Chevrolet Volt takes giant leap forward, design is finalized

Posted: Jun 03, 2008
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The Chevrolet Volt is taking a huge step towards becoming a reality. At GM’s annual meeting today, CEO Rick Wagoner told shareholders that the board has apporved mass production of the Volt. Right – like they had a choice after all the cash they threw into the project. If we were at that board meeting we would’ve voted ‘No’ just to mess with the Volt production team.

Any-who, GM is targeting annual production at 100,000 units a year after 2010. GM said that it is planning to assemble the Volt at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center.

Spokesman Tom Wilkinson told InsideLine that the exterior and interior design of the Volt have been finalized. Wilkinson also touched on the pricing issue saying: “We want it to be a volume vehicle, not like the Tesla [Roadster]. We want it to be priced like a real car, not just one driven by guys in Silicon Valley.”

 

Source: InsideLine


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  • justmatt

    Hopefully priced like a real car does not mean $30,000 and materials and build quality of a Cobalt.

  • bobmarley

    what are the current specs? range on all electric etc? And didnt they redesign it for less drag so it doesnt look like this anymore?

  • http://www.egmcartech.com egmCarTech

    160-hp electric motor
    40 miles on an pure electric
    400 miles range

    Sorry about that we just figure the concept and infos been out for like a year and half…and plus with GM you're never just too certain…Tomorrow they could say the Volt gets 50 miles on pure electric

  • bobmarley

    “with GM you're never just too certain” …exactly why i asked what the current specs are. GM started advertising this thing way too far in advance imho, by the time the finished product comes rolling out it will probably be nothing like what they show in their tv comercials

  • bobmarley

    what are the current specs? range on all electric etc? And didnt they redesign it for less drag so it doesnt look like this anymore?

  • http://www.egmcartech.com egmCarTech

    160-hp electric motor
    40 miles on an pure electric
    400 miles range

    Sorry about that we just figure the concept and infos been out for like a year and half…and plus with GM you're never just too certain…Tomorrow they could say the Volt gets 50 miles on pure electric

  • bobmarley

    “with GM you're never just too certain” …exactly why i asked what the current specs are. GM started advertising this thing way too far in advance imho, by the time the finished product comes rolling out it will probably be nothing like what they show in their tv comercials