Archive for the 'Release Date' Category
Lutz: No One Will Get a Volt Earlier than 2010
One of the most frequent emails I get from folks is a request to be test drivers for pre-production Chevy Volts. I would say many of us here, myself included, would love to get their hands on an early Volt and enjoy the ride.
It is known that as GM moves closer to the launch of [...]
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GM CEO: Chevy Volt Out Earlier by 2010 and for Less Than $30,000?
We have a teaser of an interview that GM CEO Rick Wagoner gave to the German Publication Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung which will be published tomorrow.
He is reportedly quoted as saying two very big things.
1. GM wants to put the Volt out by 2010 as opposed to the end of 2010.
2. They want to [...]
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GM CEO: Chevy Volt 2010 Deadline Down to the Wire but So Far So Good
At the Beijing Auto Show, GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced plans to bring the Volt to market in China, as automakers are in increasing competition to grab market share of the rapidly growing Chinese auto market.
On the sideline of the show Wagoner told reporters:
"At this point the focus for us 100 percent is getting the [...]
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GM CEO Rick Wagoner Now Says 2010 a “Stretch” for Chevy Volt Production but he is Optimistic
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In the year I’ve been writing this blog, never has there been quite so much word-mincing and media attention to production date as has occurred since I first asked GM CEO Rick Wagoner in an online chat how confident he was the Volt would be released in 2010. As you know, his [...]
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Did GM CEO Rick Wagoner Really Change Anything about the Volt’s Release Date?
Last week I asked Rick Wagoner, GM’s CEO if he was confident the Volt would be released in 2010. He responded that it would be great, but that he couldn’t guarantee it. That remark prompted a flurry of news reports suggesting GM might be balking on their original plans for release. Here [...]
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E-Flex Team’s Opinion on Release Date
In our last post we heard about an interview with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz in which he suggested a possible tempering of production date for the Volt. He didn’t exactly say that, for we have never really heard him quote confidence at hitting the 2010 delivery date, only his confidence on actually producing the [...]
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Lutz Now 95% Confident Volt will be Built, 55% Confident it will Arrive in 2010
In his latest interview, with Forbes reporter Jerry Flint, the Volt’s main proponent GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz was asked about his confidence in being able to produce the Volt.
Lutz told the reporter on a scale of 1 to 10 he rated his confidence that the Volt will get produced as a 9.5.
This number dropped to [...]
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More Bob Lutz Volt Q & A
U.S. News and World Report got to ask a few more questions than I did of Bob Lutz at the L.A. Auto Show press day.
Among other things, when asked if he thinks the Volt will work out, he said “There would have to be some horrible surprise for it not to work.”
He talked about how [...]
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Clarification: Chevy Volt Will Not be Based on Malibu
Before we get on to the massive Q and As, I felt a need to clarify a certain point. People might be getting the misconception the the Chevy Volt will be based on the Malibu. See this article so titled: (LINK).
This isn’t true. Lutz said the concept’s aerodynamics were not good enough for the efficiencies [...]
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Lutz: Chevy Volt Production to Begin November 2010
I caught up to Bob Lutz again today at the L.A. Auto Show press day. After unveiling the new green series of Chevrolets including a new 2-mode hybrid Silverado pick-up truck and plans to produce one of the new mini cars called the Beat, with an expected 50 mpg highway mpg, Mr. Lutz was scrummed [...]
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Fuel Cell Chevy Volt for Production in 2011
USA today recently published a piece including an interview with Larry Burns, GM’s VP of R&D. Burns described GM’s push to develop fuel cell cars as a competitive race with other auto manufacturers, who he’s paranoid are up to the same thing.
He is further quoted as saying that GM could deliver production fuel cell cars [...]
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GM Exec: The Volt Will be Ready by 2010
We have heard before Bob Lutz’ intention to have the Chevy Volt in production by the end of 2010, presumably as a 2011 model-year car. The only possible stumbling block to reach that goal has been the lack of lithium-ion battery pack readiness.
We also recently found out that the LG Chem/CPI delivered the first [...]
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