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APRIL 19, 2016

Today, former General Motors car czar calls the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car a "compliance car," the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze outperforms the previous version in fuel economy, and U.S. Volkswagen sales continue to suffer as a result of the ongoing diesel scandal. All this and more on Green Car Reports. China will issue special green license.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

Over at GM , Bob Lutz says an all-electric Volt would be "technologically trivial." Tags: BMW GM RAV4 EV e-tron Bob Lutz fuel cell vehicle toyota audi. Will MINI E drivers be so loyal to BMW they'll forgo the opportunity to actually purchase a plug-in car? No word on when.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Detroit News. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, at a conference of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the eve of the North American International Auto Show, announced that GM will produce the Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle. The Detroit News previously reported it had received board approval for production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Detroit News reported that GM has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, an extended range electric vehicle derived from the Voltec platform. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Earlier post.) A production date has not been set, according to the report.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 11, 2010

Bob Lutz announces the next GM Electric Car program, post Volt. For more details, read the story: Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. The Detroit News.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Veteran automotive executive Bob Lutz recently revealed in a statement to the Financial Times that German luxury automakers Mercedes-Benz and BMW are afraid of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Lutz’s statements were included in an article awarding Elon Musk with the Financial Times ‘ Person of the Year Award. .

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Interviewing GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz at GM's test track in Detroit. Since GM’s Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz planned to unveil the Chevy Volt production prototype, we decided to take our film crew. Tags: Shoots Production Diary Production News Past Shoots GM Chevy Volt Detroit. Take note, doc filmmakers.)

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Just two weeks ago at an event in Dearborn, General Motors’ Bob Lutz commented that “not many people in [.]. The long term validity of hydrogen cars has been in question for years, particularly with electric cars seemingly stealing a march on their green rival: and now General Motors has placed more doubt on their future.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2008

GM Vice-chairman, Bob Lutz invited us to their private test track about an hour outside of Detroit. It all came back to live in Detroit where Bob Lutz drove the new Chevy Volt from under the TV screens onto the stage. Tags: Production Diary Production News Past Shoots EV Events GM Chevy Volt.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

Bob Lutz, GM CEO, sat down to chat with some bloggers at the NY Auto Show, and PODTECH has the video. Lutz responds to the sense that GM might be pulling back from its commitment to the Volt that resulted from Sharon Terlep's Detroit News article a month or so ago. (My Could Lutz not know the range of an EV1?

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Nissan has joined the world's automakers with bad news. In related EV news, GM announced today that Bob Lutz will be retiring a year before the Volt's scheduled release. They'll be cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide. They joined Toyota, posting an annual loss, for the first time in nearly a decade.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2011

New film ‘Revenge of the Electric Car’, the sequel to the 2006 film ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’ Directed by Chris Paine, the documentary film focuses on the ambitions of four men; Bob Lutz, former chief executive of GM, Carlos Ghosn CEO [.]. opens in selected theatres in the US from this Friday (October 21, 2011).

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

According to reports in the Detroit News , General Motors has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, which will be an extended range electric vehicle derived from the Voltec platform. The concept car originally made its debut earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show.

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All Cars Electric

MARCH 12, 2010

Bob Lutz, the retiring eminence grise of General Motors, is known for pithiness and plain speaking. Yesterday, he tossed off a nugget of news: GM is working on a range of pure electric cars, without range-extending engines, that will follow the 2011 Chevrolet Volt--most likely a few years hence. Nissan, Coda leading While the 1.4-liter

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. What's New Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 11, 2010

GM vice chairman Bob Lutz announced the production of the Cadillac Converj range extended electric vehicle as part of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the [.].

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

Enter newly retired GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. Lutz brought with him other investors, as well as executives and engineers from GM. Lutz joined in 2011, promptly after he retired from GM. Lutz was a staunch supporter of GM’s plug-in hybrid of the time, the Cruze-based Volt. Until then!

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

GM Product Chief Bob Lutz is quoted in various newspapers saying he wanted to get prototypes of the Volt ready for road tests next year , and ready for sale in 2010. What's New Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME. It will be difficult, though, because there are so many barriers to making this happen."

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011. Take the 56,000 people who have signed up for a Leaf. Nissan is planning to start deploying it in only five states. Total cars initially available: 4,700. Other automakers are also proceeding cautiously.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Most of the new vehicles have received special praise for their interiors, which has been a priority for GM since Bob Lutz assumed product design responsibilities in 2001. The Volt acts as a halo because, aside from the Volt, almost all of the news about GM recently has been negative. Earlier post.)].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

However, the new GM has chosen to turn its back on diesel technology and has tabled plans for a 4.5l According to Bob Lutz, the company’s vice-chairman, the problem with diesel is the added expense of the car. diesel engine for light trucks.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", See our frequent comments at our news archive. That tore it for me," says Lutz. "If

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 22, 2007

Lutz says GM hopes to have one working car by year's end. As it struggles to get even one car on the road, GM is in Shanghai spinning the future, as reported in the Detroit News. An arbitrary decision that merely delays even simple proof of concept, to say nothing of initial commercialization. Although General Motors Corp.'s

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Kim Carstensen of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) protested that “ it’s just too early to lower the ambition ”, [ 5 ] while European news agency Euractiv ran the headline “Asian leaders kill hopes for Copenhagen deal” [ 6 ]. Bloomberg News, 16 November 2009. [ ºF) increase. ” [ 22 ]. [

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 8, 2007

We are very, very committed to this ," said Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman for global product development. "In more P erhaps more importantly, the Volt , as indicated above, is part of a whole new family of vehicle systems called E Flex. News Summary I Sign the On Line Petition more news HOME in the future."

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 27, 2009

And I remain repeatedly frustrated at watching them struggle to tell their own story, or when they allow, say, Bob Lutz to go on national television. Tags: Film News Guest Bloggers International Projects test drives GM Chevy Volt. Whether they can get behind it effectively as it hits showrooms remains to be seen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

’s vice chairman of product development, Robert Lutz, reportedly told Volt enthusiasts at the Web site GM-Volt.com. “We Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The good news about electricity as a transportation fuel for cars is finally breaking through to the mainstream. GM’s bad boy Bob Lutz even appeared on the Colbert Report, to mixed result. Hundreds of articles were published asking if the Volt can save GM. Hundreds of articles were published asking if the Volt can save GM.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). Former vice chairman Bob Lutz said as much a year ago. "The Volt is a case study. And that means it doesnt necessarily pay the rent.

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