And I missed it!
Volt at Dr Pepper in Waco, Texas Photo by ChevroletVoltDrives at EveryTrail
I blame me being sick with phenomena on most of it, I am just not at my “A” game when I feel like this.
The first word I had was from my Austin EV Club email that 5 more seats to test drive a Volt was going to be available in Austin. One day notice, but I had my chance and wanted someone else to have theirs. GM CEO Ed Whitacre. was coming down to speak at the Austin Chamber of Commerce. I guessed he would announce Texas as a Volt State. The news is, New York, New Jersey, Texas, and Connecticut are added to California, D.C. and Michigan as Volt roll out states and 10,000 copies will be available for 2011. Sounds like a election countdown. The States are turning Green!
I called my local Chevrolet dealership Volt contact to let him know that the car would be in Austin. He has been as excited about the Volt as I am and said that if they roll out the car like the Camaro that he may not get a selection of Volts but that every dealer should get at least one to begin with, then requested inventory will fill in as time goes by.
Then later that day on Thursday… A co-worker friend said, “Ron do you know the Volt is down at the Waco, Dr. Pepper Museum?”. I said, “That is Awesome. I know that it is headed out of Austin this afternoon on it way to New York.” It pays to be a fanatic about the Volt, everyone in my office know what my screen saver is a photo of. Get the word out in your little piece of the world, and who know what an impact you can have. We called to the Museum and they said it had all ready left.
How did my friend get the new about it being here, you may ask? Twitter. News is traveling so fast these days, but just not as fast as the Volt is.
It gets worse…
I when to old fateful GM-Volt.com and Lyle all ready put up 3 posts on the event by the time my Internet came back up at home on Saturday night. Go Lyle and thanks for the latest info on the Volt. I no way have the time he must put into this blogging to have news that fast. My post are my personal experience with my excitement about the Volt and environmental issues that I am passionate about and send out into the blog world.
The Miles from Austin back to New York…
What a wonderful statement for GM to make with the car. Brovo’ on the confidence on the Volt NOT having any technical issues in charge sustaining mode. It must tested and ready for the public because I want to make trips just like that in my Volt. and not worry about running out of charge because the Volt can do it.
We have a lot to look forward to in 2010 and celebrate this 4th of July Independence Day from an addiction of so much oil.
Posted by: Ron G.
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It’s past time to stop using foreign oil! Maybe we will always need some oil, but we just have to stop depending on Middle East oil. There are 3 fairly easy things that all of us can do now to make a difference. 1- Stop pumping gas into your car! If you have a gas guzzler now, convert it into an electric car (see this blueprint for example). No more gas! 2- Stop using electricity off the electric grid! Either build solar panels (like this one), or build a cheap magnetic generator (like this one). Not very hard! 3- Learn to bike or walk! If you are only going a mile to the shop, walk or bike there. My 2 cents.