http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/ Engadget Comments for First Chevrolet Volt battery rolls off the assembly line, wonders where its home is (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Time, sadly will have to tell.]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/If you have watched "Who Killed the Electric Vehicle" documentary. You know the EV1 didn't fail, the oil guy is a prime suspect of overriding the decision. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Why do people bring up the EV1? Who the hell was going to pay 80-100K for an electric car when gas was around a buck? Back then the economy was good, SUVs were in high demand and the majority of people didn't care about electric vehicles. The same people complaining about the EV1 are complaining about the 40K price tag on the Volt. It makes no sense at all.]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 8th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
maybe that's why the car costs so much??]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/It costs so much because $2500 dollars of every car has to go to union health plans for those employees. Hard to stay competitive with massive union regulation.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Or maybe you could take into consideration that maybe its the first battery of the first electric american car to ever come rolling off the line and people probably want to know what it is and make sure that the first one ever getting built is built right... But you probably didn't think, and you can just keep ridiculing the hard working auto labors and take all of their jobs away to keep giving them to foreign auto company's further plunging america into debt, but who cares at least you got a cheap car right? Thats all that matters at the end of the day and if your not american, hopefully the next time your country needs help we wont help you because we just don't have the money to do it.]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
wait me up when you are ready to give me some public bailout money.

and you know what? We DO pay for more expensive car... through our tax-money going to the Government Motor company]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
The plant only hired 25 people so far, and I believe they said these workers are not unionized.

Reference:
http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2010/01/live_webcast_milestone_technology_event_for_chevrolet_volt.html
at 51 minutes and 52:18]]>Jan 7th 2010 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 8th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Right now it's said to be $40k with $7500 tax credit but

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201001071059dowjonesdjonline000487&title=gm-executive-chevy-volt-may-cost-less-than-expected-40000-price]]>Jan 7th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Good luck with that... every car company in the world pretty much benefits from some government program. But hey, if you dont want to buy GM, just say so. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
You're paying for it. Might as well get one. ]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Serial losers GM and Chrysler won't repay about $30B of the $58B Obama loaned them in the bailouts last Spring. Between them they sold about 3 million vehicles in 2009, so that's a $100K _per car_ subsidy. Meanwhile Toyota, Honda, Hundai, etc. had a tough year too, but they don't get any sugar from Uncle Sam.

You people who defend GM and the criminals propping up their dead carcass amaze me.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Yeah GM really needs to make some changes. Yeah the union really needs to cut back spending. Which they have. All cars don't cost 100 K more like 10 to 30 k. You must have never lived in michigan and never had two parents who both worked for GM/Delphi and have had to worry weather they would lose all their pay tomorrow or the pensions they spent 35 years in the company building. So quit worrying about your foreign car company's because they have labor they can pay for 7.40 an hour. So when you buy one of those cars, it doesn't benefit us anyways because the government cant get any money back through the people.]]>Jan 7th 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Toyota pays its plant works in America $30 an hour on average, which is almost exactly the same as what the American Car companies pay on average to their workers.

Yes, UAW workers get better benefits, but the real difference between the companies is when you compare their executive pay packages. US CEO's make a ridiculous amount of money compared to the overseas companies. So when trouble comes around they have more money on hand rather than sunk into real-estate and personal property of their executives.

Honda, Toyota, and Suzuki also employ a LOT of American autoworkers. The Honda plant in Ohio is huge.

Of course Toyota is closing the NUMMI plant in California. Oh wait, that is just cause GM pulled out (they were partners in that plant) without warning, and is using a clause in their Bankruptcy to get out of any costs from closing it. Toyota has to shoulder all the costs for that plant closing.

Rather than pulling the BS wanna-be patriotic line, maybe you should do a bit of research into how these companies really work.]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
You do realize Toyota and Honda got money from Japan (their home counntry) and Nissan got US DOE funds for the Leaf?]]>Jan 8th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.mercurynews.com/drive/ci_14000373
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BE41R20091215
http://www.industryweek.com/articles/gm_will_repay_government_loans_by_end_of_june_chairman_whitacre_says_20656.aspx

Those were just the first three articles I found on Google... now, stfu.]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Prepare your estate. The Volt is due out this coming November.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Yeah, it'll be the Chevy Vega of 2010, a real game changer. An entire new generation of customers will learn to loath GM.]]>Jan 8th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 11th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Wrong, the battery runs down the middle, which is why it is a 4-seater, the battery takes the place of the middle back seat.]]>Jan 7th 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/They mine the material in canada. Pretty much destroy the environment their. Ship it over seas to China, where they process the material, no environmental regulation their. Ship it back to the US where some union lackey tightens the screws for $60,000 a year.
It's less damaging to the environment to drive a hummer for the rest of your life.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 8th 2010 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Ya boy mike vick iz in da buildinnnnn!]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
Not to mention they made it look "avg" which killed it's appeal to me. I hate it when car companies tease us with cool concept cars and then give us a dumb down normal version for the final product. Why make a concept car if you don't plan to USE the concept to make the car? Why not design the car for production use not to show off your stupid idiot artistic talents. Ever since they showed that pathetic version of the Volt I was immediately turned off by GM.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/
dude, honestly i will graduate pretty soon and i'd love to buy "american" and i was considering this kind of car. but from the looks i hate it. i'll buy a ford or nissan. this car looks crappy. can't imagine going out picking up chics in that type of crud... chevy = fail. it is just sad. the concept was wayyy better]]>Jan 7th 2010 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/guy left of center: I double dare you to lick the terminals ]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/Jan 7th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/first-chevrolet-volt-battery-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-wonder/This is a different class of vehicle than the cars you mentioned. Those are EVs (electric vehicles). This is a PHEV(plug-in HYBRID electric vehicle). Those other cars you mentioned are also either more expensive or not highway-capable. Let's compare apples to apples. Also, in the PHEV category, this car you can actually buy as a consumer(rather than only for company fleets) and has a lot better EV mode mileage than the 2010 Prius PHEV(40 miles vs 12 miles).]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:42PM