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GM CEO Wagoner: 2010 Volt Launch Remains On Schedule and Optimism Building and Did He Say $20,000?
GM CEO Rick Wagoner spent some time with reporters today in San Francisco after giving a speech at the Commonwealth Club today.
In the not-too-distant past he had said the 2010 Volt launch was not guaranteed.
However today he said "so far we’re on schedule."
And in response to the fact that Volt battery development work was [...]
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Lutz’ Confidence in Volt’s 2010 Timeline is Growing
The Wall Street Journal has decided to redeem itself after the recent illogical Volt editorial , and has now published an interview with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz.
Reporter John Stoll writes that Lutz has "growing confidence" the Volt will indeed be produced in 30 months. Lutz recognizes that the Volt is a "must-win" project for [...]
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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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Even Chevy Volt Battery Suppliers Surprised at GM’s Volt Aggressiveness
The automotive lithium-ion battery industry is in it’s infancy. Aside for some relatively small companies making limited production prototypes, there will likely be no substantial lithium-ion powered EVs on the road until the Volt arrives in 2010.
Forbes has published a decent review of the current state of the technology. They compare GM and [...]
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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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Production Volt Exterior Design and Appearance: When Will We See it All?
One of the top questions people ask is, "When will the final production Volt design be shown?"
I just toured GM’s Chevy Volt E-Flex Design studio. First let me be clear, GM is not showing anyone what the final production vehicle fully looks like yet.
I also spent considerable time talking to Bob Boniface, the [...]
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Lutz: 94.5% Confident Chevy Volt in Production by November 2010
Soon after the Volt concept was first announced in January 2007 GM vice chairman Bob Lutz told the world he was 90% confident it would be built by 2010. This has become my favorite question to ask him each time I get the chance because it is a good gauge of the programs development [...]
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The Chevy Volt Will First be Released as a Captured Test Fleet to GM Employees
To learn more about expected timing, location, and cadence of ramp-up for initial Chevy Volt production I turned to Jon Lauckner who is GM’s VP of global program management, considered a first deputy to Bob Lutz. Below are his answers to my questions.
When it comes to rolling out the car in the U.S., [...]
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Lutz: Volt Prototype Road Tests Bumped to July
Bob Lutz just told reporters today that the first Chevy Volt prototype road tests with working lithium-ion battery packs have been moved to July. This is one month later than they were initially planned for in June.
The very first public plans were for media road tests on Easter. This was then changed to [...]
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Yet More Talk about Volt in 2009
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 [...]
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More Chevy Volt in 2009 Talk
Recently we heard comments from Continental’s CEO about production level battery packs and Volts in 2009. GM spokesperson Rob Peterson told me that 2010 was still the plan.
Today we are hearing some more talk aboout 2009. In an article in CNN, GM exec Robert Babik told the reporter “GM is rolling out its all-electric Chevy [...]
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Production Chevy Volt in late 2009?
One of the prime objectives of this site is to get the facts straight and dispel rumors. All along the E-Flex team has told us they are working towards November 2010 production. Certainly working prototypes will appear earlier than that, and something like a captured test fleet might even arrive a year earlier.Automotive component maker [...]
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