2007. Ella is a Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Hound mix who we adopted from a rescue group when she was six months old. You can read archived blog articles about her starting in April or May of 2006. She was a feral dog found on the streets as a pup and picked up by animal control. When we got her, the only thing she knew about humans, was that they put you in cages, poked and prodded, cut and snipped and dipped you in bathing tanks. Gaining Ella's trust and teaching her to adapt to life with humans has been a powerful experience.Ella turned two years old last October. The move was as stressful for her as it was for us. She regressed some, fi...
El Chevrolet Camaro sin camuflajes, petición expresa de Bob Lutz
2008-01-04 02:15:00 A partir de hoy, las fotos espía del Chevrolet Camaro van a perder cualquier atisbo de duda respecto a los cambios que se han hecho en su exterior, ya que Bob Lutz ha pedido expresamente que se elimine definitivamente el camuflaje de todos los tes […] Ver nota completa en Motorpasión Innet Tags: A, partir, hoy,, fotos, ...
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Bob Lutz Video: Volt, the most fuel-efficient car in the world?
2007-12-29 00:32:00 In the video above, GM's Bob Lutz says "we made a mistake" on hybrids because GM did not think it would be "important." Well, not exactly a mistake the way Bob puts it because there were "legitimate reasons." Bob says U.S. corporate structure with their "fiduciary duty" would mean going to the board to green light a "multi-hundred million dollar program that was going to lose money" and that would be difficult, of course. While at Toyota, where the "name is on the building," the "quasi-owners" can say "I want to build a hybrid and I don't care if it costs me a couple of hundred million dollars."Don't worry about GM losing the mantle of "technology leader of the world" because of that "one" car from Toyota. Why? Bob says the Volt could be "perhaps the world's most fuel efficient vehicle that has the highest range on batteries only." Just the world Bob? Does anyone in the car industry under promise?Related: Videos: Bob Lutz says Toyota will have egg on its face come Easter LA Aut... |
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