Dodger Stadium
September 09, 2010
I'm not a baseball fan. I've lived in Los Angeles for over a decade and I still haven't made it to Dodger Stadium, which is a little sad for my boys because their shouldn't really… read more
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Fame
September 10, 2010
Along with the little video, I was quote in this blog post by Chelsea Sexton (I'm all the way in the last paragraph). When my wife drove her EV1, Chelsea was the EV Specialist who…
Innovation
September 11, 2010
I will struggle to keep this blog from becoming political, because I admit that I am woefully under-informed and I certainly don't want the job of running the country or making… read more
Possible Cars to Drive
September 12, 2010
I wrote a page listing the cars that I would consider for our next purchase. I realize that I have left off the plug-in Prius that might be coming from Toyota. And I know that… read more
Gorgeous Technology
September 13, 2010
Back in 2002 GM unveiled the Hy-Wire hydrogen-powered car. It was never going to go into production, but it was very interesting for a number of reasons. The first was that it… read more
Solar-powered Car
September 14, 2010
I got a call yesterday from consultants hired by the State of California. As part of the California Solar Initiative they want to come install a monitor on our solar system, so… read more
Will you carry stale gas in your Volt?
September 15, 2010
Here is an excellent, short, technical article on the fuel system for the Chevy Volt. (There's not a chance I can to a post-a-day without a Volt to drive unless I am occasionally…
"Luuuuuuucy! You forgot to plug in the car."
September 16, 2010
True story. In the first month that we had our GM EV1 we were excited to show it to my wife's old boss, who was enough of a car nut to have a fancy Porsche and a four car garage.… read more
Touring Detroit with a Jackass
September 17, 2010
No discussion of the Chevy Volt is complete without a little mention of the city of Detroit. GM has a bunch of manufacturing plants but will build the Volt right there in Motor… read more
The Screens
September 18, 2010
This will be the first of a series of posts. The Chevy Volt include two seven inch screens. There is one past the steering wheel, where you are used to looking for your… read more
Tell Me More
September 19, 2010
Here is the screen directly in front of your steering wheel. That's where you glance all the time. It's great that with one glance you see the fill-state of the battery and the… read more
Crunchgear Review
September 20, 2010
It's not really a review, since they didn't get to drive it enough, but it is so important that a gadget and technology blog is hyped about the Volt. They wrote about it in this…
High Profile Tesla
September 21, 2010
Keep an eye on Wired.com My copy of the magazine arrived in the mail and the cover story about Elon Musk and the Tesla Company is fascinating. He came so close to having the whole… read more
Disappointment
September 22, 2010
I don't know. I think that I have to write and get my deposit back from Aptera. Trying to read between the lines it feels like the company was pinning its hopes on winning the… read more
Leaves on the Wind
September 23, 2010
Lance Armstrong has tweeted about getting delivery of the first Leaf in the United States. And now I just received this email: We are thrilled with the overwhelming enthusiasm… read more
Stay Tuned!
September 23, 2010
Okay, this could be exciting. Since I have a reservation for the Nissan Leaf (and apparently it is a priority reservation, probably since I am in Southern California and I am… read more
Rolling with the Rays
September 24, 2010
Now I am just joining things left and right. I signed up on SolarChargedDriving . I saw one of their blog posts about how the Leaf people and the Volt people should really share a… read more
Spare Batteries
September 24, 2010
On of the things people often mentioned in disparaging the EV1 when we were driving it, was that the batteries were a real landfill hazard. Of course, the original car had… read more
Coda to the Coda?
September 25, 2010
Ah, the price-sensitive American. What I had always hoped, when I first started driving our EV1, was that people could see the real price of their cars and their impact over time.… read more
Plug In America
September 26, 2010
Here's a good looking group of folks... They have been working on plug in vehicles for the country for the past five years. That means they didn't even get in on the good ole days… read more
What's the Deal, Dealer?
September 27, 2010
So here is the state of things at a Chevy dealership in the third week of September 2010. I walked in to see what sort of information they would have, what the sales pitch might… read more
Out of Here
September 27, 2010
By the time you are able to read this, I will be on a jet winging my way to Detroit. I was invited by General Motors, but that's all I can tell you. We'll see if that changes by… read more
Board Member Summers, Present
September 28, 2010
General Motors selected me to join the group of civilians telling them about the experience acquiring and driving the Volt. Acquiring is key because it includes the installation… read more
Fuel On Board
September 29, 2010
This is my first Internet news scoop. As far as I (and Google) know, this information is not yet on the Internet. My hope is that I will only burn gas in my Volt once a month or… read more
The Robots Make a Volt
September 29, 2010
I haven't written up my exciting trip to Detroit. I'm behind. But I had to share this anyway, my video of nine robots doing the initial welds on the body. You are watching 289…
Volt Tweet
September 30, 2010
Okay, I have joined the Twitter revolution. I'm on there as Voltaday . I suspect that will get a little more active once I am actually driving the car. I think the OnStar software…