Comments on: GM’s Lutz: Chevy Volt will make production on time

By: 1981blueZ28

1981blueZ28 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:10:09 +0000

Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars’ gasoline engines stalling unexpectedly. But unlike the large-scale auto recalls of years past, the root of the Prius issue wasn’t a hardware problem — it was a programming error in the smart car’s embedded code. The Prius had a software bug. (Taken from WIKI)

Ok one thing about the Prius is its really ****ing ugly. Also the Prius’s (”driving range remains limited to around seven miles (eleven kilometers) per charge in all-electric mode” as said in Road and Track)

I think the Volt will do great.

By: Bubs Solo

Bubs Solo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:37:56 +0000

who makes dumber statements?? Bob Lutz or George W Bush??

By: xyunya

xyunya — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:21:03 +0000

Well if it is scheduled to get to dealers on December 29th of 2010 it will be 2011 model year, unless some creativity applied and with price of 50K it may even come on 28th instead of 29th.
It may be recalled on January 2nd and all back to SOP @ GM.

By: tripleonefive

tripleonefive — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:32:54 +0000

Well it better be under 30k in order for it to sell
No one will pay 40k for a GM unless it has a Caddy crest on it

By: oldraven

oldraven — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:27:58 +0000

Hey, ****alker. Those trains you talk about sound like the ones Electro-Motive Diesel (GM) was building back in the 20’s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-Motive_Diesel

By: HoosierHero

HoosierHero — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:19:32 +0000

Is this the vehicle Jesus drives? I hope this thing is the godsend everyone thinks it is.

By: SickofGarbageMotors

SickofGarbageMotors — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:03:49 +0000

2010 huh? Just in time for his golden parachute.

I bet base sticker price is 45 grand when all is said an done. Seriously.

Meanwhile, Toyota will pump out their THIRD generation Prius cars that’ll get something like 60 – 70mpg and cost just 25k to own while developing their own “Volt” on the side. That way, if rising electricity costs choke the product just like rising fuel costs are killing the gargantuan BOF SUV, Toyota will have the 200+ thousand Prius sales to fall back on.

By: fuzz40

fuzz40 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:18:04 +0000

56oval, read the post above you and you can see why it will only get 40 miles to a charge. The volt isn’t just an electic car, it is an advanced hybrid. So that means the volt isn’t just stuffed full of batteries like other electric vehicles.

By: TOZO

TOZO — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:34:29 +0000

I’ll bet anything it wont come out on time. This sounds like one of those specialty vehicles that never come out on time, or never come out at all.
Examples: Ford GT (barely made it at last second), Tesla Roadster (Just started now), Next Gen Prius (Pushback), Aptera, New MGs(Announced-killed-Announced-mum), Fusion Hybrid(The wait continues), Bugatti Veyron(It took awhile), Zonda F (They had to build only 10…and they’re taking their time), TVR Typhoon, Cunningham C7(Dead). Something like that.

By: 56oval

56oval — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:59:01 +0000

Does someone have more insight into the 30-40 mile range on the Volt??? How come all the other little guys are building cars that will do 100-200 miles like Tesla and some of these other niche players? Is the Volt made of lead?

By: NoNameDenton1

NoNameDenton1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:29:10 +0000

bayrider, the EV1 is an all electric car, the Volt is just an advanced hybrid.

By: Xile

Xile — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:11:33 +0000

Suck on that Toyota as well as all of you naysayers.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:50:38 +0000

928dreamer: I hate to use the baseball analogy because I’m a Blue Jays fan and they suck… I digress, but you have us all wrong. Nobody wants GM to fail, but we wish they’d quit trying to hit the home run instead of moving the runners with some well placed singles, doubles and even the odd sac fly. Where would they be now had they actually stuck with the EV1?

Above all, we’re just tired of hearing about sh*t they haven’t even done yet. The f*cking Volt, the f*cking Camaro: you want to talk baseball? I’ll take a fungo bat and stick it up my ass and tell you how that ride is if GM will stick someone other than Lutz in the driver’s seat to push his sh*t.

By: bayrider

bayrider — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:37:24 +0000

why is this only getting 40-50 miles on the battery when the EV1 was getting something like 120-150miles on each charge?

By: 928dreamer

928dreamer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:13:43 +0000

Geez. GM finally pulls its head out and puts a ton of energy and money into something that has huge potential and you guys can’t do anything but bitch and moan, and whine about failure.

I think the Volt will do fantastic and will become the new benchmark for “green” cars. What is even better is that the platform will continuously be upgradable as battery technology and powertrain options improve (to recharge the batteries).

A few years after the Volt is released you will be able to buy an updated Volt that gets 50 miles on a charge before the batteries need to be recharged by the new hydrogen fuel cell. (OK this is more than a few model updates from now, but you get the picture).

By: NoNameDenton1

NoNameDenton1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:31:04 +0000

Supposed to get about 40 on battery power alone.

By: shitalker

shitalker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:04:26 +0000

just a thought bobby boy.. it might be a good idea if you were to understand what you’re selling..

or better yet, believe in the ****ing thing. you stupid ****!!!

By: shitalker

shitalker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:03:15 +0000

“and they go up hills with it and everything.” hmm… how old is lutz?? does he understand anything about technology? does he understand that an electric motor has it’s 100% torque from 0 rpm?? does he know that our current locomotives (which as been around pretty much since WWII) are all electric powered?? and the engine sound you hear is from it’s on board diesel generators..

OHHhhhhh.. you mean them trains that carry bunch of those heavy ass gas sucking 100 year old technology irons that are called trucks by the thousands that people just can’t afford to buy cuz of the gas price??

By: RTT10

RTT10 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:38:05 +0000

and u crash and it blows up

By: brassmonkey

brassmonkey — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:24:26 +0000

I can’t contain my enthusiasm. 30+ miles. Did I read that right? And it will go up hills and everything?

By: NoNameDenton1

NoNameDenton1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:10:48 +0000

They said under $40,000 Blakkarr

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:59:50 +0000

On time.

But will it be on or under budget? Will the price be right?

Will GM get off it’s kick of literally giving Chevrolet cars that are frankly a wrong fit for it?

Finally, will it sell strongly or will GM get weak and fold after only a few years?

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:09:27 +0000

Great news everybody! CarBob Lutz has discovered the world is not flat!

By: illwill

illwill — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:03:53 +0000

By: A4

A4 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:59:59 +0000

yes, no, yes, no, yes