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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle is on track for production in 2010. (http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN09469785)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/548/Resize_of_Volt_Front_View.jpgJui Chakravorty - Reuters - Aug. 9, 2007

Chevrolet “Volt” prototype ready by early 2010? Let us all hope!

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - General Motors Corp. will begin road testing its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid in the spring of next year and remains on track to produce the rechargeable car by late 2010, a senior executive said on Thursday.

As the race to bring a mass-market, rechargeable electric vehicle to the market heats up, GM's global product chief Bob Lutz said he expects to have next-generation lithium-ion battery packs ready for the vehicles by October this year.

"We should have the battery packs by October," he said, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an industry conference. "We'll have some on the road for testing next spring, and we should have the Volt in production by the end of 2010."

GM is the only automaker to have provided a timeline on the production of a plug-in hybrid vehicle, even though other companies, such as Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are working on similar technology.

Automakers have said lithium-ion battery technology remains the biggest challenge in producing a plug-in vehicle as they try to lower the cost of the batteries and increase their power and storage capacity. … http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN09469785

yup, GM is pushing it through ... let's hope they hit no snags like Toyota did with the PriusIII...

if the Volt does come out - it is my next car .. I think the whole idea of EV car with ICE to charge the batteries is ingenious ..

Igor

I've got a good feeling about this. I think American pride is pushing GM to try to get back their standing and I think the higher ups are willing to spend money and resources to get them there.

It would be a real coupe if they could beat toyota to the market with a plug-in from the factory. Of course, we all know it is going to look like a geo metro and not the one they showed at the autoshows, but still, I think it could be a good seller as long as it isn't too small and has room for 4 or 5 reasonably comfortably.

Rising oil prices really screwed them up with their SUV lines. I just hope they stick it to the oil companies and finally produce this car. Well, until power rates go up and we have to fight another monopoly, eesh.

Well, if this is true, great. More power to them. So to speak.

Hi All:

___Put me onboard of this train for sure :)

___I was test driving a brand new 07 Red Pontiac Solstice GXP w/ 18” Chromes and 45 series Z-Rated meats for a show in Seattle this weekend and although it would not be the car for my use, my wife would absolutely die to own it. If GM places E-Flex under that gorgeous automobile (by far the most beautiful car on the road imho), it will be in my drive a few weeks after release. PHEV and looks in one package? What is not to love?

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/2007_Pontiac_Solstice_GXP.jpg
Anyone for a PHEV Convertible?

___If GM instead places E-Flex underneath the lousy Chevrolet Cobalt; GM will wither on the vine :(

___Good Luck

___Wayne