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Last night, General Motors’ outgoing Car Czar, Bob Lutz, went to New York City to rebut the thrashing David Letterman gave the Chevy Volt a few weeks ago during an interview. That comedian’s criticism came during the an “interview” with Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk (details here). The more forceful Lutz certainly didn’t allow Letterman to control the discussion the way he did when dominating Musk. Lutz actually expressed himself well, even praising Tesla’s accomplishments along the way. In the process of doing that, however, he explained that a big reason the Tesla Roadster costs over 0,000 is its battery pack with 6,831 laptop cells.
Observers were probably far less satisfied with Lutz’s defense of the end of the EV1 program and his argument that the “batteries were not ready” and the company “couldn’t sell” the EV1. He should have just said that the batteries were not ready for a mainstream vehicle and the car couldn’t be sold profitably at a price people would actually pay.
When it came to the Volt, Lutz did a much better job of explaining the differences in the way it works compared to current parallel hybrid vehicles that drivers are used to. Ultimately, Letterman asked if he could get the first production Volt before reprising his electrocution schtick from the Musk episode. Follow the jump to watch the interview for yourself.
[Source: Youtube]
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