[ausev] KVUE coverage of the Volt drive

[Aaron Choate]

I'm so sorry to hear that.  They had the demo sled out there last
weekend.  Is that not out there now?  It is just the preproduction
car?

http://bit.ly/98PEuF

/Aaron Choate

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM, The Mullins <ckmullins at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I went down to the convention center to see the Volt. There was nothing to
> see. They wouldn’t raise the hood, trunk or open the doors. What I saw was
> an ordinary (and I mean that in a bad way) GM car. They made no effort at
> all push the envelope in terms of aerodynamics. The big double chevron
> aerodynamically dirty grill on the front is a fake! They are so terrified
> that the public will think that this car will look “weird”. The only outward
> sign that it is electric is a tiny Volt logo. There was not even a sign near
> the car to attract attention. I don’t think that GM is serious.
>
> The man there showing it knew virtually nothing about the technical
> features.
>
> I was underwhelmed.
>
>
>
> George Mullins
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> The KVUE crew was shooting footage during the test drive.  Here's their
> blurb on it -
> http://www.kvue.com/news/Test-Drive-in-the-Chevrolet-Volt-87732032.html
>
> Interesting that the reporter mentions a price tag $32-38k to KVUE's
> reporter.  The blond dude driving in that video wouldn't give numbers when
> someone in the audience asked that question.
> The KVUE reporter says it uses lithium ion batteries. I'm not convinced
> that's entirely true, what with the fire dangers of breached lithium ion
> cells.  The Chevy reps wouldn't divulge details on the batteries.  My guess
> is it's LFP or a related chemistry.
>
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