Follow-up for The Real GM-Volt Deal
November 01, 2010
After reporting on Lyle Dennis and his much-longer running GM Volt daily blog , Lyle wrote to me. He said, “If you would like to link back to your blog from GM-Volt, you need to… read more
cts | Volt a Day | November 2010
My Worlds Colliding
November 02, 2010
Those are some of the sample screens from OnStar's new iPhone application. I have seen it demonstrated a few times. The Volt team seemed to all have the same dummy application on… read more
Meter Muddle Clarity Hoped For
November 02, 2010
We'll see what happens tomorrow. Mr. Electric (they installed the Voltec charger for the Volt) is returning tomorrow. They are going to try to address all of the concerns of the… read more
What is Zee Meaning of This?
November 03, 2010
Everyone remembers the Camero Z, right? Kick ass muscle car. Sure. At SEMA (apparently the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world), Chevy announced that… read more
No CAB for Toyota
November 04, 2010
As the delays for delivery of the test Volts continue, I thought it was important to point out that this is not a program that other manufacturers would be running better. Or at… read more
Design
November 05, 2010
Yes, I keep messing with the design of the blog. That's one of the addictions of Wordpress.com authors. I keep hoping to find one that works. Today is Monochrome. I didn't like…
Meter Completed
November 06, 2010
We are very close to the end of the meter muddle story . In fact, I doubt there will be another update. Wednesday was an amazing day of people at the house. I hope I can keep it… read more
More Swoosh
November 07, 2010
The following images are being released by Chevy at SEMA. They are the set of graphics that the Volt team is considering for the car, available as an option to someone ordering… read more
Day Off
November 08, 2010
I'm sure there's something to write about the Volt today, but I'm taking the day off. By now I expected to have a car, so I have exhausted the few topics I felt like exploring…
Got the Call: Delivery Scheduled
November 08, 2010
Scott called. The cars are in town (I guess they snuck in). Instead of doing the delivery here at my house they want to do a little event with some food and a presentation, so…
Five Years of Plug In America
November 09, 2010
This is a great graphic (click on it). It shows the first computer that Steve Jobs introduced when he returned to Apple, compared to the iPhone, that latest device that he… read more
Public Charging
November 09, 2010
There is already a public charger at the Toyota of Hollywood. They are the first open access electric charging station , and they had green-celebrity Ed Begley Jr. down there to…
Entire Book on the Volt
November 10, 2010
The book is Vehicle Electrification . It is a pain to download. It's an Adobe Air application, which means it is a stand-alone Flash application for "reading" a book. It has a… read more
Pit Stop
November 10, 2010
I hope this is the last fueling for a while. Not for three months, since I expect to take the Volt on some longer trips, but no more regular stops at the pump.
Yay!
November 10, 2010
Mine is second one in.
Wow Wow Wow Wow
November 10, 2010
That is one kickass, cool car. I drove from Burbank to the Pacific Palisades to collect my boys, then back to Santa Monica along the PCH. Down into the underground parking for…
Another Coda for Coda
November 11, 2010
I'm sure there's a musical term for that. But Wired ran an article on Monday that sure wasn't good news for the company. Note: when you are about to launch your flagship product,… read more
Little Press Mention
November 11, 2010
The Detroit Free Press noticed my little entry on the GM Volt CAB site. So I'm mentioned in this article on the Volts getting into consumers hands for the first time. I am off to…
The Plant
November 12, 2010
I still need to write up my visit to the Volt plant, part of my trip to Detroit. But Wired got in there with their photographer and did a great job of showing the process. No…
Test Drives
November 12, 2010
I started a new page to keep track of the people who test drive the Volt . I already think that I should reverse the order and put the most recent people at the top. We'll see how…
CAB News
November 12, 2010
You should hop over to the GM Volt CAB site . There's a link to a story in the Detroit Free Press (yes, another, I'm in the last two paragraphs, but there's a cute photograph of…
The First Guest Test Drive
November 13, 2010
My friend DH was excited about me getting a Volt. Of all of my friends, he called the most often to find out where it was, when was it arriving, how soon after it arrived could I… read more
Naming the Baby
November 14, 2010
When you fire up the cool iPhone application for your OnStar account it prompts you to name your GM vehicle. My Volt is named Alessandro, since I am a geek. That's sort of… read more
David Pogue on the Volt
November 15, 2010
This is fun. David Pogue writes about gadgets, electronics and computers. But he was given a Volt to drive around for a bit. He did a nice little write-up of it . I wanted to…
Back to the Important Stuff
November 16, 2010
The Volt won the Car of the Year award from Motor Trend. These are good times for an electric car (even one that drags around a range-extending generator). I parked this morning… read more
Oh Dark Early
November 17, 2010
Whoa. I cannot believe I am up early enough to make it to the Los Angeles Convention Center in time, but GM's PR people said I could come down at 7:30am to be one of several Volt…
Los Angeles Auto Show
November 18, 2010
I was on stage for about three minutes. I don't do well in front of large crowds, so it was an experience. You can see video of it here . The highlight of my day was talking with… read more
Stealing Thunder
November 19, 2010
We went to a book party in Pacific Palisades. It was a Hollywood sort of affair with valet parking and crowded rooms that usual would give me a migraine. I had already had one the… read more
Protecting the Distracted Pilot
November 19, 2010
I am a bit of an airhead. I always feel a little better admitting that, although now I can't remember why I was mentioning it. Oh, I know. I have been flying little airplanes for… read more
Volt-a-Someday
November 21, 2010
I am not the real deal. There are times I get too busy, or I am under the weather, and I do not have a staff to make sure there's a daily fix for you. My apologies. I realize the…
Worst Case
November 23, 2010
That’s as bad as it gets. That’s a day where I started thinking I would be doing one sort of driving, ended doing another and the Volt was flexible enough for both. I started… read more
The Government Weighs In
November 24, 2010
I guess this is good. The Federal Government, through its Environmental Protection Agency, has said that the Volt gets 93mpg . That's excellent mileage. I have no idea how they…
Taking a While
November 26, 2010
When I fly the little plane over the desert I am struck by two truths: the world (or at least this country, or this part of this country) is far from crowded, because I fly over a… read more
Making a Volt
November 30, 2010
This was posted on the official Chevy Volt blog. It has a complete Volt assembly, which is really great to watch. When we were touring the plant they were putting together Buicks…