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[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] GM-Volt.com Exclusive: Video Interview with GM CEO Fritz Henderson ...: Now that GM has raped and screwed those shareholders and bondholders in order that their exorbitantyl overpaid UAW unkilled worker retain their $125K salaries and full health benefits … We all rememebr that GM made their non-union workers pay for half og their health care costs years ago, while the union that we all know destroyed GM, got full benefits and even full benefits when they retired, Apparently Medicare isn’t good enough for the UAW.

[GM FastLane] Webcast: Fritz Henderson on GM Products and Technology | GM FastLane: After all the design stages of using CAD to engineer the new B-platform and the hybrid system that’s a cross between the plug-in system on the Volt and the 2-Mode Hybrid system on the current GMT900 Tahoe, in addition to simulating on the computer program how the car in both traditional wagon and 5-door forms will perform under NHTSA, and IIHS crash safety standards, simulating on the computer program how the controls will work, the design of the HVAC system, air conditioning, and heater core, Electronic instrument cluster w/ HUD included(optional) (standard on Cadillac), rectangular, horizontal, optitron instrument cluster (standard), the design of the frame for rigidity and durability in addition to new technology being applied to help contribute to aerodynamics and a lower center of gravity, the design of the suspension system being a front double wishbone design and the rear being a multi-link design, the design of the tailgate vacating into the roof once open and the electric motor on the traditional wagon being similar to the B and C platform wagons of the 1970’s, the design of the sunroof on the traditional wagon being a panoramic sunroof paying some homage to the Vista sunroofs of wagons of old not only being engineered to prevent leaks in addition to contributing to no NVH when closed and ensuring NVH standards when closed, but also, for the glass to withstand the weight of any object(s) placed on the roof rack in addition to being able to withstand any rollover. And the floorplan being fabricated of carbon fiber using the latest methods and technology to fabricate carbon fiber floorplans.

[Great Lakes Echo] GM: Volt to get 230 mpg in city: (MI) The Detroit News - General Motors Co. said today the Chevrolet Volt, its extended range electric vehicle due out in November 2010, will get an estimated city fuel economy of 230 mpg, or 25 kilowatt hours per 100 miles.

[The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] The Oil Drum | EPA economy ratings vs. the GM Volt: A square peg ...: Regarding the case where the electricity comes from either wind turbines or PV panels, I think that can be dealt with more straightforward than with a fossil fuel power plant, as one need not concern oneself with wind and solar energy conversion efficiencies, only the power made available for charging. (Having said that, I fully recognize that efficiencies are very important in determining capital costs, which when amortized, are a very large component of the total cost of delivering wind and solar power).

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[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] Chevy Volt Chief Designer's Update | GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric ...: The message from a few days’ ago (as blogged on TTAC): ”over 30mpg.” On an earlier CoverItLive session on FastLane, I noted that someone had asked, very specifically, about extended range fuel economy after battery depletion. He was cheerily told that GM expected the Volt to get an EPA score “in the triple digits,” which clearly includes the battery charge.

[The Truth About Cars] Review: 2009 Chevrolet Aveo Sedan 1LT | The Truth About Cars: We bought a VW Rabbit 5 door in late January 2007, and despite only costing an extra $2k over our hire car’s MSRP, we had a sunroof, a quiet and well built interior, a thirsty if capable 2.5 litre engine that regularly managed 28 mpg on the highway, cruise control, decent road feel through the steering, rock solid stability at 70 mph, cavernous interior room that literally swallowed our two large Ikea trolleys of flat pack furniture in one hit, had ESP and ABS and EBD and 7 airbags, and was everything the Aveo was not. Getting out of the Aveo and into the VW was like stepping into an entirely different world.

[GM FastLane] Webchat: Buick and GMC with Susan Docherty. | GM FastLane: It’s one thing to say they should keep Pontiac going, certainly they should, with the Solstice and G8 and eventually a stripped down version of the rwd compact, but it’s not GM’s decision (even though more than a few people are secretly happy to see the knife stuck in Pontiac’s back and may have influenced the task force’s decision), and not an option they have open to them. They can’t now having accepted the government loans say, “We know you said we had to close Pontiac, but we’re going to keep it going after all.”

[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] GM Asks Bankruptcy Court to Approve Formation of New GM | GM-VOLT ...: /at least we have no part in the ATVMIP auto loan fiasco that looks to get upped to 50 billion (small mercies)…which I think is a MUCH bigger thread topic that anything we have had recently, it practically guarantees GM that 10 billion dollars to build the Volt + 2, and then horde the other 6 billion or so left remaining with creative financing to pay the electric bill

[Motor Trend Blog] Detroit 2009: A Pivotal Moment | Car News Blog at Motor Trend: By the time volume production starts in October at the Valmet plant in Finland, the Karma will have taken little more than 24 months to go from concept to customer. Fisker says the tough economic climate means he has gotten a lot more support from suppliers than originally expected, and says he has also received a lot of help from GM, which is supplying the car's internal-combustion engine.

[The Truth About Cars] Editorial: Between the Lines: GM BOD Chairman Ed Whitacre's ...: Check out what Lutz said in Automotive News today: “Whitacre’s an independent guy who is a very successful and respected businessman in another industry who was asked by the federal government to assume this responsibility and who is now initially with a little bit of reluctance and a great deal of doubt has immersed himself in GM.” In other words, Eddy’s swigged copious carafes of GM Kool-Aid.

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