Feds open 'formal safety defect' probe into Chevy Volt

[JOES66FURY]

From CNN....issues with the electric car, naw, taint possible.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/busine...html?hpt=us_c2

[ChampTrucking]

Shocking!!!!!

[Brian Lohnes]

I think the Volt is a weenie-mobile, but CNN sucks ass. That car sat for literally DAYS with the batteries connected after the crash before catching fire. They left those details out. If the GM procedure of disconnecting the batteries had been followed there would not have been a fire.

[Bamfster]

Remember the huge debacle when NBC rigged up the fuel tanks of the GM trucks years ago? Same horse, just a different color .....

[SpiderGearsMan]

haha LOL volta total joke ..no worse than a prious

[Brian Lohnes]

From the Wall Street Journal -

GM says the Volt has been extensively tested and is safe. The Volt fires occurred at minimum a week after the tests. In a real-world crash, safety procedures call for the battery to be disconnected and the car taken to a repair shop, not to be left sitting, said GM spokesman Greg Martin.

[SuperBuickGuy]

here's my only issue with those cars (but I figure the Prii owners and such are simply misguided hotrodders since they're buying cars for an attribute other than transportation)... if the battery goes low, the motor comes on.... why is that a problem? ever hear of attached garages? (and yes, the key has to be "in" it). Mark my words - someone will die, not if, rather when then watch the media come unhinged.

[Stich496]

From CNN....issues with the electric car, naw, taint possible.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/busine...html?hpt=us_c2

it tis not just the chevy... like the way the media .. headlines the american one..

[Stich496]

From the Wall Street Journal -

GM says the Volt has been extensively tested and is safe. The Volt fires occurred at minimum a week after the tests. In a real-world crash, safety procedures call for the battery to be disconnected and the car taken to a repair shop, not to be left sitting, said GM spokesman Greg Martin.

FIRST thing the firemen do, after talking to the people in the crash is cut the battery + cable.. both cars that I got hit in the front.. they cut the cable no matter if you told them please not to..
anothe cnn weak sauce

[Turbo Regal]

I think the Volt is a weenie-mobile, but CNN sucks ass. That car sat for literally DAYS with the batteries connected after the crash before catching fire. They left those details out. If the GM procedure of disconnecting the batteries had been followed there would not have been a fire.

Sounds a little like NBC rigging those GM side tank pickups with fireworks to explode on impact for a dramatic news story.

[BBR]

My whole problem is there is a vehicle-specific procedure to be followed after a crash. Not everybody responding to a crash is going to know how to identify a Volt and or even know what to do to it.

[Barry Donovan]

Sounds a little like NBC rigging those GM side tank pickups with fireworks to explode on impact for a dramatic news story.

if side tanks were a problem..truckers would not be trucking.

I remember my dad caved in a manhole at a home depot, loaded rig. Idiots went after him, the truth was a bad manhole cover (could not hold the weight). that one simple event ruptured a tank.

as for anything batteries...as a welder, or even the drama of en extremely lively alloy aluminum engine getting new parts..

the battery gets freak warm for some time finding the original continuities, changing steel or engine parts (like cyl heads, I don't mean little parts)

I would rather an old pickup anyday.

and truthfully, if those batteries morph cells, regulators get confused..in other words, just the batteries existing, taking a charge is a heat on its own as normal..any errors at all on this circus ride called driving and it's all done.

[SpiderGearsMan]

Sounds a little like NBC rigging those GM side tank pickups with fireworks to explode on impact for a dramatic news story.

pete pesterre uncovered that gem
NBC was never the same

[Stich496]

My whole problem is there is a vehicle-specific procedure to be followed after a crash. Not everybody responding to a crash is going to know how to identify a Volt and or even know what to do to it.

firemen are trained to cut the +batt cable no matter the car.. so.. they don't care if its a volt or not

[squirrel]

Do you remember the good old days, when a significant number of people died before something was declared unsafe?

Do you remember the good old days, when economy cars didn't cost more than most other cars?