Comments on: Chevy Volt. GM’s desperation gambit http://polizeros.com/2008/08/29/chevy-volt-gms-desperation-gambit/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:38:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: woody http://polizeros.com/2008/08/29/chevy-volt-gms-desperation-gambit/comment-page-1/#comment-155100 woody Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:02:12 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=12540#comment-155100 Spot on Bob... GM has pulled this stunt before. Remember the EV1? Good odds the Volt will share it's fate, and GM will go the same way in a few years. Assuming the government doesn't start bailing them out, like the banks, and the air carriers, and.... who aren't they bailing out now? Oh.. Right.. the middle class... Spot on Bob… GM has pulled this stunt before. Remember the EV1? Good odds the Volt will share it’s fate, and GM will go the same way in a few years. Assuming the government doesn’t start bailing them out, like the banks, and the air carriers, and…. who aren’t they bailing out now? Oh.. Right.. the middle class…

]]> By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2008/08/29/chevy-volt-gms-desperation-gambit/comment-page-1/#comment-155034 DJ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:16:09 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=12540#comment-155034 I have to say: GM produced my $12K, 39-mpg Saturn SL1-- which I absolutely love. Too bad they changed their philosophy. The new Staurns aren't nearly as reliable, but GM has prodiced at least one gem over the years. I have to say: GM produced my $12K, 39-mpg Saturn SL1– which I absolutely love. Too bad they changed their philosophy. The new Staurns aren’t nearly as reliable, but GM has prodiced at least one gem over the years.

]]> By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/08/29/chevy-volt-gms-desperation-gambit/comment-page-1/#comment-155020 Bob Morris Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:56:50 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=12540#comment-155020 I hope the Volt happens. But GM has a long and tired history of pretending to embrace innovation on the one hand then killing it on the other. I hope the Volt happens. But GM has a long and tired history of pretending to embrace innovation on the one hand then killing it on the other.

]]> By: andthecowgoesmoo http://polizeros.com/2008/08/29/chevy-volt-gms-desperation-gambit/comment-page-1/#comment-155011 andthecowgoesmoo Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:08:14 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=12540#comment-155011 As much as I hate just about every GM vehicle made in the past twenty years (I'm a car nerd), I am entirely in support of what is being attempted with the Volt. Even though GM is arguably late to the party, if you ignore the EV1 experiment (though no later than the rest of the US automakers), I'm glad to see them make a bold move in this direction, in a leadership position among US automakers. I also like their approach to the project, making it relatively public and allowing for engineers to innovate less-hampered by bureaucracy, from what I've read. I do see GM as being a bankruptcy (or, more likely, Federal rescue) target, but I am hoping the Volt and the excitement it creates manages to save the company late-2009, early-2010. As much as I hate just about every GM vehicle made in the past twenty years (I’m a car nerd), I am entirely in support of what is being attempted with the Volt. Even though GM is arguably late to the party, if you ignore the EV1 experiment (though no later than the rest of the US automakers), I’m glad to see them make a bold move in this direction, in a leadership position among US automakers.

I also like their approach to the project, making it relatively public and allowing for engineers to innovate less-hampered by bureaucracy, from what I’ve read.

I do see GM as being a bankruptcy (or, more likely, Federal rescue) target, but I am hoping the Volt and the excitement it creates manages to save the company late-2009, early-2010.

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