The automaker also set a firm schedule for production of the extended-range, electric-powered Chevrolet Volt. Mr. Wagoner said the Volt, which is powered by batteries augmented by a small gasoline engine, will be available for sale no later than the end of 2010.
“In other words, the Chevy Volt is a go,” he said. “We believe this is the biggest step yet in our industry’s move away from our historic, virtually complete reliance on petroleum to power vehicles.
Which is to say that GM will have a small hybrid passenger car on the market in 2011, only 7? 8? years after the Toyota Prius and the Honda Whatever became widely available.
Is it OK to stop blaming the failures of Detroit on unionized American auto workers versus Japanese auto workes yet? Or was it the UAW that decided the Hummer would be a good idea?
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