gm's plug-in a go for 2010 - battery power storage
DETROIT-GM's head of global product development told Reuters on Tuesday that while GM is skeptical about the goal, the company plans to launch the electric vehicle Chevrolet Volt by the end of 2010.
As a big game
Bob Lutz of GM said that rechargeable electric vehicles on the market are getting hotter and employees working on Volt are "getting more and more nervous.
"There is a lot of doubt about the schedule within the company," Lutz said at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit.
"People bite their nails, but those of us who are in a leadership position say it has to be done.
The voltage plug, Lutz said.
GM plans to drive on hybrid cars
Testing early next year and producing at the end of 2010-is crucial for GM's efforts to win the environmental technology Championship from Japan's rival Toyota Motor.
"When people think of Toyota, their iconic brand is Prius," Lutz said . " He refers to Toyota's popular hybrid car.
"When they think of GM, unfortunately the iconic brand is Hummer," he added . "
The military's bombing.
Inspired sport utility vehicle.
This view needs to be changed.
"GM is the only automaker that offers a production schedule, although other companies such as Ford Motor and Toyota are working on similar technologies.
"We have to rebuild GM's leadership, and frankly Volt is an effort to go beyond anything any other competitor does," Lutz said . ".
Not like gasoline.
Electric hybrid, which runs on a system that combines battery power with an internal combustion engine, plug-and-play
Ins is designed for short trips that are fully powered by electric motors and batteries charged through home sockets.
When Toyota launched its game, GM regretted deciding not to make a hybrid, Lutz said.
1997 for Prius
"We lost a bit in the first few laps of the green car race," Lutz said, saying they couldn't go to the GM board for hundreds of games.
Millions of projects that will lose money.
"With Prius, Toyota has a 80% share of the U. S. hybrid market.
"Since then, we have realized that getting Toyota green decent and technology leadership does cost us a lot in the market," Lutz said . ".
GM is designing the Volt, which can travel 40 miles on battery-only, with on-board gasoline-
As a power engine for backup.
Volt will be equipped with new lithium-
Ion battery packs take longer to charge than nickel metal hydrogen batteries that are now widely used in cars.
Car manufacturers say lithium
Ion technology remains the biggest challenge in producing plugs
Because they are trying to reduce the cost of the battery and increase their power and storage capacity.
In addition, the current lithium generation
Ion batteries for devices such as laptops have a tendency to overheat.
Toyota executives say they don't want lithium
Ion batteries ready to be used in the company market-
Ahead of the Prius hybrid, according to GM's 2010 schedule.
GM is testing lithium
Ion battery technology developed by two suppliers-A123 Systems, a subsidiary of LG Chem in South Korea, and Compact Power Inc . .
But Mr. Lutz said GM needed to invest more in battery development internally.
GM has assigned a patent attorney to Volt to ensure that the company maintains its rights to the technology.
"I believe we can put Volt on the road, but if we want to have a commanding and permanent lead on this type of vehicle. . .
We have to control intellectual property . "
"Otherwise, it will spread too fast to other manufacturers.