2015: 1 in 3 GM sales will be hybrids
100,000 Volts by 2012By 2015, 1/3 of GM sales will be hybrid vehicles according to GM's Bob Lutz. "Around 2015 we're going to have to sell a ton of hybrids whether people want them or not," because of new U.S. fuel- economy standards, Lutz told reporters today in Washington. "It's basically going to result in the quasi-disappearance of V-8 engines."
On a side note, Lutz believes the Chevy Volt will reach 100,000 sales per year by 2012 as well.
Labels: Chevy Volt electric vehicle concept, Hybrid Vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
11:49 AM
3 Comments:
That's hilarious. Big Bob didn't make that statement like he was proud of that fact. It's as if he's blaming the government for making GM do it. What a putz.
I'd just say that with today's technology, what percentage of automobile consumers actually NEED a V8?
We're smarter than that as consumers and automakers. Why don't we start acting like it?
You can just tell Lutz hates the fact that he has to be so economical and efficient in the future. GM simply doesn't know how to do that since they've been so completely crap and wasteful since their inception.
As I've always maintained over and over again..it'd be real nice if GM just vanished...then we'd not have to worry about their "quasi"-V8's at all.
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