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11-21-2007, 09:44 PM
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Speaking at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit today, Bob Lutz stated that the Chevrolet Volt series hybrid will be in production by the end of 2010. What's more interesting is that he told reporters employees working on the Volt "are becoming increasingly nervous" about meeting that deadline. According to Lutz, however, GM leaders are insisting it be done, so the families of those on the Volt team shouldn't expect to see their loved ones much until after Dick Clark drops the ball on 2010. As we mentioned yesterday, the first test of the Volt's viability will be working prototypes demonstrating the car's capabilities by Easter (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/20/lutz-promises-viable-demonstration-of-volt-by-easter/) of 2008. Earlier guesstimates had the Volt entering production and going on sale sometime in 2010, so today's clarification appears to give the General a little breathing room by only promising production to start by the end of the decade.
by John Neff (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/john-neff), http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/21/lutz-volt-willbe-here-by-end-of-2010/
Speaking at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit today, Bob Lutz stated that the Chevrolet Volt series hybrid will be in production by the end of 2010. What's more interesting is that he told reporters employees working on the Volt "are becoming increasingly nervous" about meeting that deadline. According to Lutz, however, GM leaders are insisting it be done, so the families of those on the Volt team shouldn't expect to see their loved ones much until after Dick Clark drops the ball on 2010. As we mentioned yesterday, the first test of the Volt's viability will be working prototypes demonstrating the car's capabilities by Easter (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/20/lutz-promises-viable-demonstration-of-volt-by-easter/) of 2008. Earlier guesstimates had the Volt entering production and going on sale sometime in 2010, so today's clarification appears to give the General a little breathing room by only promising production to start by the end of the decade.
by John Neff (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/john-neff), http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/21/lutz-volt-willbe-here-by-end-of-2010/