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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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Talkback Most Recent of 8 Talkback(s)

  • Not very informative!
    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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    Shmuel
    18th Aug 2009
  • Very Interesting
    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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    yobtaf
    18th Aug 2009
  • RE: A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
    Lame video
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    techman09
    19th Aug 2009
  • Volt is Already Obsolete -- Look at Tesla
    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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    hygro1
    19th Aug 2009
  • Teslas cost $100,000
    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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    erikswanson
    19th Aug 2009
  • RE: A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
    the other guys in the car need to STFU while the driver is talking. how rude!
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    chefp
    20th Aug 2009
  • RE: try going cross country in a Tesla.
    Pls understand the technology before negativity.
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    mrnoonan@...
    29th Sep 2009
  • RE: A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
    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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    Hoffling
    14th Oct 2009

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