[ausev] KVUE coverage of the Volt drive

[Don Breneman]

Hey George,
Yes, they wouldn't divulge much on the tech side.  The front grill is for the 1.4L genset under the hood (and they wouldn't raise the hood for us either).  However; I was impressed by the drive, it felt very smooth and a good, solid feel.  I test drove a couple new Chevys a few years ago and they felt like tin cans.  The Volt is much better.  I hope that they are serious about selling them, we need lots of EVs on the road.

Don Breneman
www.FunEcars.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: The Mullins 
  To: 'AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion' 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [ausev] KVUE coverage of the Volt drive


  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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  From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On Behalf Of Peace
  Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:08 PM
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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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