GM Chevy Volt

[VolkerP]

That's the problem to fix. Not GM's way of customer information.

 

[JRP3]

GM's misinformation campaign simply give detractors more ammunition. For some reason you think continuing misleading information is going to help the situation.

 

[dpeilow]

GMs Volt sales rise in June | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com

More sales in first six months than all of 2011.

 

[TEG]

Getting CA carpool sticker certification certainly help with that uptick.

 

[JRP3]

Plus possibly some conservative voices speaking out against the FUD campaign.

 

[smoothoperator]

friend of mine snapped this pic of a volt....seems odd it has the white stickers?

 

[NuclearPowered]

The comments on that article will be the biggest challenge to any EV maker going forward; Tesla, GM, Nissan etc... you can't fix stupid.

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[SByer]

Right, a Volt should not have white stickers. Could be an administrative mistake at the DMV, or those are bogus stickers. I've seen it done.

 

[TEG]

Right, a Volt should not have white stickers. Could be an administrative mistake at the DMV, or those are bogus stickers. I've seen it done.

Yep, +1

 

[TEG]

GM starting shipping Volts which qualify for the clean air stickers a number of months ago.

Eligible Vehicles - Single Occupant Carpool Lane Use Stickers

They must be equipped with a special emissions package only available in CARB states to qualify. I believe it consists of an air pump which is used to clean up the exhaust under certain conditions.

SByer & I know that, but the eligible Volts are supposed to get green stickers, not white.
Maybe the Volt owner applied for the wrong stickers and the DMV accidentally approved them.
Or as VFX said, they could be bogus stickers.

Proper green sticker:

 

[Dave EV]

SByer & I know that, but the eligible Volts are supposed to get green stickers, not white.

Whoops, got mixed up there and forgot that the stickers were different.

 

[VolkerP]

HOV lane access sticker color should be taken into consideration when selecting Model S exterior color. Green stickers on a red car - yuck. What color will Model S stickers be, white?

 

[SByer]

What color will Model S stickers be, white?

Yup, all EVs and CNGs get white, with no cap on the number to be issued.

 

[JRP3]

I had this happen yesterday... Someone stopped me in a parking lot when they saw my LEAF and said "I want to buy an electric car, but $40K for 40 miles of range just isn't good enough." When I said that the LEAF was about $22K (after incentives) for ~80miles of range they seemed to be in disbelief.

Similar thing happened again to me yesterday. A guy was asking about my conversion and when I told him I had a 50 mile max range he said: "Wow, that's better than that Chevy Volt, it's $40K and only goes 40 miles!" I of course explained that the Volt was actually a hybrid and had a gas motor as well, to which he replied: "Oh, right, but it's just a little generator to charge the pack, right?" I further explained that no the motor could actually drive the car directly, and that in fact it could be used like a Prius hybrid and only run on gas, but efficiency was best when plugged in. Once again I found myself undoing the confusion that GM marketing created. You're welcome GM. I should bill them for my time.

 

[SoCalGuy]

Right, a Volt should not have white stickers. Could be an administrative mistake at the DMV, or those are bogus stickers. I've seen it done.

I thought the Volt qualified for the carpool sticker if it had the new GM emissions package, aka the California package which reduced the emissions to a level the met the requirements for the carpool sticker.

Chevrolet plans special Volt to qualify for carpool sticker, rebate - Los Angeles Times

 

[TEG]

Read back through the thread - those Volts qualify for new green stickers, not the old white ones.

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

Green Car Reports: Chevy Volt a plug in hybrid more electric than you think owners say

 

[GSP]

Green Car Reports: Chevy Volt a plug in hybrid more electric than you think owners say

"Not bad for a car that some insist should be called merely a plug-in hybrid, rather than a range-extended electric car as GM would have it."

"Whatever it's called, it appears that the first 15,000 or so Chevrolet Volts are being used primarily as electric cars. Which is what Volt engineers expected and hoped for all along."

GSP

 

[JRP3]

Seems as if it's being used just like a plug in hybrid, which is what it is :wink:

 

[smoothoperator]

"Not bad for a car that some insist should be called merely a plug-in hybrid, rather than a range-extended electric car as GM would have it."

"Whatever it's called, it appears that the first 15,000 or so Chevrolet Volts are being used primarily as electric cars. Which is what Volt engineers expected and hoped for all along."

GSP

too bad the volt only has a 3.3 Kw charger. A quicker charger means less time clogging up the EVSE for EV's looking for a charge!