Reporter takes Volt on test drive, VIDEO, tours GM EV facility, discusses Volt mpg calculation

Not bad. I mean I basically didn't get much out of the first article and the video was ok but the second article seemed well written and only redundant one or two times.

Great finds actually.

 

Too bad General Motors is still using a "Mule" to demonstrate the characteristics of the Volt. When will they do a demonstration in a real Volt (or at least in a pre-production Volt, including a pre-production Volt body)?

Reminds me of the Eestor ultracapacitor "progress" reports the public has been receiving for several years now.

 

Yes, it's hard to say what's real. I followed the eestor saga myself, and now the same with the Volt.

 

My understanding is it won't be available until November 2010 and initially just 200/month. So what we're seeing is the 'beta' or 'demo.' Understand I have no problem with showing the 'beta' but I have only ridden in one two-mode hybrid, the now discontinued Saturn Vue two-mode.

GM's hybrids are sold in such small quantities and with such modest performance, I'm really not terribly interested. Like 'unobtanium,' I don't see a serious production ramping up anytime soon.

Bob Wilson