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06-03-2009, 08:47 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg "I still believe greenlighting the Chevy Volt was the best decision GM ever made." (http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmInnovationAndDesign/idUS96695480220090602)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2011_Chevrolet_Volt1.jpgSarah Terry-Cobo - REUTERS (http://www.reuters.com) - June 2, 2009
Will GM still be able to produce this thing? I hope so!! --Ed.
With the announcement on June 1 that General Motors will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, hybrid car enthusiast blogs are a-buzz with the fate of the Chevy Volt, a gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid, slated to roll off the assembly line in November of 2010.
Auto industry consultant William Holstein answered questions about the bankruptcy on the Washington Post's website and believes that the filing could affect GM's ability to continue production plans for the Volt.
However, according to Rob Peterson, manager of Electric Vehicle Communications at the company, "There is no impact." While it may have been a hectic day externally for the company, Peterson said internally the Volt team remains focused on meeting next year's deadline.
Offering "proof" to the doubters and skeptics, the spokesman pointed to a test drive last week in Detroit, in which reporters from The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News drove so-called "development vehicles." These prototypes have the Volt's "Tech Propulsion System, akin to the power train system in an internal combustion engine vehicle, housed in the body of the new Chevy Cruze. After the test drive, Detroit News columnist Scott Burgess wrote, "After seeing and driving the Volt for the first time, there's no reason not to think that the Volt is a go."
The Volt is slated to be assembled at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly facility in Detroit, with a first production run of about 10,000 vehicles, although the company would not name an... http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmInnovationAndDesign/idUS96695480220090602
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2011_Chevrolet_Volt1.jpgSarah Terry-Cobo - REUTERS (http://www.reuters.com) - June 2, 2009
Will GM still be able to produce this thing? I hope so!! --Ed.
With the announcement on June 1 that General Motors will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, hybrid car enthusiast blogs are a-buzz with the fate of the Chevy Volt, a gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid, slated to roll off the assembly line in November of 2010.
Auto industry consultant William Holstein answered questions about the bankruptcy on the Washington Post's website and believes that the filing could affect GM's ability to continue production plans for the Volt.
However, according to Rob Peterson, manager of Electric Vehicle Communications at the company, "There is no impact." While it may have been a hectic day externally for the company, Peterson said internally the Volt team remains focused on meeting next year's deadline.
Offering "proof" to the doubters and skeptics, the spokesman pointed to a test drive last week in Detroit, in which reporters from The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News drove so-called "development vehicles." These prototypes have the Volt's "Tech Propulsion System, akin to the power train system in an internal combustion engine vehicle, housed in the body of the new Chevy Cruze. After the test drive, Detroit News columnist Scott Burgess wrote, "After seeing and driving the Volt for the first time, there's no reason not to think that the Volt is a go."
The Volt is slated to be assembled at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly facility in Detroit, with a first production run of about 10,000 vehicles, although the company would not name an... http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmInnovationAndDesign/idUS96695480220090602