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Volt supporters hit back at criticism

Green Cars News

However, advocacy groups have hit back branding the task force’s assessment as short-sighted. The California Cars Initiative believes the task force has been influenced unduly by “plug-in sceptics&# at the Boston Consulting Group.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. By some estimates , upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. The group pointed to a B.C.G. rolls toward bankruptcy. and Chrysler. . and Chrysler. .&#

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