I believe what you describe as Conservative, Wikipedia describes as:
Fiscal conservatism
Fiscal conservatism is the economic philosophy of prudence in government spending and debt.[37] Edmund Burke, in his 'Reflections on the Revolution in France', argued that a government does not have the right to run up large debts and then throw the burden on the taxpayer:
What I describe as conservative is someone from the political center. Some of the opinions voiced on this forum are obviously far to the right of center.
On the Chevy Volt issue, GM admits they had to introduce breakthrough technology on this car to try and leap frog the Toyota Prius to maintain American high tech auto dominance. GM admits they cannot breakeven on this car as it is first generation technology. GM is optimistic that their next generation of electric cars will be profitable.
Like it or not, Obama saved Detroit and the USA auto industry with countless spin off American jobs.