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I certainly hope the statement "The Volt will never be built" is true. That car is little more than a public relations stunt. My apology to any General Motors fans, but in my opinion any company that for 30+ years builds products, 95% of which are rubbish, then goes bankrupt because of it's own management stupidity and begs for welfare money from the taxpayers to support their absurdly inefficient way of operating, then assaults the American public from which they literally deceived, took advantage of and robbed with gloating and we're-better-than-everyone-else advertisements without a single apology.... deserves to die and stay dead.
Volt advertising: lies, lies, lies. 230 miles per gallon? An electric vehicle doesn't get miles per gallon. And if it's going to have a gasoline generator on it to charge the motor, what's the point? And like everything GM has made in recent memory, it's cheap looking and ugly. Will the construction of the Volt be as environmentally destructive as a typical hybrid I wonder? Just curious.
Yes, the idea of a production built, all electric vehicle designed by actual engineers and backed by a warranty is a very nice one indeed, but when and if such a vehicle is produced, I hope and predict it will not be by GM, but rather a company such as Toyota, who have relied on engineering rather than memories of the past to sell vehicles. After the atrocity that was the CARS program, not a single auto maker or dealership will ever see a cent of my money anyway.
I apologize if my rant (or run-on sentences) offend anyone.
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