The Chevy Volt Concept

    Bob Lutz introduces the Volt electric.

    (General Motors Photo)

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      Mulad added this photo to his favorites. (77 months ago)

    2. yacoza (75 months ago | reply)

      Build it....and my purchasing power is back in GM

    3. Camaro SS Guy (75 months ago | reply)

      It’s about time! I wanted to lease an EV1 back in 1997 but you never supplied them to Florida. Drove it at EPCOT. I would have used it to commute every day and for grocery store trips, etc. and saved my AWESOME Chevy Camaro SS for fun and recreational drives!

      It looks like you’ve addressed pretty much ANY need/desire/complaint about EVs with this one! GREAT job! LOOKS great too! Now PLEASE, follow through and support (AND MARKET) your own product as well as support those who believe in it! MAKE IT HAPPEN!!! NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS. PUT IT ON TV – EVEN THE CONCEPT!!! Japan would & does! Otherwise Japan will copy the idea and take credit for it 3 years from now as usual! Everyone out here thinks Japan was first (before the EV1) and that they invented all the related technology that GM invented! Which translates to confidence in YOUR COMPETITORS for YOUR WORK! What’s the matter with you guys?!

      GM needs to MARKET it’s products better and TELL PEOPLE about the cutting-edge features/technology/research. Every time I tell people about the EV1, they either had NO IDEA about all the fascinating engineering that went into it (most aerodynamic, no transmission, REGENERATIVE BRAKES!) OR they never heard of it. People think HONDA or TOYOTA developed those for their HYBRIDS!!! TELL PEOPLE!!!

      One question/criticism people will have. The EV1 got up to 150 MPChrg at the end. I read that a 400 MPChrg prototype was in the works waiting for new battery tech. Even the Gen1 EV1 got up to 90 MPChrg and the lame Honda/Toyota ugly cheap copy-cat EVs got up to 70. The Writespeed X1 gets 150 now. Tesla’s 2007 EV gets in that range or better as I recall. So why does the Volt only get 40 MPChrg when you should (and HAVE ALREADY DONE SO) be able to get 3 or 4 times that? I hope you’re not trying to appease BIG OIL. People WILL NOTICE & criticize you! And Japan WILL top that and GM will LOSE AGAIN! Don’t let that happen this time!

    4. farlane (75 months ago | reply)

      Hello. We blogged this photo to Blogs We Dig: GM FastLane Blog on Absolute Michigan.

      Feel free to add some of these Detroit Auto Show pics to the Absolute Michigan pool!

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      blueforce64 added this photo to their favorites. (74 months ago)

    6. funkybluerooster (73 months ago | reply)

      I love it! I have always been a camaro guy but wait....I like this Volt!

    7. jja7733 (72 months ago | reply)

      how can i preorder this car or get on a list for it???????
      my wife is a homenealth care RN and would love to own it

    8. thatsanicepicture [deleted] (70 months ago | reply)

      I want one too!

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      autoamerican and SurferBoi23 added this photo to their favorites.

    10. redwingsboiy (60 months ago | reply)

      I heard the designer of this car died

    11. that guy2006 (58 months ago | reply)

      Well I think of 2 things when thinking of getting a car like this, 1 is price and 2 is how long will it run on a charge, 3 would be how long does it take to charge. Then you must consider how long will the battery last, ETC. I really have my doubts with these hybrid cars and electric cars. I'd like to think that some day these cars would have real meaning for not having to go and buy gas, but let's face it, this technology for it is too expensive to be marketable to a broad audience. Hands down the car will cost too much money to own, because the technology still isn't there. In my opinion, all these hybrids and electric cars are pipe dreams, nothing more, nothing less. Now, the day they have a car that runs on solar power and does a nice job of it, that'd be the day I'd get more interested in these kinds of cars. Cause face it, solar powered cars would always have their power source, as long as there was day light. They're just wasting time devoloping cars running on batteries and hybrids, they should focus on solar powered vehicles.

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