The first Chevy Volt electric cars scheduled to reach showrooms in late 2010 will probably cost about $35,000 US in the United States, not the $30,000 US General Motors had hoped, the company says.
GM has found it can’t re-engineer features such as windshield wipers and high-powered audio systems fast enough for the all-electric car, so it will be forced to put expensively redundant systems into the first-generation Volt.
The redundant systems will be eliminated later, probably in the second generation of the Volt, after engineers have had time to rework them for the new world of electric propulsion. “It’s starting to look like it’s going to be close to $35,000,” Dee Allen, a spokesman for GM, said of the first-generation Chevy Volt.
Presently the Chevy Volt team is ramping up battery tests and preparing to create the first functioning Volt prototype.
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If you are a GM-Volt fan, please visit GM-Volt.com that has undergone a major redesign. I think you will find the new design better, more functional, and allow you to more easily access information. This is the place were you can find more information on the Volt. I would like to invite you to consider joining and participating in the GM-Volt forum.
