2008 Los Angeles Auto Show - Chevy Volt Interview

MT Editor-In-Chief Angus MacKenzie talks to key members of the engineering and design team responsible for the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt.

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[jmdng03]

WOW show some support for your country.. What a sad country we live in.. Toyota gets lucky with one hybrid at the right time and everyone thinks they're the greatest car company. Sorry but American cars are actually equal to Japanese cars in quality and performance. Stop being such immature bias minded people following the latest "hate the U.S." trend.

[ctsc6vette]

What happened to this country? Do you even live here anymore or are you so excited to buy foreign cars that you moved out? You do realize that these cars are developed and made in the US. Do you have no respect for American ingenuity anymore? Remember we typically invent the best technology. Give GM credit for trying to make a difference and let's hope it works out. Toyota has been heavily subsidized so yes, we should bail out the US auto industry for many reasons.

[sebbro7]

1st, please cite me those "experts"... they are speculating just like you are. 2nd, 10 000 cars for starters is not enough ?!?! Also what world do you live in ?... I know people who are even willing now (with this economy) to pay in advance. People who have money will buy it to relieve their conscience... probably that is the market GM will be targeting first. It is NEW tech, how can you even expect it to be 20 000 $ ? The price has to reflect the money poured into engineering, research etc

[PiercingKnight]

mas produced? What are you talking about. Do you know how much this car will cost? Nobodies going to buy it. GM says that it is going to release this car in 2 yrs but only 10 000 of them. Also some experts say that we will most likely not see this car on the roads for a very long time if we will see it at all. GM might be coocking all this up and come up with a reason for not releasing it.

[emforty2]

putting an electric motor on a cars is "NEW" tech ??

the FIRST cars in America were electric not petrol driven

the first mass produced ? show me one ?

[sebbro7]

many people sill don't get that is a ELECTRIC-hybrid car, and not just a gasoline-hybrid car. There is no copying there... no one has an electric-hybrid mass produced car on the market.... please read before posting bull... this is NEW tech...

[emforty2]

Yes they "copied" the civic front end and Prius back end

and called it a Volt

see GM is 12 years behind the hybrid arena and so they're just copying the japanese

[exprotion777]

Is this Civic

[ferrarimanf355]

He didn't because he's rational. Please, can we have a moratorium on the EV1 coming up in Every. Damn. Conversation. About. GM?

[dave777blaster]

Up against the wall they will continue to try and over price and gouge the customers

Bring in TATA motors and some Chinese companies

GM needs to be put down they owe too much money to be able to ever produce low cost cars

and as the economy tanks further the American people will realize what I am saying is right

and them dreaming about 40 thousand cars saving GM is crazy talk the Economy is about to fall off a cliff

they should be bringing out 10,000 dollar cars

Tata will do it if they can not