Originally Posted By: LTVibe
Originally Posted By: LS2JSTS
GMs response....
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/...nterstitialskip
There is also this from The Car Connection:
How GM Didn't 'Lie' About The Volt, And Why The Press Is Wrong
Quote:
You may have seen this morning's media frenzy about General Motors' "lie" about the Volt's ability to directly drive the wheels with its range-extending gasoline engine. What you may not know is that the publications screaming "lie!" are doing little more than running self-serving, tabloid-worthy headlines.
Could that have anything to do with practices such as this:
"Back in June, John O'Dell who edits Edmunds.com's eco-obsessed sister site The Green Car Advisor reported on rumors that last minute revisions would have the Volt using a direct mechanical connection between its Ecotec engine and drive wheels. So O'Dell asked GM's spokesman Robert Petersen directly if the rumors were true. Petersen clearly denied the rumors and insisted the Volt (and its European brother the Opel Ampera) would be driven solely by electricity."
Of course that was back in June. Maybe in the 5 months since then, GM somehow managed to pull off a last minute, major design modification and translate it into the exact same production vehicle being tested today. Not a bad achievement for 5 months.
Or maybe the press did what they usually do: simply repeat (or report) whatever GM tells them, by word or by press release.
-Spyder
Originally Posted By: LS2JSTS
GMs response....
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/...nterstitialskip
There is also this from The Car Connection:
How GM Didn't 'Lie' About The Volt, And Why The Press Is Wrong
Quote:
You may have seen this morning's media frenzy about General Motors' "lie" about the Volt's ability to directly drive the wheels with its range-extending gasoline engine. What you may not know is that the publications screaming "lie!" are doing little more than running self-serving, tabloid-worthy headlines.
Could that have anything to do with practices such as this:
"Back in June, John O'Dell who edits Edmunds.com's eco-obsessed sister site The Green Car Advisor reported on rumors that last minute revisions would have the Volt using a direct mechanical connection between its Ecotec engine and drive wheels. So O'Dell asked GM's spokesman Robert Petersen directly if the rumors were true. Petersen clearly denied the rumors and insisted the Volt (and its European brother the Opel Ampera) would be driven solely by electricity."
Of course that was back in June. Maybe in the 5 months since then, GM somehow managed to pull off a last minute, major design modification and translate it into the exact same production vehicle being tested today. Not a bad achievement for 5 months.
Or maybe the press did what they usually do: simply repeat (or report) whatever GM tells them, by word or by press release.
-Spyder