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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. “It very definitely opens a window of opportunity for us,” Lutz said of Toyota’s potential delay. Lutz said GM is pushing to have Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid on the road by 2009. -- ( Autoweek ). "I I think that our No.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So it’s definitely not a simple as choosing the Tesla sedan over the Volt. April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. But more importantly, Tesla is having trouble getting the Roadster to customers who have already paid a deposit–they are far behind schedule. — Jeff Wishart 14.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. The EV1s failure was a failure of Management.

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