i read that as “unexpected failure”

Hopefully GM will have this out within the next 3 years. Toyota can take their Prius and shove it up their ass. This will be the new MPG queen.

^ ^ max, MPG queen?? Recently, i read an article on the Volt and it can go 600 something miles on one charge. Well, the new large Mercedes Benz GL SUV with a diesel engine can go 700 miles on a single tank.

Ford Five Hundred with CVT transmission can go 500 something miles on a single tank.

I dont think going 600 miles in a Volt is such a huge deal.

Aliens will come to earth from the future just so they can bask in the glory that is General Motors. You should all bow in the General’s direction and come to terms with the fact that they build the greatest cars that have ever been built. The Volt is just more proof that Toyotas suck and all the competition’s engines will spontaneously combust at the sight of a superior GM product. I, for one, welcome our new GM overlords.

I would rather just wait for a Smart Diesel Hybrid.

GM Duh, that was classic.

I think that has to be one of the best GM duh.

Isn’t it 40 miles on a charge and like 640 to 700 miles using the gas motor? I thought they were also saying that the Volt using the gas motor to power the electric motor would allow it to achieve something along the lines of 100-150mpg. I’m about 99% positive the MB isn’t getting anything close to that, nor the 500.

maybe an EV1 that isnt ugly and doesnt suck balls? sounds cool to me.

Given it’s Delphi wiring, I’m sure many owners will recieve a Jolt from the Volt… Good luck GM. You’ll need it.

oh and the five hundred is a piece of trash, the freestyle can go 500 miles too if you drive like a geriatric, but realistically a. nobody will get that good of mileage, and b. the tank probably holds a significant amount more fuel than the Volt.

I would love to get one of these. It looks modern and the drive train is innovative. Good for the environment, good for lowering dependency on oil, yada yada yada ect. This thing is nice.

What kind of power does it put out? Will it break 65mph? I thought I read somewhere it was electric, what does it need a gas tank for?

no you probably read this:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/07/gm-reveals-chevrolet-volt-concept/

I may not be a GM fan…. but I really would like to see an American company pull this off and done right the first time. For daily driver I would go for this and occasionally drive my “toy” for fun.

Its a plug in hybrid. You can use the car up to 40 miles on just electricity and than the gas motor kicks on. Top speed is 120 mph, 0-60 in 8.5 seconds I think. Hp is between 174 – 188 hp.
http://seriouswheels.com/cars/top-2007-Chevrolet-Volt-Concept.htm

This is an important car, as, if not more important than the hybrid offerings from honda/toyota etc…
I am far from a tree hugging eco fascist as you can get but I know a good idea when I see one. I also know a hypocrite when I see one too and there are several here.

This is an important car, as, if not more important than the hybrid offerings from honda/toyota etc…
I am far from a tree hugging eco fascist as you can get but I know a good idea when I see one. I also know a hypocrite when I see one too and there are several here.

The car is nothing but a fantasy. Funny how the “mainstream” media missed that point. The Volt relies on battery technology that isn’t even invented yet. GM has hinted they want the federal government to take the lead on the research so they don’t have to fund their own research.

All the speculation about mpg, performance, size etc. of the vehicle is just that, speculation. GM jumped the gun with their “idea” of a plug-in hybrid that runs solely on an electric motor (and charges with a gas (or diesel or hydrogen) motor) to make them look like they are in the lead in the hybrid race. I find it hard to believe no other auto manufacturer is working on a similar system, waiting for the day the technology becomes available.

“Recently, i read an article on the Volt and it can go 600 something miles on one charge. Well, the new large Mercedes Benz GL SUV with a diesel engine can go 700 miles on a single tank. Ford Five Hundred with CVT transmission can go 500 something miles on a single tank. I dont think going 600 miles in a Volt is such a huge deal.” – Comment by S-60-driver, posted on January19 at 4:05 pm
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So what? If the Mercedes Benz GL SUV, the Ford Five Hundred, and the Chevy Volt all had the same size gas tank and burned the exact same fuel, then maybe you’d have a point to your routinely uppity snot-nosed posts. Range and MPG are not the same thing. Look it up if you have any interest in coming across as less of retard next time. A long range is nice, but conveniently forgetting what it takes to get said range isn’t the most intelligent position one could put forth.

What is it with people like you that abjectly refuse to give GM credit no matter what they do right? Did you gloss over the part in the article that said the Volt can do 40 to 50 miles on electric only? As in, no burning of gasoline? It’s been touted everywhere from CNN to Motor Trend. Imagine living 19 miles from work and charging the car every night, saving the gas for the weekends. Imagine further buying gas once a month instead of once a week. If GM can pull imagination into reality, I’d very interested to see how Mercedes Benz, Ford, and Toyota match them apples.

I’m sure there will be plenty of “informed” people to point out that we’re just “transferring” the pollution elsewhere since we still need fossil fuels to generate electricity. While this will be the inevitable case to some extent, electricity is not exclusively generated with fossil fuels alone, and the Volt’s new technology should keep the expected increase in electric bills manageable thanks to lessons learned from GM’s EV1 experiment. But whatever, right? it’s not “such a huge deal.” That’s why it’s front page news in practically every car rag around.

Good point. This has to make it to production before we laud GM too much.

None of the technology in the Volt is a fantasy. All workable solutions. Biggest issue is that a battery has not yet been developed that will work cost effectively. Honda also has stated they have an electric car project going but it will cost over $80k. Not exactly something folks will buy.

GM is saying we will develop this vehicle and is asking the US government to take the lead and get a battery developed by investing in companies here. japan is already spending big bucks to get the battery there first.

Electric? thought it was hydrogen…

Its Electric up to 40 miles, than either a gas/hydrogen or diesel motor can provide the electricity for the electric motor. The engine is more or less just a generator.

I invented a car that ran on wubbles, and it gets 950 mpg! Now if someone can invent the wubble, all of our dreams will come true.

The Volt is good PR for GM, nothing more.

“The car is nothing but a fantasy. Funny how the “mainstream” media missed that point. The Volt relies on battery technology that isn’t even invented yet.” – TJeeper

Wrong. The technology exists but isn’t feable because of the insane cost. Try again.
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“GM has hinted they want the federal government to take the lead on the research so they don’t have to fund their own research.” – TJeeper

I’m all for the the US government getting involved here in the interest of improving energy policy — provided they also take action to reduce gas taxes, enhance refining capacity, and increase oil exploration. Someone please explain why is that we are not allowed to build modern refineries that would increase capacity and pollute less or why drilling the wasteland part of ANWR that was *already* set aside for that purpose decades ago will be the end of the world. If the US government wants to get serious about meeting the country’s energy needs without putting us into poverty to do it, then they need to go at it head-on and face the reality. This gas hybrid feel-good stuff is nice, but it’s a stepping-stone. Ultimately, deisel hybrids are the next step prior to the holy grail of hydrogen. In the mean time, we need something workable and realistic. The Volt could be a step in that direction, and so far no one has put forth a convincing case as to why it’s a bad idea to try.
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“All the speculation about mpg, performance, size etc. of the vehicle is just that, speculation. GM jumped the gun with their “idea” of a plug-in hybrid that runs solely on an electric motor (and charges with a gas (or diesel or hydrogen) motor) to make them look like they are in the lead in the hybrid race. I find it hard to believe no other auto manufacturer is working on a similar system, waiting for the day the technology becomes available.” – TJeeper

The EPA estimates for the Toyota Prius have shown to be every bit as much of “speculation” in real world conditions. I wonder what your opinion would have been at the time the Prius was still in development – would you tearing down Toyota too? Hybids are not our savior, and their benefits have been widely exaggerated, but that doen’t mean they are not helping.

As for GM’s “idea”.. who says it isn’t? Please feel free to enlighten us with the name of any other company that tried a program on the same scale as GM’s EV1 in the States. Who cares who’s idea it was in the first place? Bravo if other manufactuers are working on a simular designs – that’s supposed to be a good thing last time I checked. As much as I like the idea of the Volt, I like even more that it will have competition.

Damned typos… forgot to spell check because GMnumberone4ever’s G6 just got firebombed across the street.

True the technology for this vehicle won’t be available until the end of this decade (speculation), but it isn’t reliant on some fantasy technology either. Its going to be some sort of variant of lithium-ion technology. Either way, something that is a few years away or fantasy, i am glad that the Volt has received this kind of fanfare. Further proof about what we want.

Great look, Great powertrain, and it’s nice to see that GM is thinking ahead to the future once again. Hopefully they will be back at the front of the automobile class in no time. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that they are able to impress us with the build quality as well as concept quality.

this car is realy realy nice

Don: the failure is expected. It’s a Chevy.

Its definately a nice concept, too bad its still too far away. if this was anybody other than gm all the haters of the general would be talking about how great it is and how gm is screwed up for not being involved.
why do the hypocrit morons even open up a gm thread, day after day the same complete fools sit here and repeat their useless opinions over and over and over. please guys some of us crave intelligent conversation with realistic peoples views, if you hate gm thats your opinion, stfu already its getting too much like streetfire around here.
And as far as gm#1 goes, i dont even think he actually likes gm, i think he a pr man for some import company, just getting lamos like you guys to argue and hate gm even more, way to be manipulated guys. gm can come out with a solid gold car tomorrow that gets 1 million mpg, and still you tools would sit here and say it sucks because its not platnum and gm built it. do us a favor and stay out of the intelligent conversations and have you mommy do your laundry.

Look everbody! its the attack of the angry jap car fanboys!

It’s a step in the right direction, it’s just GM showing what they can do. Who cares it can ONLY 650 miles. I’m willing to bet a majority of the people here own cars that can not do that nor get as good as mileage.

The way I drive Im only getting around 385 to 400 miles on a tank, I think its a 17 gallon tank.

The chick posting that is surely hiding something. Like, that the car isn’t even invented yet.

“Unexpected fanfare”?? If I remember right, the GM concept that became the EV1 received its share of fanfare too.. but we all know how that turned out.

my bicycle does better MPG than this.

I hope for GM’s sake that this isnt just a publicity stunt. Because they will feel the backlash eventually when other companies come out with cars like this, and they’re still sitting on their pretty concept. As much as people like it, they will be wondering wtf happened to it and whats taking so long.

I’ve sayd a few times already, I REALLY like this car. But they need to make it happen. Or get ready for the backlash.

Smoke, and some very expensive mirrors.

Nice Concept, but I seriously doubt this car will ever make it to production. If they do release it, it’ll probably be a year or two after Toyota does.

Until they actually make a production version that’s priced reasonably, there’s no point in talking about vaporware.

Chevy is leading the way in hybrids biys, get used to it. With Toyota’s Prius taking a huge hit in sales to to poor quality and typical Toyota reliability woes, the Volt is poised to take over as the Hybrid to go to for the buying public. The American Revolution continues to be unstoppable.

what a joke^

i dont know deantj mabey if they buy all japaneese electrical components and slap a korean engine in it then it will work. stop insulting down syndrome kids comparin them to chevrolet, thats unfair the kids are not completely brain dead like the gm executives are.

I don’t deanj. The 3.8l is known as being of the best motors made. I know a lot of people with that same motor with well over 300k on them and no problems. I have two of them myself with no problems at all. Get your facts straight. Oh I forgot, “everything GM makes sucks, blah blah blah.”

Gotta love those cracked intake manifolds on the 3.8s don’t ya?

this car will happen!
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