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Bob Lutz on Letterman's Volt dis: Stupid Human Trick
autobloggreen.com - 5/2/2009
Bob Lutz on Letterman's Volt dis: Stupid Human Trick
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The common wisdom shaping up around Dave Letterman's smackdown of the Chevy Volt Wednesday night: not funny. The latest to chime in on Dave's dismissal of the work that GM has done with the Voltec technology is one of the Volt's biggest supporters: Bob Lutz. Lutz, GM's Vice Chairman, wrote a ...
WaPo: GM would be better off without Chevy Volt
autobloggreen.com - 5/4/2009
WaPo: GM would be better off without Chevy Volt
— autobloggreen.com — 2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery To a lot of people, the only... vehicle that's keeping GM - or at least the spirit of GM - alive as the company falters is the Chevy Volt. Washington Post columnist Charles Lane is not one of them. The Volt is designed to give 80 ... (more) WaPo: GM would be better off without Chevy Volt

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Song remains the same: GM loses billions, Volt still on track
autobloggreen.com - 5/8/2009
Song remains the same: GM loses billions, Volt still on track
— autobloggreen.com — 2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for a high res gallery GM's announced yesterday that it lost... $6 billion in the first quarter of 2009 . That's par for the course for the General these days. What's also pretty standard was the immediate confirmation that work on the Chevy Volt is going ... (more) Song remains the same: GM loses billions, Volt still on ...

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GM trying to sell Opel, but will keep Ampera (the Opel Volt)
autobloggreen.com - 5/6/2009
GM trying to sell Opel, but will keep Ampera (the Opel Volt)
— autobloggreen.com — Opel Ampera - Click to enlarge With all the confusion and fast-moving news coming from GM troubles... ( Saturn hybrids ? Say what ?), there is one thing you can count on: GM is keeping the Volt. Of course they're keeping the Chevy Volt - that was never in question - but things were just a ... (more) GM trying to sell Opel, but will keep Ampera (the Opel Volt)

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