liveoilfree (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Toyota sold the RAV4-EV, why was GM afraid to sell the EV1??? The real reason, GM is STILL KILLING THE ELECTRIC CAR, still lying, still a sham.

liveoilfree (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Actually, wage labor is less than 5% of GM's revenue.

Chilldogg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

GM could have dominated the EV world if they had not killed the electric car in the 90's. Now they're playing catch up.

emforty2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

the Volt is a desperate science project of GM only because no ones buying SUVs If the economy is not down and gas less than $2 a gallon we would not see this project from GM as they would be hawking high profit HUMMERS and SUVs GMs management and the one on the top is to blame not the workers

jvmalum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you are correct about the sale price being 100,000.00, however you must consider that What Tesla has built is a bunch of hand made custom sports cars, where as GM is planing a production car. I think that would easily explain the difference in cost. I also agree w/ you on the Unions, each empl. prob cost over 100.00 per hr., but when you factor it all in, says to me POOR management, after all they are directly responsible for all of the decisions that created their present circumstances.

kndrice (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Tesla did build the vehicle you speak of--but the sale price is expected to exceed $100,000. And the fact is that the Volt, when used with 4 gallons of gas(or Ethanol) gets a 200+ mile range. Let's face the facts that GM's employee cost averages $70 per worker vs Toyota's $40 per worker. The problem is not with management but overpaid union workers. I think they should bankrupt to reorganize, but note their tech advances in the meantime.

jvmalum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

They were to busy watching their personal bank accounts swell, (as did their heads) to notice what was going wrong with the company they were supposed to be overseeing. My feeling is that IF they build this car, Honda or Toyota will out do it by building one all electric w/ 200 or 300 mile range as Tesla Motors has already apparently done.

jvmalum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm sorry to say, I think it is already to late. GM exec's are a bunch of greedy screw ups.

jvmalum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

To bad GM, Ford and Chrysler are such bleeding heart welfare cases and thinks all Americans owe them a living. Oh well, they say what goes around comes around, it seems so in their case. The next thing you know, they will be trying to get Congress to pass a law requiring us all to buy their cars :-)

kndrice (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't think that this car was meant to "save" GM. But it does show that not only Toyota and Honda have the key to the next generation of technology. Only 3 years ago Honda said that plugins were at least 10 years out and that they would not pursue this technology. Now they say 2-3 years. A little healthy competition will benefit us all.