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Is the GM Volt the right risk for the time?
GM is marketing a vehicle it has built. Is the volt being introduced at the right time? Should the volt be the first US EV to market?
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It's probably the only way that they will survive. It's hard to be sympathetic with an automobile company that did not foresee the necessity to move to alternate fuel engines.
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Alternate fuels if you mean electricity makes sense. Ethanol and fuel cell (hydrogen) have been replaced with electricity and gas for the Volt hybrid. Will the volt use an ultracapacitory battery? Lithium ion batteries are expensive and will keep the price above 40k. GM will spend 300 million dollars to build the production plant. Production will ramp up slowly and price will be high. China BYD will have a two year head start building EV hybrids.
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The volt ISN'T the first US EV to market.
It's also not an EV. It's a hybrid.
It's also not even in production yet.
Who knows if they'll be able to ramp up production, distribution, and sales on this entirely new auto line considering their current financial shape.
They've made too many missteps so far as it is. The fact that the Volt comes with a gas engine and not a diesel one, or at least an option for diesel instead of gas, is an obvious one.
It's also not an EV. It's a hybrid.
It's also not even in production yet.
Who knows if they'll be able to ramp up production, distribution, and sales on this entirely new auto line considering their current financial shape.
They've made too many missteps so far as it is. The fact that the Volt comes with a gas engine and not a diesel one, or at least an option for diesel instead of gas, is an obvious one.
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I deal with environmental issues 24/7.. and many resources such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt
I deal with environmental issues 24/7.. and many resources such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt
Wagoner spoke highly of Fuel cells, reasoning they have less parts to assemble the car, and potentially lower prices in the future.
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The EV1 does 'count' since its actual working electric car. It was leased to customers but GM didn't allow them to be sold. So they crushed the EV1 in an effort to erase them from history.
If GM didn't scrap the EV1. It would still be running today. There is video proof of that. A group of engineers brought back a GM disabled EV1 back to life. When GM found out about it. They weren't happy and threatened them that it was in violation of the contract agreements. GM EV1 cars provided to academic institutions and museums aren't supposed to run as electric cars ever again.
There was nothing wrong with the EV1. GM just didn't like it. So far it is one of their biggest mistakes as a car company.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCBc8pL1SGc