Comments on: GM’s New Design Studio Focuses on Green

By: tapra1

tapra1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:55:04 +0000

which is a part of GM’s Advanced Design Studio, will employ 45 designers, sculptors, and engineers whose first and most concentrated focus will be to get the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt to market.Tech Info

By: Melvin Scott

Melvin Scott — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:24:00 +0000

Oh I just love the car. It has a nice body color and body kits. A new rims will look much better on this ride. I saw some perfect rims at Autopartswarehouse.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:25:59 +0000

Greetings,

One of the main reasons that no other car company has developed a hybrid model that compares with Toyota... is due to the fact that Toyota patented the heck out of their technology.

The reason that the Ford Escape and the Nissan Altima hybrids are using Toyota drive trains is that it it was economically impossible to design their own systems and fight Toyota in court over the patent infringements.

Honda's hybrid offerings are mechanically more complicated and prone to failure. They just don't compare to the simplicity and elegance of the Toyota Synergy system. (No I do not work for Toyota.)

As long as Toyota can enforce their hybrid patents it will be very difficult for any other car company to build anything that can compare. (Unless they pay licensing fees to Toyota... Or buy the entire systems from Toyota.)

Toyota has a very strong LOCK on hybrid technology.

By: Max Reid

Max Reid — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:38:25 +0000

GM has another Plugin hybrid concept

http://www.zercustoms.com/news/Opel-Flextreme.html

It has 55 km (35 mile) battery range.

Its design is better than Chevy-Volt with a hatch that offers more space.

By: Greg Woulf

Greg Woulf — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:18:14 +0000

The Volt is the car of the future. It's got every convenience of an ICE, and could in fact run as a normal car and be succesful at it's projected price.

The Tesla opened up the hype on EV's, the Volt will make it commonplace.

GM has done more for EV's than any other company. GM had a business reason to stop the EV-1.

Do environmentalists have a reason to boycott the Volt?

Only a hypocrite would stop the perfect car, the best car for the environment to punish a company that was just doing their job.

By: VJ

VJ — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:07:00 +0000

If you haven’t seen it, there is a remarkably detailed site totally devoted to this car:
http://www.gm-volt.com

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:58:03 +0000

As much as you guys like to bag on GM the Malibu and Vue Hybrid are economically just as good as a Camry Hybrid.
Camry Hybrid 33/34 25200
Malibu Hybrid 25/32 22790
Cost Differential $2410
If gas is 3.50 Gallon 12000 miles a year mixed driving
so 33.5mpg for Cam and 28.5mpg for Malibu
Time to make up cost differential = 10.95 Years to break even.

By: Old Man Crowder

Old Man Crowder — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:08:31 +0000

Woohoo!! That's just what this world needs! More designs, plans and dreams.

How about some action, results and legitimate progress for cryin' out loud!

By: PW

PW — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:34:37 +0000

You can’t believe GM. All they keep making are gas guzzling cars & trucks. I would have to see the real world reports and not the GM hype. If and when the volt is ever released GM will come up with some excuse why the volt doesn’t get the 40 miles on a charge. GM just can’t get it right when it comes to hybrid vehicles.

By: FLPD

FLPD — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:06:08 +0000

Eight years after the Prius shocked the auto industry with a 50 mpg car, GM comes out with a hybrid that get HALF of that. There Flagship Volt needs to not look near as foolish.