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Not sure what your point is here.
It would be nice if there were actual links to the stories so we could read them.
(The "text" is actually an image so can't even highlight and Google search.)
I still want to know why Bob Lutz was asked for his view on Tesla
Lutz is the father of the Chevrolet Volt.
"For the generalization of electric vehicles you really need three things," Lutz said. "You need cars that can go at least 300 miles on a charge. You need rapid recharging capability. And you need affordable pricing. So far, Elon Musk's Tesla has achieved two out of the three. They are a long way away from mass-market pricing.
"I always say that the electric car future is definitely coming, because batteries will accept more charge, the cost of batteries will come down, fast charging will happen," he said. "But the whole thing is five to 10 years away."
When customers can charge a car overnight to travel 400 miles and be in and out of a fast-charge station in 15 or 20 minutes, "at that point, who needs a gasoline engine?" Lutz asked.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100780809
Lutz does not love oil. He is an anti-oil hawk that supports electrification for energy independence and foreign policy reasons.
He is putting a Corvette V8 in Fisker bodies not Model S.
He is making EREV full size pickup trucks and vans through his company Via Motors.
And is involved in another electric car startup GreenTech Automotive.
Lutz is the father of the Chevrolet Volt.
I used to think Lutz was anti-oil. Then I met him at a conference in Seattle a few years ago. No, he's pro-GM, a global climate climate-denier, and went out of his way to make sure he did absolutely nothing that would reflect positively on any other EV manufacturer present. For instance, he required cars parked in such a way that he would only walk by GM vehicles so his picture would not be taken with a competitor's car in the background. He talked down to an audience of environmentalists, deliberately misstated facts about the Model S (price, range, and length of time to recharge).
Others on this forum were there with me. Bob Lutz is a capitalist. He is not pro-EV.
Bob Lutz is a capitalist. He is not pro-EV.
Stop reading my mind, rolo.I don't see what the two should be mutually exclusive.
I don't see what the two should be mutually exclusive.
If you have to disparage the competition to promote your own product, either you or your product is lacking (or both). In this case, I find this behavior to show "lacking" in Lutz. Promotion of the Volt doesn't require disparaging the Model S.I guess the part that put me over the line was when I sat and listened to him deliberately talk down the Model S in term so range, battery life, cost, etc... and use the time to promote the Volt.
There was another point you expressed that I think is worth reiterating...
If you have to disparage the competition to promote your own product, either you or your product is lacking (or both). In this case, I find this behavior to show "lacking" in Lutz. Promotion of the Volt doesn't require disparaging the Model S.