Chevy Volt again...

[nwpa]

The Chevy Volt in China. GM now touting hydrogen. Note the last photo and the auxiliary power source!

http://news.com.com/2300-11389_3-6177935-1...?tag=ne.gall.pg

[Earthling]

Yup, that last photo sums it all up very well.

Harry

[excuseMeButt]

What an ugly car. They should take styling cues off the Prius.

~buttster

[efusco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Earthling @ Apr 20 2007, 01:19 PM) [snapback]426875[/snapback]</div>

Yup, that last photo sums it all up very well.

Harry [/b]

I assume you mean this on?

[priussoris]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Apr 21 2007, 06:21 AM) [snapback]427256[/snapback]</div>

I assume you mean this on?


[/b]

The four people pushing ( their names are Hy,dro, ge,n )
guess they couldn't find a refuelling station nearby..

[iaowings]

i was for the original design with the plug in option and the onboard ice for longer trips but this has gotten just stupid. They will never bring this car to market because they cant decide what they want it to be. Who ever in runs the company has no ability to decide it like he has thousands of ideas to choose from and is so scatter brained nothing really gets done.

[efusco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IAO @ Apr 21 2007, 08:27 AM) [snapback]427267[/snapback]</div>

i was for the original design with the plug in option and the onboard ice for longer trips but this has gotten just stupid. They will never bring this car to market because they cant decide what they want it to be. Who ever in runs the company has no ability to decide it like he has thousands of ideas to choose from and is so scatter brained nothing really gets done. [/b]

This is exactly what they said the E-Flex would be originally. It will be a versatile design depending up location and expected use. They've suggested that the EU platform would likely be diesel, the US Gas...I don't know what market they expect the hydrogen to be for. In theory they're trying to think expansively such that this single E-flex platform can be on that will grow with the technology.



In short, there is no plan to change the gas ICE/generator for the US version of the Volt.

[Topgas]

The Volt is doing just what it was designed for, PR only. These guys are starting to look like the Three Stooges. How much time can they buy with PR is their game .

[kdk84]

I don't see why you all are disrespecting the Volt. I personally like the futuristic look and to be honest it isn't like the prius has the best looks either. Also, I totally support GM an American car maker trying to advance it's fleet towards more fuel efficient vehicles. I didn't go out and buy a prius simply because I'm in love with the prius, I bought it because it is the most practical vehicle a person can buy at the moment. If chevy develops the Volt and it is more efficient I'm not bitter; I'm more excited. The additional competition will hopefully spur a "fuel mileage" race rather than the "biggest engine" era of old.

The next gen prius, chevy's e-flex technology, and ford's hySeries are all exciting technologies that I am eagerly awaiting to arrive for the public!!

(also it looks like some people got the impression that this is a purely hydrogen chevy volt. It is still the e-flex technology just the hydrogen version used to recharge the battery. Chevy said they can make these hybrids with hydrogen, biofuel, ethanol, diesel, gas... it doesn't matter, this is just the hydrogen verison, not a full out hydrogen car, it still gives you the 30-40 miles of pure EV mode)

[iaowings]

Its not that we don’t like the volt because it is a Chevy it is that it has been in the works for years and every time they need to take the heat off they bring it up again. If you go to the Chevy website you will see the hybrid they are brining to market in 2008 is a full sized 4x4 suv that will at best get 21mpg highway and Chevy is bragging about how green it is.The volt is supposedly years away.

http://www.chevrolet.com/hybrid/