January 10, 2015
YOUR NEXT CAR WILL BE A VOLT:
GM Readies Electric Rival to Tesla (JOHN D. STOLL, Jan. 9, 2015, WSJ)
General Motors Co. plans to launch a $30,000 electric vehicle called the Chevrolet Bolt that would be capable of driving 200 miles on a charge by 2017, according to people familiar with the strategy, a move to gain ground on Tesla Motors Inc. [...]The Chevy Bolt, carrying a more capable battery manufactured by South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. , will be aimed squarely at Tesla's forthcoming Model 3, a $35,000 electric car also slated to debut in 2017. The concept version of the electric car will be a hatchback designed to look more like a so-called crossover vehicle, according to people familiar with the design. The Bolt will be capable of driving four times farther than a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid on a single charge.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 10, 2015 9:03 AM
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