Chevrolet Volt's chief engineer says batteries work, plug-in car is on schedule for 2010 sales

cwerdna · 08-14-2008, 02:42 AM

GM engineer says rechargeable car is on schedule: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

a priori · 08-14-2008, 02:32 PM

This seems like a fairly-written article.

GM is having gliches -- it is a new design, after all.

They hope to sell 100,000 per year by 2012. OK. Toyota already has that number, so there could be buyers out there.

They hope to keep the price between $30K & $40K. I sure hope so, or there won't be the buyers.

Oh. . . The production car really won't be like that sleek, lowslung concept (Duh!). Instead, it will be a more conventional 5-door (hatchback) sedan, and it will be slightly larger than a Honda Civic. (Question: What is a Prius?)

All I can say is that I hope it works. I would be great to have the option to buy an EV. I know it has a gasoline engine, but the powertrain really is an EV, non? I'm all for it. I just won't be among the first buyers.

08-14-2008, 02:42 AM	#1
cwerdna Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,490 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Chevrolet Volt's chief engineer says batteries work, plug-in car is on schedule for 2010 sales GM engineer says rechargeable car is on schedule: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

08-14-2008, 02:32 PM	#2
a priori Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicagoland (West) Posts: 811 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 3	Re: Chevrolet Volt's chief engineer says batteries work, plug-in car is on schedule for 2010 sales This seems like a fairly-written article. GM is having gliches -- it is a new design, after all. They hope to sell 100,000 per year by 2012. OK. Toyota already has that number, so there could be buyers out there. They hope to keep the price between $30K & $40K. I sure hope so, or there won't be the buyers. Oh. . . The production car really won't be like that sleek, lowslung concept (Duh!). Instead, it will be a more conventional 5-door (hatchback) sedan, and it will be slightly larger than a Honda Civic. (Question: What is a Prius?) All I can say is that I hope it works. I would be great to have the option to buy an EV. I know it has a gasoline engine, but the powertrain really is an EV, non? I'm all for it. I just won't be among the first buyers. __________________ Some knowledge may be readily grasped as it is apparent to even the most casual viewer, but most of us learn this only by experience after having ignored what was right before our eyes.

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