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GM shows Bolt electric vehicle concept with 200-mile driving range (from Volt to Bolt)
Reuters ^ | Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:51am EST | Ben Klayman and Joe White

Posted on 01/12/2015 6:23:09 AM PST by Olog-hai

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LOL @ “trust me”.
1 posted on 01/12/2015 6:23:09 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

And predictions on the date by which Government Motors will need another taxpayer bailout just were made shorter by a couple years.


2 posted on 01/12/2015 6:24:26 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Olog-hai

If batteries are the answer, somebody is asking the wrong question.


3 posted on 01/12/2015 6:24:52 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s one of the nicest golf carts I’ve ever seen. A bit pricey, though.


4 posted on 01/12/2015 6:28:10 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Olog-hai

Now you can be twice as far away from home when you battery dies.


5 posted on 01/12/2015 6:28:12 AM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: Olog-hai

Next up: “colt” then “Dolt.” Then???

TC


6 posted on 01/12/2015 6:29:02 AM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: Olog-hai
Only the Dolt drives the Volt or the Bolt!"
7 posted on 01/12/2015 6:29:27 AM PST by shibumi ("Walk through the fire - Fly through the smoke")
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To: Olog-hai

for the “Dolt” consumers.


8 posted on 01/12/2015 6:30:18 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck
Next up: “colt” then “Dolt.” Then???

If they take the government subsidies away it'll be "Nuts"

9 posted on 01/12/2015 6:32:08 AM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (Wash your hands.)
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To: ctdonath2; whodathunkit
Electric Vehicle Interest ping. Mail me if you want to be on this list.

10 posted on 01/12/2015 6:32:22 AM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: Olog-hai

Where is the rule that says electric cars have to be ugly … and why is Tesla the only one to break that rule?


11 posted on 01/12/2015 6:33:02 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Moonman62
“That’s one of the nicest golf carts I’ve ever seen. A bit pricey, though.”

In case you haven't heard, the latest version of the electric Tesla Model S has the fastest 0 to 60 mph time of any four-door production car in the world.

12 posted on 01/12/2015 6:33:26 AM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck
Next up: “colt” then “Dolt.” Then???

"D'oh!"

13 posted on 01/12/2015 6:33:42 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Olog-hai
Is that with people in it?

How about the heater or AC?

Into a 20mph headwind? How about uphill?

Just axin'.

14 posted on 01/12/2015 6:35:19 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: DoughtyOne
Ooops, forgot to add you earlier. Electric Vehicle Interest ping.

15 posted on 01/12/2015 6:35:30 AM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: Olog-hai

Who in the heck will buy this? Doesn’t Toyota and others already have an electric car that surpasses this junk?


16 posted on 01/12/2015 6:36:48 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: Olog-hai

Bolt.

Because “screw”, while technically more accurate, sends the wrong message.


17 posted on 01/12/2015 6:37:03 AM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck

Ha! Bad name choice in that dolt does come to mind as the next name. They should have gone with something different but related like Amp or Ohm.


18 posted on 01/12/2015 6:37:04 AM PST by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: Olog-hai

And once again the Ford F-150 is named the north American truck of the year.


19 posted on 01/12/2015 6:38:27 AM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Trust me, this is no stripped-down science experiment”

If you have to say it isn’t.. it is.


20 posted on 01/12/2015 6:39:06 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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