Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

They're a way to potentially free up precious street space, provide alternatives to automobiles and reduce energy consumption and harmful emissions. Exact figures on industry sales are hard to pin down; yet The New York Times quoted experts saying Americans bought roughly 500,000 e-bikes in 2020, compared to about 210,000 plug-in automobiles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). The target is to come in at the price of a midmarket car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But it is a price that must be paid, and GM should be commended for remaining committed to the Volt. If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Not really sure where all the money is going, but it seems like the Volt is already over-priced and under performing.

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