'GM's picking one very awkward fight'
% ?Does GM's CEO know what its left & right hands are doing? % http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100325_2016-chevrolet-volt-ads-attacking-prius-leaf-and-bolt-ev 2016 Chevrolet Volt Ads: Attacking Prius, Leaf...And Bolt EV? By Bengt Halvorson Oct 2, 2015 [video https://youtu.be/RV0tTDPd1Bg ... likens running out of electric range in the Leaf to being stuck in an elevator ... ] ... But in one of those ads, it almost feels as if GM is attacking its own (upcoming) product ... ... we’re puzzled as to why GM would pull out what's essentially a version of the range-anxiety card—with its own pure-electric model ... Yup, Chevy’s working on one of those vehicles you get ‘stuck’ with...' GM should know that. Given its adherence to the CCS (Combo plug) standard for fast charging (admittedly not so relevant to the Volt) ... while the Volt nameplate might benefit somewhat from the smearing of EVs, Chevy's picking one very awkward fight. [© greencarreports.com] ... http://www.autoblog.com/2015/10/01/2016-chevy-volt-ads-attack-nissan-toyota-video/ 2016 Chevy Volt ads strike frustrating, yet familiar, chord Oct 1, 2015 ... compares driving an all-electric car with riding in an elevator getting stuck ... ... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the+left+hand+doesn%27t+know+what+the+left+hand+is+doing the left hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/left+hand+doesn't+know+what+the+right+hand+is+doing http://www.caradvice.com.au/386761/autonomous-chevrolet-volts-to-operate-at-gm-rd-centre/ Autonomous Chevrolet Volts to operate at GM R&D centre by Derek Fung [20151002] General Motors will next year begin operating a fleet of self-driving Chevrolet Volt [pih] ... ... http://www.hybridcars.com/chevy-bolt-production-confirmed-for-2016/ Chevy Bolt Production Confirmed For 2016 [20151002] Bolt EV is shown in the back of the row ... ... http://www.examiner.com/article/gm-prototyping-future-autonomous-robotaxi-services GM prototyping future autonomous robotaxi services Oct 1, 2015 ... Chevrolet Bolt hitting 200-mile range By Greg Gardner-Sep 28, 2015 DETROIT - DETROIT - General Motors engineers say early testing of the automaker's upcoming Chevrolet Bolt EV is affirming their estimates that the car will have a range of 200 miles between charges ... Sales of battery-electric vehicles, ... in which the Bolt will compete ... ... http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/09/01/mary-barra-ceo-gm-facebook/71521876/ GM CEO Mary Barra joins Facebook, doesn't mince words Sep 1, 2015 - Barra ... posted a photo of what she calls "the beast," a black-on-black Chevrolet Corvette [ice] she drove in the Woodward Dream Cruise this year, an annual auto event in greater Detroit ... ... http://www.hybridcars.com/gm-ev-battery-cells-down-to-145kwh-and-still-falling/ GM Says Li-ion Battery Cells Down To $145/kWh and Still Falling October 2, 2015 ... was upwards of $400-$500 per kilowatt-hour a few years ago, but today, GM is as low as one-third that for its pending Bolt EV, and expects further declines. ... http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/street-smarts/bizarre-car-week-1996-gm-ev1-article-1.2383330 Bizarre Car of the Week: 1996 GM EV1 October 2, 2015 This sleek, covered-wheel, 90s-tastic automobile is, in fact, the only car ever to wear a GM badge. But despite that honor, the EV1 had a laundry list of even more wacky features and stories that made it so much more interesting ... The General Motors EV1 was the first mass-produced electric car from a major global automaker ... http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2383335.1443817087!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/1996-ev1.jpg [dated] http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/25/8834151/gm-ceo-mary-barra-interview-2015 Mary Barra is ready for the future Jun 25, 2015 - GM's CEO wants to talk about what's next ... GM is a fascinating one: there's the promise of the Chevy Bolt, ... ... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098871_gm-targets-tesla-with-200-mile-bolt-ev-mantra-for-regular-people-not-elites GM Targets Tesla With 200-Mile Bolt EV Mantra: 'For Regular People, Not Elites' Jun 27, 2015 - GM CEO Mary Barra and Chevy Bolt EV electric car image at 2016 ... She noted this year's launch of the 2016 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, and ... ... http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2015/Jan/naias/chevrolet/bolt/0112-bolt.html Chevrolet Bolt EV Concept Signals Brand's EV Strategy 2015-01-12 ... http://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/12/new-chevy-bolt-affordable-solution-gm-ceo-barra.html New Chevy Bolt 'affordable solution': GM CEO Barra 12 Jan 2015 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Dolt-GM-pih-ads-attacking-their-own-EVs-muzzy-GM-is-discombobulated-tp4677876.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
