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GM-Volt founder stranded, learns why EVs take so long to bring to market

Over the last several years, many of the fans of battery-powered vehicles here on ABG have asked quite vociferously why it's taking companies like General Motors so long to bring cars like the Volt to market. Many of you seem to think you can convert an existing platform and have it on the market in six months. While it is certainly plausible for individual conversions to be done in that time frame, mass production is a very different matter. Media guru Jeff Jarvis even recommended that automakers follow the Google model of just releasing ... Read more →

Should the feds buy flocks of Volts for their fleet? Xavier Navarro

Lyle Dennis, one of the world's biggest Chevrolet Volt fans, has an idea on how to help the new halo car roll off the assembly lines at high numbers and help General Motors out of its current ...

GM-Volt founder pens open letter in support of GM aid package Sam Abuelsamid

Perhaps one of the biggest fans on the planet of the Chevrolet Volt is Dr. Lyle Dennis, a New York city neuro-surgeon. Immediately after originally seeing the Volt concept in January 2007, Dennis ...

GM Centennial: Bob Lutz talks about the Volt's future, $7,500 tax incentives Sebastian Blanco

Ahh, the blogger round table. At GM's Centennial celebration yesterday, GM chairman sat down with a group of bloggers to talk about - what else? - the Volt. Lutz took questions about the car and gave ...

If we were political pundits covering the production Chevy Volt reveal... Sebastian Blanco

The big news of the day is obviously the unveiling of the production Chevy Volt. I mean, this is the car that you should be able to buy in two short long years and a few months. We've been ...

GM Centennial: "Future of Transportation: The Next 100 Years" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As part of the GM Centennial celebration today, the General hosted an hour-long panel discussion that purported to look ahead 100 years and discover "Future of Transportation," according to my handy-dandy GM event schedule. The panel certainly was an hour long and did feature all of the listed ...

The April 2008 Chevy Volt update: designing the Volt interior and exterior 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Of all the areas we visited during our day at the GM Technical Center during the Volt tour, the design center was the one place where I really, really wished we could have had a camera. I'm sure you would have all felt the same way. We've all seen the teaser image above, but in the E-Flex Studio ...

Lutz: Volt Battery supply deal a "horse race," finish line moved. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In commenting on the battle royal taking place on the testing benches at GM between two contending battery suppliers, "Maximum" Bob Lutz said Tuesday it was a "horse race. An apt analogy in a sense because the two teams, Continental Automotive Systems, using cells from A123 Systems Inc., and ...

GM's Wagoner says there's no guarantee Volt will start production in 2010 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While GM has never given a firm delivery date for the Chevy Volt, late 2010 has been when production was expected to start. In an online chat yesterday, GM CEO Rick Wagoner admitted that, while GM has been working hard on getting the Volt ready, "2010 would be great, but (we) can't guarantee that ...

Chevy Volt production possibilities: 100,000? 60,000? Same as it ever was 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When General Motors unveiled the Chevy Volt back in January, here's what our own Sam Abuelsamid reported as far as possible production numbers: GM's goal was to create an electric car that would not force users to plan their travel around the next charging session, while still providing all the ...

Some Chevy Volt parts are likely already on the road in mules 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Chevy Volt is still at least three years from Job 1 but there are almost surely parts of it prowling the streets of Southeast Michigan. Whenever a new vehicle is developed there are components that are ready for testing out of sequence. Long before all the necessary parts to build full ...

GM reports from the Volt's tour 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In his previous role as Director of Advanced Vehicle Design at General Motors, Bob Boniface led the team responsible for creating the exterior design of the Chevy Volt. We spoke to Bob about the Volt's styling back in January after the car was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. Bob is now leading ...

BREAKING: GM loves Detroit, will build Chevy Volt in the Motor City 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/BREAKING_GM_loves_Detroit_will_build_Chevy_Volt_in_the_Motor_City'; Now, this is good news. Coming out of this week's UAW strike at GM, the papers are full of stories figuring out the details of what each side got. The short, short version is that GM got to ...

What role did the Volt play in the UAW strike of GM? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here is one reason why blogging can be so fun: take two stories, blend, and voila! More questions! The first story that I'm writing about is one which was covered here on our site. See here: "Lordstown, Ohio could be the home of the Volt". The other story in question is this one: "Chevrolet Volt: ...


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