TRANSLOGIC 19: Chevy Volt Overview

GM are shipping it with an 8-year 100,000 mile battery warranty. They expect a 10-year life for the battery. If GM had faith in it's battery they would warrant it for 10 years and 100,000 miles. The cost of the replacement battery is approximately $10,000. I'd wait a couple years before I would buy any new technology.

The Chevy Volt may work well as a hand built fleet. When Chevy actually starts to mass producing them, GOOD LUCK!! By the way what country are the major parts of the Chevy Volt made in. Is the Chevy Volt a re-badged Daewoo from Korea? This is more like smoke, mirrors and new buzz words. The VOLT is not a ELECTRIX CAR, it's a Hybrid.

Interesting as mud. Would expect it to be a maintenance/repair nightmare.

I am also 6' 4" nobody is talking about the room inside. I like the Idea of 40 miles on electric. I drive 17 miles one way. They are saying $1.50 to recharge the battery back to full charge, sounds a little cheap but if this is so than it would be VERY cheap to operate. I do drive a chevy Cobalt with room inside to spare, if this is the same room in the Volt, well I might have to think about getting one.

Some of you seem to miss the fact that the Volt can run indefinitly as long as you keep gas in the tank to run the generator. You could drive this car without ever charging the battery from the wall. That is what makes this car unique to all of the other electrics or Hybrids out there. I would be curious to see what kind of gas mileage I got running on the generator alone, there have been reports of around 120 miles per gallon.

did anyone notice the black blurr.
i think GM is gonna have sweet sick car in the near future

Hi Born in Detroit-

You are entirely too logical and intelligent in your thinking.

Most American corporations could care less about what the consumers might think. They are more interested in their bottom line and trying to figure out where they can go next and get it cheaper.

America built some of the best cars in the world prior to 1970 then they became high priced junk merchants. I quit the American cars and went to mainly Japan for my automotive needs and have never looked back.

Sorry GM I still remember how you killed the diesel market with your cheap engineered 350 diesel engine that never worked.

Actually, GM did announce and even advertised their theorized fuel economy for the Volt to be 230 MPG. The EPA has sinced denounced the methodology GM used but has yet to come up with their own official measure of expected fuel consumption for a vehicle like the Volt.

THIS IS CAR WAS INVENTED IN THE 90'S AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DESTROYED SAME AS THE CURE OF CANCER IN THE 60'S.

GET REAL !!!
How come these points are not addressed by anyone posting or GM.
1. How many kilowatts are needed to fully charge the battery pack ?
2. What is the MPG while running on the gasoline engine ?
3. No one is telling us the costs per mile,either electric,gasoline or
both.
Seems like this will be one costly ride per mile, but I guess you can feel good knowing that the first 40 miles there is no carbon out the tailpipe. Because it already came out out the electric power suppliers plant.
Give me a VW Jetta or Golf TDI, 40 plus MPG and less problems.

i am 6' 7 " i couldn,t get my big ass in this roller skate. i drive about 500 miles a week for business. i think obama should buy all of them. i will stick to my 150 lariet. how would you like to get crunched by an 18 wheeler in this kiddie car.