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Yet More Talk about Volt in 2009

March 6th, 2008 | Posted in: Production, Timeline

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We had recently heard some comments about Volt production in 2009 by both an executive at GM and the CEO of Continental Automotive.

GM sources and Continental sources have told me these statements are incorrect. In particular the Continental CEO was likely referring to the Mercedes lithium-ion hybrid packs we have heard about.

This has also been verified by our friend Sam Abuelsamid at Autobloggreen.

Certainly there should be advanced working prototypes in 2009 and there will have to be substantial numbers of battery packs, just not series production numbers. In other words don’t expect to find Volts on the showroom floors in 2009.

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Posted by: Lyle

10 Responses to “Yet More Talk about Volt in 2009”


  1. kent beuchert kent beuchert Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    I expect to keep hearing this for the next year : some exec says something, and the media, which is braindead about such things, reports false information, which is then corrected, but the correction never mentioned by the offending meida outlet. And on it goes ….   It’s a wonder any American ever has accurate info about anything. Come to think of it, over 80% think we’ve been visited by aliens
    and over 90% at one time thought the JFK assassination was a conspiracy.  And a large number really believe that GM killed the electric car. Hmm,  I guess Amercians DON’T know anything …


  2. thomdbhomb thomdbhomb Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    I knew that high voltage speculation was too good to be true!


  3. GXT GXT Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    While GM is PR’n, Mercedes is producing.


  4. Statik Statik Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    quelle suprise


  5. AES AES Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    GXT-

    Uhh…mass-producing lithium-ion mild hybrids (which GM simultaneously revealed at the Geneva auto show, btw) is a lot different from mass-producing lithium-ion full hybrids, much less plug-ins.

    The fact that the production supply chain (Continental, Hitachi, etc) is gaining steam (whether it’s Volt-specific or not) is a positive sign of progress for all involved.


  6. noel park noel park Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    I looked out the window this morning and unleaded regular is $3.45/gallon at the gas station across the street.  Meanwhile, oil spiked up to$106+/barrel this morning before "settling back down" to$104.

    We got an ad in the mail yesterday offering a new 2008 Prius for $19,655 at the local Toyota dealer.  MSRP $23,900.

    If this keeps on, the demand for GM’s bread and butter trucks and SUVs will dry up to the point of no return before the Volt and its cousins are available in enough quantity to rescue the corporate cash flow from total implosion.


  7. NZDavid NZDavid Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    #6 Noel. Oil is down to 104? Well that is great news, I guess Jimmy Carter was wrong when he said oil supply was going to be a big problem in the future. ;-)


  8. Grizzly Grizzly Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    Just watching and reading the news, I’m convinced that Hugo Chavez will do more to ensure the Volt is produced than anyone could have imagined.

    Maybe we should petition GM for a freebie for Hugo.   Sorry…really bad idea.  :(


  9. noel park noel park Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    #7 NZDavid:
    Yeah, "The moral equivalent of war".  I’m glad somebody, somewhere, remembers.  Best regards.


  10. paanmc paanmc Says:
    March 13th, 2008 at 2:36 am

    I just saw this in my in-box today, which Just-Auto claims is an exclusive, saying that even 2010 will be "limited availability"…

    http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?ID=94144&lk=dm

    One of the things that seems clear about this program is that nothing is clear. But that’s the nature of a game-changing beast. I’m still looking optimistically forward to it. Although sooner is better, it will have an impact no matter when it comes. Just look at the ripples it’s already making and hasn’t even hit the streets yet.

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