[ausev] KVUE coverage of the Volt drive

[The Mullins]

I don't know. I asked the guy who walked up to me and "showed" the car and I
asked if there was a mock up, demo or something inside? And he said no, but
there are some videos!

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From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
Behalf Of Aaron Choate
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [ausev] KVUE coverage of the Volt drive

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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> Subject: [ausev] KVUE coverage of the Volt drive
>
>
>
> 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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