Video: Sneak Peek At the Chevrolet Volt Production Model

[Stev0]

Question: Has any car ever been so hyped pre-release? I mean, even assuming the Volt comes out in 2010 doing everything promised (stop laughing and work with me here), I don't ever remember a car being this heavily hyped THREE YEARS (at least) before it's (supposedly) going on the market.

[txtabby]

Originally Posted by Tideland Prius

Yeah.. we gotta make the car aerodynamic.. like the EV1

We gotta keep the weight down by using lightweight materials... like the EV1

To improve aerodynamics, we have to add underbody panels to smooth out airflow.. like the EV1.


Where did they get the current engineers and what happened to the EV1 engineers?

ARRGGH!! Hearing about the Volt just really ticks me off! 40 miles on just battery power...OOOOOOOO, wow! Whooo-pee. They HAD the perfect electric car. Between the Prius and the EV1 over 50% of the car market would of been covered. Trucks & SUV's, make 'em hybrid. There's the other 50%.
In a way I wish gas was $5.00 a gallon.
But on a more positive note ... I think $4/gal. will be the tipping point, when the general public will say enough is enough. I think the 'Big Three' sense this, well, except for Chrysler, already having hybrids out now and are working to perfect them.

[FL_Prius_Driver]

Originally Posted by txtabby

...But on a more positive note ... I think $4/gal. will be the tipping point, when the general public will say enough is enough.

The public is probably well past the tipping point. It is the market that has not gotten there yet. It is not going to be the price of gas so much as that Tesla Motors will never get a car to the sales lot since they are all bought before that point for many years.

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by txtabby

ARRGGH!! Hearing about the Volt just really ticks me off! 40 miles on just battery power...OOOOOOOO, wow! Whooo-pee. They HAD the perfect electric car. Between the Prius and the EV1 over 50% of the car market would of been covered. Trucks & SUV's, make 'em hybrid. There's the other 50%.
In a way I wish gas was $5.00 a gallon.
But on a more positive note ... I think $4/gal. will be the tipping point, when the general public will say enough is enough. I think the 'Big Three' sense this, well, except for Chrysler, already having hybrids out now and are working to perfect them.

Are you sure? cause it's >$4/gal up here.