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03-19-2009, 04:03 AM
This summer, GM plans to have 80 prototype Volts on the road. (http://www.freep.com/article/20090318/BUSINESS01/90318086/1014/BUSINESS01/GM+working+toward+making+future+generations+of+Chevy+Volt+affordable)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Production_Exterior_of_the_2011_Chevroelt_Volt.jpgTim Higgins – Detroit Free Press (freep.com) – Mar. 18, 2009
2011 Chevrolet Volt – Up to $40K to start and 40-miles AER.
Under $30,000 would be nice. $40,000, not a chance :( -- Ed.
While the Chevrolet Volt is still more than one and a half years away from going on sale, General Motors Corp. today said it’s already working on the second and third generations of the electric drive vehicle.
GM has not yet said how much the extended-range electric vehicle, which is slated to hit the market in November 2010, will cost but early estimates have suggested a price in the neighborhood of $40,000.
“This first generation technology is expensive,” Robert Kruse, executive director of GM's global vehicle engineering, hybrids, electric vehicles and batteries, told reporters during a conference call today.
He said the motivation for quick development of the future generation models is to try and reduce the cost and “make it more viable for the mass market,”
Several factors should make a first-generation Volt a viable business, however, Kruse said. That includes state and federal incentives, along with the relatively lower cost of electric energy compared to petroleum.
“We’re very bullish on the viability of this technology to meet … mass market needs,” Kruse said… http://www.freep.com/article/20090318/BUSINESS01/90318086/1014/BUSINESS01/GM+working+toward+making+future+generations+of+Chevy+Volt+affordable
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Production_Exterior_of_the_2011_Chevroelt_Volt.jpgTim Higgins – Detroit Free Press (freep.com) – Mar. 18, 2009
2011 Chevrolet Volt – Up to $40K to start and 40-miles AER.
Under $30,000 would be nice. $40,000, not a chance :( -- Ed.
While the Chevrolet Volt is still more than one and a half years away from going on sale, General Motors Corp. today said it’s already working on the second and third generations of the electric drive vehicle.
GM has not yet said how much the extended-range electric vehicle, which is slated to hit the market in November 2010, will cost but early estimates have suggested a price in the neighborhood of $40,000.
“This first generation technology is expensive,” Robert Kruse, executive director of GM's global vehicle engineering, hybrids, electric vehicles and batteries, told reporters during a conference call today.
He said the motivation for quick development of the future generation models is to try and reduce the cost and “make it more viable for the mass market,”
Several factors should make a first-generation Volt a viable business, however, Kruse said. That includes state and federal incentives, along with the relatively lower cost of electric energy compared to petroleum.
“We’re very bullish on the viability of this technology to meet … mass market needs,” Kruse said… http://www.freep.com/article/20090318/BUSINESS01/90318086/1014/BUSINESS01/GM+working+toward+making+future+generations+of+Chevy+Volt+affordable