Last Pre-Production Volt Rolls Off The Line
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Last Pre-Production Volt Rolls Off The Line
This is a huge step and from what I understand - is moving along at a pretty good clip. Moreso then what GM had hoped for.
Shelia Asunto: Assembly Inspector, Pre-Production Operations
My true passion: I love gardening and designing gardens. My garden was part of my community’s Garden Walk and won the neighborhood beautification award for three straight years.
My true love: My family. There is nothing better than spending time with my husband, my children and my pups – Sandie Sofia the Yorkie-Poo and Hannah Havana the Havanese. Hannah was named after her descendants who came from Cuba. Plus, I love sappy movies, what can I say?
Thirty-seven years ago I was working in a toy factory. We built little plastic pails, shovels, campers, cars and trucks. It was my job to put hub caps on little toy tires and axles on little toy cars and trucks. Kind of like an assembly line for toys!
I’ve been with GM for 27 years in a variety of jobs. I worked with small cars, buses, even the huge Astro trucks. I was part of the team that took the first Saturns from design to launch.
Today, I experienced one of the proudest moments in my career; we celebrated the last pre-production Volt rolling off the line. Now, we move into the next stage of development.
I’m part of the auditing process on the Volt pre-production team, which means I work with designers, engineers and assembly to make sure that the Volt is ready for testing so we can build the absolute best vehicle for you.
I feel very fortunate to have had some amazing experiences in my work – everything from giving test drives to dignitaries, to doing an interview with National Geographic, to starting the car when it gets to the end of the line and listening to her hum.
I love watching the look on people’s faces the first time they take a ride in the Volt – pure amazement. I’m part of history and someday I’ll get to tell my grandchildren that Grammy helped bring one of the first electric vehicles to market.
To think; I was once a single mom just trying to provide for my kids and here I am, working on the Volt. And it was all just part of doing my job. I never would have imagined
My true passion: I love gardening and designing gardens. My garden was part of my community’s Garden Walk and won the neighborhood beautification award for three straight years.
My true love: My family. There is nothing better than spending time with my husband, my children and my pups – Sandie Sofia the Yorkie-Poo and Hannah Havana the Havanese. Hannah was named after her descendants who came from Cuba. Plus, I love sappy movies, what can I say?
Thirty-seven years ago I was working in a toy factory. We built little plastic pails, shovels, campers, cars and trucks. It was my job to put hub caps on little toy tires and axles on little toy cars and trucks. Kind of like an assembly line for toys!
I’ve been with GM for 27 years in a variety of jobs. I worked with small cars, buses, even the huge Astro trucks. I was part of the team that took the first Saturns from design to launch.
Today, I experienced one of the proudest moments in my career; we celebrated the last pre-production Volt rolling off the line. Now, we move into the next stage of development.
I’m part of the auditing process on the Volt pre-production team, which means I work with designers, engineers and assembly to make sure that the Volt is ready for testing so we can build the absolute best vehicle for you.
I feel very fortunate to have had some amazing experiences in my work – everything from giving test drives to dignitaries, to doing an interview with National Geographic, to starting the car when it gets to the end of the line and listening to her hum.
I love watching the look on people’s faces the first time they take a ride in the Volt – pure amazement. I’m part of history and someday I’ll get to tell my grandchildren that Grammy helped bring one of the first electric vehicles to market.
To think; I was once a single mom just trying to provide for my kids and here I am, working on the Volt. And it was all just part of doing my job. I never would have imagined
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On thing I've learned about testing a car.
As i get older I break my car less then when I was 16.
If you truely want to test a car to failure don't let a bunch of 40 year old engineers put a bunch of expensive equipment in it and run controlled tests. Just give it to a bunch of 16 year olds. You will find failure points you never dreamed existed using all your fancy equipment.
As i get older I break my car less then when I was 16.
If you truely want to test a car to failure don't let a bunch of 40 year old engineers put a bunch of expensive equipment in it and run controlled tests. Just give it to a bunch of 16 year olds. You will find failure points you never dreamed existed using all your fancy equipment.
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On thing I've learned about testing a car.
As i get older I break my car less then when I was 16.
If you truely want to test a car to failure don't let a bunch of 40 year old engineers put a bunch of expensive equipment in it and run controlled tests. Just give it to a bunch of 16 year olds. You will find failure points you never dreamed existed using all your fancy equipment.
As i get older I break my car less then when I was 16.
If you truely want to test a car to failure don't let a bunch of 40 year old engineers put a bunch of expensive equipment in it and run controlled tests. Just give it to a bunch of 16 year olds. You will find failure points you never dreamed existed using all your fancy equipment.
Last edited by matLT1; Oct 10, 2009 at 08:24 PM.
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On thing I've learned about testing a car.
As i get older I break my car less then when I was 16.
If you truely want to test a car to failure don't let a bunch of 40 year old engineers put a bunch of expensive equipment in it and run controlled tests. Just give it to a bunch of 16 year olds. You will find failure points you never dreamed existed using all your fancy equipment.
As i get older I break my car less then when I was 16.
If you truely want to test a car to failure don't let a bunch of 40 year old engineers put a bunch of expensive equipment in it and run controlled tests. Just give it to a bunch of 16 year olds. You will find failure points you never dreamed existed using all your fancy equipment.
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If the design criteria of a car was to handle the abuse of 16 year olds, we'd all have Hummer H2s powertrains in our cars. You do have a valid point that a 16 year old would bring out some bugs, however it is not cost effective to design for the absolute worst case when the worst case is a small percentage of the population and does not occur as frequently. When a car is designed, some broken parts are anticipated because realistically you can not prevent all parts from breaking as the cost on the customers would by far outweigh the gains. For example if I wanted to change from a 99% success rate (which really isn't that great) to 100%, it would not just be 1% more costly. It would be exponentially more and in most cases the cost of increased quality outweighs what the market is willing to pay.
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