What? You mean they didn't even show a bunch of crates under a big sheet? It's a great visual of GM's 'green-ness'. That always wow's the masses.

My guess is that the body design will change again. Just give is a little more time and once the battery can't meet the spec we'll hear another news.

The issue issue with the leadership. A true leader need to set reachable goals, not impossible unrealistic goals. A true leader must also believe in the goal. Claiming to make a series hybrid and making statement such as "global warming is a crock of sh*t" is not leading.

A comic book car (e.g the batmobile) does not need to be aerodynamic, because in the realm of fantasy there is no wind resistance. For that matter, none of the laws of physics apply in a comic book. Witness the way Wily E Coyote can run straight off the edge of a cliff, stand in mid air, and then fall straight down.

The Volt is like that. It's a fantasy. The laws of physics do not matter.

If GM put 1/10th the effort into R&D for the Volt as they did for press releases, it would be available in showrooms right now.

And if they put 1/10th of the effort (and money!) into keeping their first EV on the road as they did in trying to remove all traces of the vehicle - we'd be on the third generation of that fantastic battery car by now.... not waiting for another first generation. :sigh:

I wonder if GM is regretting the decision to sell Cobasys right about now...

I also have to wonder if Panasonic will be using some of Cobasys' patents in the next gen Prius since apparently they have the rights to do so which started the 2nd half of 2007 and more rights available in 2010 (though I have to think that by 2010 most will be seriously considering some sort of Lithium battery...)

Sure! Chevron will be GLAD to sell GM the E95 batteries ... and at about $500 a piece, or $25,000 per pack, that'll keep those damn EV's of the road. You gotta admit Chevron isn't dumb. Evil, but not dumb.