Comments on: GM Readies Volt Batteries for Road Testing

By: Al

Al — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:01:16 +0000

Shirley… you are right about the style, but how many can GM sell while it cost over 40K without a sizable incentive from gov? GM needs to make models that cost less than 30K for typical american like us to be able to afford it. Remember, affortability is the key to profitability.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:58:56 +0000

It’s about time that someone designs a car that isn’t ugly that is electric and or fuel economic. The body style of a lot of the cars today are totally ugly. Why not build for both class and economy. It was done once,let’s see them do it again. Who really wants to drive an ugly car? Let’s hit the desert for some good ideas that’s where they ditched them.

By: Jon Fortner

Jon Fortner — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:27:37 +0000

Ok so a potential 150MPG, here is my question, how much will it cost me to plug it in and charge it up each day? I imagine it will be cheaper than $4 a gallon, but electricity costs money too.

By: VJ

VJ — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:24:10 +0000

dwillis is abolutely correct! GM killed the EV-1! Go rent or buy the movie/documentary called “Who Killed The Electric Car? & you will see & hear things that will make you sick-at-heart. I was so Mad after watching it. This car would have sold thousands! They had a huge waiting list for the EV-1 at the time they shut it down, took back the cars & Crushed them. They were a perfect in city, errand running, commute to work car! A single charge got you 80 miles of driving, so charge it at night in your garage & then at work in the parking lot, if you needed to. They were Sleek & Modern looking in a cool Porsch type of style, not a little dorky box on wheels! Get the Movie watch it & then loan it to all of your friends!
& if you know a Big-Shot at Shell Oil Company get them to start making those Batteries!

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:19:48 +0000

American engineers are fairly smart. Too bad the average Japanese is smarter. It all has to do with where you look for answers and how much you think you know. Move slow in this world and someone will kill you dead. Ask Kodak! From world beater to beaten by the world. The answer never comes from within, Mr. Engineer. You are part of a world that has the your answers if you know how to ask the right question. Ego will kill you so let it go. You are not the end of all wisdom but you could be the end of it for your company. Move or die. We need to move from fossil fuel dependence to options. There’s room for more than one type of personal mobility out there. It’s transition time.

By: dwillis

dwillis — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:14:05 +0000

I beg to remind ALL of us, GM owns Saturn, right? And didn’t Saturn come out with an all ELETRIC Car called the EV-1 ? that worked so well that the only time they come into the shop was when they had minor (none drive or battery) issues or “mandatory” service. They leased them out instead of selling them (which if the “volt” is released, they’ll probably pull the same sh**) It was such a success, that at the end of the lease, they sold the cars to the lease holders and everyone lived happily ever after. NO wait a minute that’s what should have happened, instead they Demanded all cars be turned in, so they could “CRUSH” almost ever last one of them out of existence, and hopefully (for them) out of our memories.
“WAKE UP PEOPLE, THE BIG THREE WILL ONLY GIVE US, VAPORWARE, AND HYBRIDS! ASLONG AS YOU LISTEN TO THEIR BULL ! LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR ANY “REAL” ANSWERS! STOP BUYING THEIR B*LLS*IT PRODUCTS! Most company’s (& people) go where the Money is at, if you keep giving THEM YOUR MONEY, They’ll keep giving you more of the something they’ve been giving you, “NOTHING” ! OH and by the way, the most promising batteries around now, can’t be used, because, “BIG OIL” bought the patent !

By: Michael J. Arscott

Michael J. Arscott — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:37:36 +0000

Not withstanding all of the hull-a-balleough about the GM Volt; I WANT ONE; I “volunteer” to test drive a Malibu utilizing the LI battery system; as a professional driver, I’ll/we’ll really see if GM has finally put the U.S.of A. automakers back on the global map with a winning technology; so sorry Toyota; better luck in the “future”!!

By: iwona

iwona — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:15:31 +0000

i love the new technology, go go GM !!!!, let show the world we can actually build new generation car, this is the time for us.

By: cjoly

cjoly — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:11:54 +0000

Funny that you mention VLNC. I just started looking into them today. They have been publicly traded for over five years which is nice and they are making headway with their new li pho stuff. I think it behooves any investment minded person to be looking for profit potential in this potentially huge shift. I ordered their investors package today so it’s definitely a possibility in my book. Way to go ADVILL

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:05:38 +0000

Who gives a flying @#$% what a company's share price just did! Are you a stock hyper just trying to make money?

There are many companies out there producing LiPo and LiIon Batteries. None of this is new and TESLA is proving that. The hard part is making them perform over 10 years under serious environmental conditions. I wish GM and everyone else would act a little more like Toyota and Honda. Give us the facts without sugar coating it and then shut up until you have something real to offer. Hyping a non-existent car or stock just feeds the disappointment and adds to pessimism.

As for Big Oil trying to kill this stuff, they could give a darn since we need oil for way more than just fueling our cars.