"GM has a delicate balance to strike here -- trying to show its intent and ability to meet government demands for more innovation and a more fuel-efficient fleet, while also demonstrating frugality with taxpayers’ dollars. GM has time and again leaned on the Volt to bolster its credentials for its green innovation claims, but swift competitive salvation is a tall order for a car and technology that remain years away from securing a significant share of the mass market."
Josie Garthwaite reports for Reuters in earth2tech June 1, 2009.
See Also:
"GM's Bankruptcy Foreshadows a Smaller, Greener Company" (Daily Green)
"GM: Banking on the Volt, For Better or Worse" (Environmental Capital/WSJ)
"Would GM’s Bankruptcy Derail the Chevy Volt?" (Environmental Capital/WSJ)
"GM Says Bankruptcy Won't Affect the Volt" (Technology Review)
"Does the Chevy Volt Still Have a Future?" (Green Car Website)
"Will the Chevy Volt Survive Bankruptcy?" (hybridCARS)
Comment: "Will US Start Telling GM What To Build?" Detroit Free Press)
"Chevrolet Volt Charges on Despite Bankruptcy" (Autopia/Wired)
Column: "No GM Product Delays Seen" (Detroit Free Press)
"What’s Next for the Chevy Volt?"
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2009