Hi Al, I have hope for the future, but little faith in GM. I drove an EV1 and I would have bought one. It seems to me that GM is trying to squeeze every penny out of their old technology even as it destroys the planet. If you don't invest in the future, you don't have a future.
Andrew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Lococo Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FLEAA Mailing List Subject: Re: [FLEAA] interesting Volt article JP, Well stated. If you want to know what GM's intentions are you can look at what they have done, and I'n not just talking about the EV1. They gave us the Hummer and now the "Green Line" The Saturn and Malibu with leaking Cobasyss NiMH batteries are blight on the landscape, giving NiMH a bad name. The media loves to refer to these cars as Hybrids and compare them to the Prius. They are called by GM "Mild Hybrids", still a misnomer. These cars never run in all electic mode. They have a 36 volt battery, shich the media has been misled to call a 48 volt battery, which is incapable of propulsion. A real Hybrid gets similar milage in the city as it gets on the highway. You need only look at the EPA economy figures to see that the "Greeen Line" is nither a Hybrid in design or economy. Havein a battery operated motor to run the A/C while the motor is turned of at stops, is not a Hybrid, even if it has regen Worst of all these car qualify for the federal incentive, buy what logic I don't know. Fortunately not many people are buying them. Is this the best you can do twelve years after the Impact come EV1? What else have you got planned for us, GM? Cheers, Al Lococo www.evprogress.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <listserv@floridaeaa.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:14 AM Subject: Re: [FLEAA] interesting Volt article What a great article. Glad to see the General might be opening its eyes. Now if they would look in the mirror they would see what a killer vehicle the EV1 was, buy back the NiMh battery patents just to put some thing on the street with performance comparable to the now ancient Rav4 or the AC Propulsion E Box. 40 miles on a charge is an insult. Its embarrassing for those of us in the trade who know the technology that is available. General Motors is a formidable company with almost unlimited technical resources, and production facilities to produce a world class car. If they would like to stay in business let alone regain there former glory, This might be an absolute must. I personally wish they would stop holding out on us!!!!!!!!! JP Original Message: ----------------- From: David, FloridaAME [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:26:20 -0400 To: listserv@floridaeaa.org Subject: [FLEAA] interesting Volt article Here is an interesting link about the Chevy Volt http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/general-motors David Kerzel -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium MicrosoftR WindowsR and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list listserv@floridaeaa.org http://www.floridaeaa.org _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list listserv@floridaeaa.org http://www.floridaeaa.org _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list listserv@floridaeaa.org http://www.floridaeaa.org
