Monday, September 22, 2008

General Motors Responds, Defends Global Warming Denier Bob Lutz

Story is here.

The question I have about GM's hybrid is can we trust them to make a good one?

Their response in defending Lutz is rather condescending (in fact, almost juvenile) and indicates to me that they may be looking at the Volt as more of a pro forma token gesture than any real commitment to environmentalism. The statement also reminds me of tobacco company executives insisting cigarettes don't cause cancer.

Consequently, given the nature of their response and GM's past history, I have little confidence that the Volt will match the quality, both in terms of fit and finish and engineering, of the Japanese. I just don't see their hearts being in it.

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