being a champion of electric cars is quite a switch from the bob lutz we ud to know. >> my sold the board the fact that this technology would leapfrog toyota. >>hich had been gm's nemesis. >> the electric car, which was pushed all the way up the ladder by lutz himself, in a way that is very, very personal, a way that suggest he regards it at his legacy at the company. >> rose: how is the chevy volt doing. >> the last i check it is doing well. >> it has done everything you intended for it to. >> yes. and what it is people keep thinkingwell, the chevy volt is a failure becse they only do this many a month, this is all production relat we are still in the rampup phase, and it is only being distributed in certain parts of the country right now, we started with california and with washington, d.c., and it was remembered coors beer, you know, sort of did a long march across. >> rose: across town. >> yes. right. it is kind of that way with the chevy volt, the chevy volt is doing well and in terms of customer satisfaction it is just about off the chart. >> i have driven a lot of things durin

bob. >> you said you could do a double lutz. >> i was going to do a triple toe but i haven't stretched welleporter: the grand opening is today. 10:00 to 11:30. right here smack dab in the middle of union square. go to unionsquareicerink.com. >> you can also buy your tickets only line there. >> earlier i said embarcadero. but you're union square, right? >> correct. >> i could tell with that macy's right there. having a lot of fun out there. thank you very much, bob. >>> in the meantime south bay families will get to use the outdoor ice rink in san jose. it opens up in just over a week. jon kelley and i will be down there at downtown ice. it will run from november 18 through january 29. it's open for 13 extra days this year in honor of the u.s. figure skating championships held at the hp pavilion in january. christy yamaguchi will talk about the competition at nbc bay area news at 11:00 a.m. got about a week to get ready, get our outfits. >> yeah, the sequence. she always picks what we wear. >>> feels like an ice rink in places like santa rosa. 42 degrees this morning in san mateo. headed tow