Chevy Volt? Meet your Buick Competition

[hill]

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_13004224?source=email

Just when GM expresses doubt about Volt projet ever making it, GM does what only GM can do best ... it's talkin about another non existent PHEV.

Well . . . the irony seems to never cease

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[Rybold]

The Buick is a parallel hybrid. The Volt is a series hybrid. Totally different ball games.
GM already sells parallel hybrids. GM has never sold a series hybrid before.

[Flying White Dutchman]

no but its another plugin story... just like the volt..............................

[Indyking]

Originally Posted by hill

Just when GM expresses doubt about Volt projet ever making it

What? GM is constantly releasing press notes stating that the VOLT is pretty much on schedule... they have 40 already built!

GM says new Volt to get 230 mpg in city driving - Yahoo! Finance

[Felt]

Originally Posted by Indyking

What? GM is constantly releasing press notes stating that the VOLT is pretty much on schedule... they have 40 already built!

GM says new Volt to get 230 mpg in city driving - Yahoo! Finance

There may be a nitch for a "city" car. I personally have no interest in such a limited use car ...... I need a car to drive over a mountain pass to visit my daughter and her family; a car to take the family into the country to camp, and on and on. I do not have the funds to own a very expensive "city" car, and another to accommodate my desire to visit the family, go on a vacation and such.

Whats the big deal with 230 mpg? All the noise about "plug-ins" makes no sense to me what so ever. If it is about the lack of emissions ..... they are completely ignoring the fact that the power must come from somewhere. Here in Utah, a good percentage of public power comes from coal.

Ford advertises they can go 700 plus miles on a tank of gas. It is all about tank size. In my Prius, I can go 500 miles (and more) on 10 gallons. Now that is something!

[hill]

Originally Posted by Indyking

What? GM is constantly releasing press notes stating that the VOLT is pretty much on schedule... they have 40 already built!

GM says new Volt to get 230 mpg in city driving - Yahoo! Finance

Hugh?
um, ok:

GM's admits Volt doubts

Besides the above ... don't miss the TRUE humor of the thread ... that GM is on the rampage when it comes to 'releasing' PR about what they're gona do ... but then there's the tiny issue of DELIVERY. Look at the malibu. They pushed out a few ... and then what.

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[Prianista]

From the Yahoo!-Finance article:

"Two critical areas, battery life and the electronic switching between battery and engine power, are still being refined..."

All these years, all this hype and the Volt still doesn't work?

[lamontcranston]

Yes, I'll be much more impressed with the Volt when I actually see one driving around. Even more so when they have a service history and I'm sure GM won't repossess them (Impact, anyone?)

[Indyking]

Originally Posted by hill

Hugh?
um, ok:

GM's admits Volt doubts

Besides the above ... don't miss the TRUE humor of the thread ... that GM's is on the rampage when it comes to 'releasing' PR about what they're gona do ... but then there's the tiny issue of DELIVERY. Look at the malibu. They pushed out a few ... and then what.

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Note the date of the article I posted and the source... supposed to be very reliable... "In theory” the VOLT will be a great car because it will run 40 miles with zero gas plus 300+ miles after that in the triple digits MPG, so it will really blow the Prius out of the water in FE... but am I brave enough to invest that much money in a GM hybrid? Not in this life... who would be?

[Chrome]

Originally Posted by Flying White Dutchman

no but its another plugin story... just like the volt..............................

Sigh.

This is a plug in parallel hybrid that utilizes Lithium Ion batteries. Just like the Prius, it's a gasoline-powered ICE with an electric motor to assist/take over at low speeds/low loads.

The Volt is an extended-range electric vehicle. The ONLY thing connected to the wheels is an electric motor. The gasoline motor generates the electricity (and keeps the batteries at a certain level of charge) used by the electric motor after the initial battery charge is depleted.

World of difference.