CHEVY VOLT READY THIS YEAR

General Motors Corp will have the electric powered Chevy Volt on the road by the end of the year.
The Volt is the centerpiece of GM's strategy to counter a car sales slump due to higher gasoline prices and emission pollution concerns. Bob Boniface, GM director of design for the Chevy Volt, said the original design of the Volt had been improved and would use a lithium- ion battery pack that could be recharged at a standard electric outlet.
Future success of the Volt will be contingent on advances in lithium- ion battery technology, auto industry sources said. GM has already featured the Volt in its advertising and is planning an initial volume of 10,000 vehicles.
A GM statement to Daily Planet Media said: The Volt is not a niche program. All the suppliers are looking for significant volumes to build up capacity.
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Daily Planet Media wrote:

General Motors Corp will have the electric powered Chevy Volt on the road by the end of the year.

What do you mean by 'on the road' ? Certainly not in the showrooms and they've been testing some 'on the road' for a while although obviously not the final production version.
Graham

On Sep 11, 1:11�am, Daily Planet Media wrote:

General Motors Corp will have the electric powered Chevy Volt on the road by the end of the year.
The Volt is the centerpiece of GM's strategy to counter a car sales slump due to higher gasoline prices and emission pollution concerns. Bob Boniface, GM director of design for the Chevy Volt, said the original design of the Volt had been improved and would use a lithium- ion battery pack that could be recharged at a standard electric outlet.
Future success of the Volt will be contingent on advances in lithium- ion battery technology, auto industry sources said. GM has already featured the Volt in its advertising and is planning an initial volume of 10,000 vehicles.
A GM statement to Daily Planet Media said: The Volt is not a niche program. All the suppliers are looking for significant volumes to build up capacity.
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Rrealize that this is all marketing bull, because Chevy will be damn lucky if they somehow manage to sell most of the introduction models to theri firsst company shills, which will account for the first 150 or so sales.
I love the car firm Crap, because in is the onlything that rivals the political party bull. Seriously, are you going to rush out and purchase a hyrbrid car, until after a year or two you can read what the Consumer Reports are, right?
Elections are much of the same, except their are no Consumer Reports until you buy the candidate and place him into office. You have to cast you vote and take your choice.
I suppose most readers were expecting a pro some camdodate or another political tirade at this time, in which case there is not any.
I'm not even going to suggest you which candidate to vote for, because I believe tht they are (even after the mud throwing) honorable candidates. What you as a voter should focus on is which of these candidates what best reflect your personal views on experinece in govenment, voting histoy while in elected office, legilative accomplihment while holding office, personal character and morality, and not the least patriotism. and dedication to country above all else.
There are very few times that I can rembember taking exception to US with respect to its international actions, althugh there may have been some. I don't clearly remember these rare incidents, and I believe most of these related to the period of the Spanish/American war. Specifically the acquistions that reuslted form the war. (Here, only American History Majors will know this reference.)
I any reader here does not not understand the US postion taken with respect to the middle east, including Iraq, I wouls suspect that they are historically clueless, and even though my field of education is physics, even I know this bit of hisory, and it's recent connections.
I will leave it up to another reader to expain to you this bit of history, that pre-dates President Bush by a couple of centuries, but to give you a clue, liten to the lyrics of the Marine hymn.
'Nuff said. Vote for whomver you please, but make your selection very carefully.
Harry C.

hhc314@yahoo.com wrote:

On Sep 11, 1:11 am, Daily Planet Media <i...@dailyplanetmedia.com wrote: General Motors Corp will have the electric powered Chevy Volt on the road by the end of the year.
The Volt is the centerpiece of GM's strategy to counter a car sales slump due to higher gasoline prices and emission pollution concerns. Bob Boniface, GM director of design for the Chevy Volt, said the original design of the Volt had been improved and would use a lithium- ion battery pack that could be recharged at a standard electric outlet.
Future success of the Volt will be contingent on advances in lithium- ion battery technology, auto industry sources said. GM has already featured the Volt in its advertising and is planning an initial volume of 10,000 vehicles.
A GM statement to Daily Planet Media said: The Volt is not a niche program. All the suppliers are looking for significant volumes to build up capacity.
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Rrealize that this is all marketing bull, because Chevy will be damn lucky if they somehow manage to sell most of the introduction models to theri firsst company shills, which will account for the first 150 or so sales.
I love the car firm Crap, because in is the onlything that rivals the political party bull. Seriously, are you going to rush out and purchase a hyrbrid car, until after a year or two you can read what the Consumer Reports are, right?
Elections are much of the same, except their are no Consumer Reports until you buy the candidate and place him into office. You have to cast you vote and take your choice.
I suppose most readers were expecting a pro some camdodate or another political tirade at this time, in which case there is not any.
I'm not even going to suggest you which candidate to vote for, because I believe tht they are (even after the mud throwing) honorable candidates. What you as a voter should focus on is which of these candidates what best reflect your personal views on experinece in govenment, voting histoy while in elected office, legilative accomplihment while holding office, personal character and morality, and not the least patriotism. and dedication to country above all else.
There are very few times that I can rembember taking exception to US with respect to its international actions, althugh there may have been some. I don't clearly remember these rare incidents, and I believe most of these related to the period of the Spanish/American war. Specifically the acquistions that reuslted form the war. (Here, only American History Majors will know this reference.)
I any reader here does not not understand the US postion taken with respect to the middle east, including Iraq, I wouls suspect that they are historically clueless, and even though my field of education is physics, even I know this bit of hisory, and it's recent connections.
I will leave it up to another reader to expain to you this bit of history, that pre-dates President Bush by a couple of centuries, but to give you a clue, liten to the lyrics of the Marine hymn.
'Nuff said. Vote for whomver you please, but make your selection very carefully.
Harry C.

I was not too upset when Bush senior won his election to the presidency. He, on paper, was about the best qualified candidate who ever ran for that office. What a list of responsible jobs and good performances. What a failure! So if you want to rely on 'experience' just look at the record of support for Bush junior by McClain. That alone should tell you what we are headed for if he wins. The only change he will bring will be the faces in the executive offices. 4 more years of Bush like positions? FK

hhc314@yahoo.com wrote:

Rrealize that this is all marketing bull, because Chevy will be damn lucky if they somehow manage to sell most of the introduction models to theri firsst company shills, which will account for the first 150 or so sales.

I do believe you're going to have to eat you words there.
Even more so for the Opel Flextreme.
Graham

hhc314@yahoo.com wrote:

On Sep 11, 1:11 am, Daily Planet Media <i...@dailyplanetmedia.com wrote: General Motors Corp will have the electric powered Chevy Volt on the road by the end of the year.
The Volt is the centerpiece of GM's strategy to counter a car sales slump due to higher gasoline prices and emission pollution concerns. Bob Boniface, GM director of design for the Chevy Volt, said the original design of the Volt had been improved and would use a lithium- ion battery pack that could be recharged at a standard electric outlet.
Future success of the Volt will be contingent on advances in lithium- ion battery technology, auto industry sources said. GM has already featured the Volt in its advertising and is planning an initial volume of 10,000 vehicles.
A GM statement to Daily Planet Media said: The Volt is not a niche program. All the suppliers are looking for significant volumes to build up capacity.
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Rrealize that this is all marketing bull, because Chevy will be damn lucky if they somehow manage to sell most of the introduction models to theri firsst company shills, which will account for the first 150 or so sales.

If you bothered to go to the GM website you would see there are over 42,000 on the waiting list to buy one.

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:00:58 -0700, Tim Howard wrote:

If you bothered to go to the GM website you would see there are over 42,000 on the waiting list to buy one.

I wonder if they're planning on leasing them for a little while and then having all of them crushed like last time.

AZ Nomad wrote:

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:00:58 -0700, Tim Howard wrote:
If you bothered to go to the GM website you would see there are over 42,000 on the waiting list to buy one.
I wonder if they're planning on leasing them for a little while and then having all of them crushed like last time.

Why would they do that ?
It's not like 2,000 EV1s is it ? And then they'd have to do the same with it's sister car, the Opel Flextreme in Europe. I'll bet you the EU Commision wouldn't allow it.
I'll bet you didn't know about the Opel (part of GM) did you ? Better looking too but based on the same chassis and technology. Plus a diesel ICE which makes vastly nore sense. They're claiming typical overall average emissions of a mere 40g CO2/km.
GM is way ahead in the PHEV stakes.
Graham

I'd like to hear where they're going on sale this year. According to Chevrolet, they're on course for 2010. Pricing is said to be in the $30K to $40K range, so we can't expect that to hit the regular market.
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hhc314@yahoo.com wrote: On Sep 11, 1:11 am, Daily Planet Media <i...@dailyplanetmedia.com wrote: General Motors Corp will have the electric powered Chevy Volt on the road by the end of the year.
The Volt is the centerpiece of GM's strategy to counter a car sales slump due to higher gasoline prices and emission pollution concerns. Bob Boniface, GM director of design for the Chevy Volt, said the original design of the Volt had been improved and would use a lithium- ion battery pack that could be recharged at a standard electric outlet.
Future success of the Volt will be contingent on advances in lithium- ion battery technology, auto industry sources said. GM has already featured the Volt in its advertising and is planning an initial volume of 10,000 vehicles.
A GM statement to Daily Planet Media said: The Volt is not a niche program. All the suppliers are looking for significant volumes to build up capacity.
The State of the Planet IS THE AIDS PANDEMIC OVER?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8iCgED857o
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Rrealize that this is all marketing bull, because Chevy will be damn lucky if they somehow manage to sell most of the introduction models to theri firsst company shills, which will account for the first 150 or so sales.
If you bothered to go to the GM website you would see there are over 42,000 on the waiting list to buy one.

Ralph wrote:

I'd like to hear where they're going on sale this year. According to Chevrolet, they're on course for 2010. Pricing is said to be in the $30K to $40K range, so we can't expect that to hit the regular market.

Oh it'll sell plenty to people with bleeding hearts.
Graham

Eeyore wrote:

Ralph wrote:
I'd like to hear where they're going on sale this year. According to Chevrolet, they're on course for 2010. Pricing is said to be in the $30K to $40K range, so we can't expect that to hit the regular market.
Oh it'll sell plenty to people with bleeding hearts.

Actually with 42,000 pre-booked 2 years before it'll be on sale, I'd expect GM to sell millions, clearly hundreds of thousands, if they can make them fast enough.
And all the GM critics will have to recant.
I see the similar (GM) Opel Flextreme doing very well in Europe too. It's quite a dashing looking car for one thing ! Better looking than the Volt IMHO and having a diesel ICE, even more economical !
Graha