{"id":576,"date":"2008-02-27T01:06:34","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T01:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/02\/27\/gm-to-build-100\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:23:16","slug":"gm-to-build-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/02\/27\/gm-to-build-100\/","title":{"rendered":"GM to build 10,000 Volt per year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/x07cc_ch062.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"image-full\" alt=\"X07cc_ch062\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/x07cc_ch062.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> The closer we get to the production stage, the less confident is GM about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrol-head.com\/2008\/01\/lutz-compared-t.html\">Volt plug-in hybrid model<\/a>. The carmaker decided to lower its production from 60,000 in last August to 10,000 units per year.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail, GM product czar Bob Lutz revealed that Volt production will start at just 10,000 units in the first year. &quot;Volt will be about 10,000 units the first year, just to make sure we&#8217;re prepared for any issues that might come up, and then ramp up production from there,&quot; Lutz told a group of journalists, noting that there were still significant development issues to overcome before the technology could be optimized for mass market use. &quot;So we&#8217;re not going to see a wholesale move to electric vehicles right away.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Due to be unveiled in November 2010, the Chevrolet Volt will be the first plug-in hybrid in the world but its development is not without stumbling blocks. Indeed, engineers struggle with aerodynamics and battery technologies. <\/p>\n<p>The Volt will be sold at first with outdated battery technologies as the limited timeframe doesn\u2019t enable the carmaker to use lithium-ion batteries. Toyota also encounters the same problem as the Japanese carmaker delayed the launch of the next-generation Prius due to problems generated by lithium-ion batteries development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The closer we get to the production stage, the less confident is GM about the Volt plug-in hybrid model. The carmaker decided to lower its production from 60,000 in last August to 10,000 units per year. 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