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A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt

August 13, 2009, 12:49pm PDT | Length: 00:02:24
CNET News' Martin LaMonica gets a look at the electric Chevy Volt from GM's Frank Weber, one the car's designers at GM's famed testing track.
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RE: A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
Hoffling 14th Oct 2009
Well, not bad. I wish they could feature this one having the chevy wiring harness next time. Anyways, Tesla is another promising car we should all wait.
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Not very informative!
Shmuel 18th Aug 2009
it is a bit strange to be asked to go to look at a video that basically contains NO info about the subject matter. It feels like a simple marketing stunt by the GM folks, to which the ZDnet folks ready jumped into but provided no commentary and/or information that would enhance the visual cataloging of a MG person driving a ca that has a dash board that is not going to be in the production version...
Too bad!
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Very Interesting
yobtaf 18th Aug 2009
The idea that GM can reportedly produce such an advanced
car when their survival is at stake.

Why couldn't they do it before?
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RE: A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
techman09 19th Aug 2009
Lame video
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Volt is Already Obsolete -- Look at Tesla
hygro1 Updated - 19th Aug 2009
Is their really are market for 100 mile/charge car? Unfortunately it is already yesterday's newspaper -- Look at Tesla that has a car that gets 220 per charge and needs NO ENGINE. It recharges in a couple of hours and goes 0-60 in 3.7 seconds. It blows the doors off the Volt and actually seems to be a viable electric car while the Volt looks pretty lame for most of the population. We just spent $1,500,000 per GM Job to bail it out and it is now betting on an obsolete technology. Sad.
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Teslas cost $100,000
erikswanson 19th Aug 2009
This is like arguing that Toyotas are obsolete because Maybachs are better.

I can't wait to get a Volt. Neither car "needs" an engine, but the Volt has one just in case. It's that batteries that drive the cost. How often do you drive more than 100 miles in a day?
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the other guys in the car need to STFU while the driver is talking. how rude!
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RE: try going cross country in a Tesla.
mrnoonan@... 29th Sep 2009
Pls understand the technology before negativity.
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RE: A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
Hoffling 14th Oct 2009
Well, not bad. I wish they could feature this one having the chevy wiring harness next time. Anyways, Tesla is another promising car we should all wait.

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