In an appearance on NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!,” Bob Lutz told the audience, to much applause, the Chevrolet Volt is his dream car. He offered more details on the program, telling the audience on a 60 mile trip the car would average 150mpg and that GM hopes to have it in production by 2010.
“I’m more excited about this than I was about the Dodge Viper,” Lutz said.
Bob Lutz’s pronouncement on NPR follows reports from Automotive News that the Volt could be ready for production by the 2010 model year. Sources have told LLN and GMInsideNews the launch of the Volt could come even sooner than that, as the automaker has been developing the E-Flex system for longer than has been publicly acknowledged and has directed a tremendous amount of engineering and design staff to the program.
The Volt concept was initially unveiled at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show to much acclaim. GM executives have managed to push the car through General Motors infamous bureaucracy and red tape because they see the Volt as the key to turning around perceptions of the automaker. In the words of one source, GM views the Volt as a “game changing car.”
Bob Lutz on NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”
