Archive for the 'Production' Category
Video: The Latest With Bob Lutz on the Chevy Volt - Photovoltaic Roof After All?
GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz sat down with some bloggers recently and as readers on this blog have pointed out, the videos are on You Tube. This 10 minute segment below had some interesting details about the Volt
Some key points:
1. Lutz alluded that there may be photovoltaic roofs on the Volt after all. A [...]
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Lutz: GM to Build 10,000 Volts in First Year and 60,000 in Second Year
Besides price, another question that we often debate is how many Chevy Volts does GM actually plan to build.
Since the concept was first announced in January 2007, three numbers that come up in the press most often are 10,000, 60,000, and 100,000.
Two of them have come up again.
In discussions I have had with Mr. Lutz [...]
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BREAKING: Has LG Chem/Compact Power Been Chosen to Supply the Chevy Volt Battery Pack?
Those who have been following the Chevy Volt story closely with us know that GM has been testing prototype lithium-ion batteries from two different suppliers, LG Chem and A123 Systems. Those batteries are in packs created by their respective partners, Compact Power and Continental Automotive.
The awarding of these initial contracts was first announced exactly one [...]
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Moving the Chevy Volt to Production Status
As GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced, the Chevy Volt was moved from a concept car status to a production car status by approval of GMs board of directors.
This basically means GM is putting a lot more money and resources into the program. As per Mr. Wagoner, “What we’re saying with this approval is that [...]
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Report: GM Plans to Build 100,000 Volts per Year after 2010
Today truly marks the turning point in the Chevy Volt’s development process.
I began this site on January 12th 2007, a few days after the Volt concept was first introduced. We have analyzed news and information about the car on a daily basis since then, including contributing much original content. There is no question this [...]
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The Chevy Volt Mule Schedule: Final Integration Vehicles to Appear in 2009
I just had the opportunity to interview Micky Bly who is GM’s director of hybrid vehicle integration. He runs the team that will integrate all the subsystems in the Volt to make it a pleasantly drivable and cohesive machine.
I asked him about the Volt development vehicle schedule.
He explained to me the the Volt will [...]
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Production Chevy Volt to be Revealed in Less Than 5 Months
GM has made significant aerodynamic changes to the original Volt concept they showed in early 2007, but I expect it to be very similar and very cool. The Volt team has already finalized the redesign. We’ve been shown partial teasers (above) and a camouflage 1/3 scale model, but haven’t yet seen the whole [...]
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2010 Chevrolet Cobalt Spy Photo
Why would we be interested in the 2010 Cobalt’s appearance on GM-Volt.com?
Well, this next generation Cobalt will be built on the same platform as the Chevy Volt. It is GM’s next generation global compact architecture platform called Global Delta.
I must make it clear, the photo is a spy photo of the Cobalt NOT [...]
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GM-Volt.com Chevy Volt Waiting List Reaches 20,000 Members
We have reached another milestone here at GM-Volt.com. As of today, over 20,000 people have expressed interest in buying a Chevy Volt when it arrives by signing up on our virtual waiting list.
When the site began, it was my hope that I could create a place where we could demonstrate to GM that we [...]
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More from Bob Lutz on the Volt Roll-out Plan
In a previous post we discussed Bob Lutz’ statement that the Volt may first go to California, Florida, Washington DC, and New York.
There was and still is a great discussion which ensued. One of dozens of interesting comments echoed by several was that perhaps it doesn’t matter as much where the Volts start rolling out, [...]
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New York Now Added Among First Places to Get Chevy Volts
In a previous post about production roll-out, we heard from Bob Lutz that GM was considering an initial limited roll-out, first to California, next to Washington D.C., and finally Florida.
I for one, being a New Yorker, was little disappointed about that.
Mr Lutz, according to this excerpt from the Detroit Press seems to now have rolled [...]
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Lutz Details Volt’s New Design and Production Plans
Bob Lutz gave a rather extensive Chevy Volt interview to the Australian publication Go Auto, and let out remarkable details we didn’t get to hear at Volt Nation.
For one thing he told them the Volt will be sold in Australia in 2011 or 2012.
In terms of production volumes, he said:
“Initially the production is going [...]
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