Debate About Gm's Volt has Been Highly Charged

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They point to most its aborted US$1.5-billion effort to market the EV1 in the 1990s as the latest evidence GM can't deliver. Only about 100 of the battery-powered two-seat commuter cars were delivered into drivers' hands in Arizona and California test markets despite heavily subsidized leases.

"I've said before that this is not a publicity stunt, but it's as if people don't want to believe it if we give them anything short of a guarantee of Volt delivery... with an exact date, time and sticker price," he said.

[Bob Lutz]'s targets are not far off, says Tony Posawatz, GM line director for the Volt project and the E-flex system that aims to mate electric drive with a variety of energy sources from ethanol to fuel cells.

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Debate About Gm's Volt has Been Highly Charged

By Steve Mertl

VANCOUVER -- The debate surrounding General Motors' Chevrolet Volt has been highly charged, to say the least.

The buzz around the electric car concept has hardly diminished sin...

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