You seem to be confusing the Volt with the EV-1, or at least pretending the Volt is the same sort of project. Far from it. The Volt is GM's ploy to stop playing catch-up with Japanese firms in hybrid technology (and GM's hybrids do suck), and instead leapfrog them. It's a ploy to save the company by introducing a paradigm-shifter, not some ill-hearted attempted to win government favor. If anything can save GM, this will. Perhaps not soon enough, but oh well.
A little reading for you:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/general-motors
Oh, and the guy that kick-started the project?
Former Marine aviator Bob Lutz, now Vice Chair of Product Development at GM and a guy who's said that global warming is a "total crock of shit". And yes, that is his Alpha Jet![Smile :) :)](/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png)
A little reading for you:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/general-motors
Oh, and the guy that kick-started the project?
Former Marine aviator Bob Lutz, now Vice Chair of Product Development at GM and a guy who's said that global warming is a "total crock of shit". And yes, that is his Alpha Jet
![Smile :) :)](/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png)
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