GM Cruze -- Built to Lose
GM is "testing" another electric vehicle. This time, in South Korea. In other words, a place far from US automotive journalists who will rarely get near this vehicle. The Cruze will serve as a useful PR tool until it's no longer necessary to pretend that electric cars are about to arrive.
The Cruze experiment will continue until its safe for GM to say that electric-car batteries are still years from commercial viability.Then, the Cruze experiment can shift to the back burner where it will stay until our next Einstein has the flash of insight that leads to the development of a battery that packs the energy density and recharge speed to make it a winner.
General Motors to test battery-powered models of its Cruze in South Korea
September 18, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- General Motors says it will launch a test fleet of electric cars in South Korea as it continues to develop battery-powered models of its Chevrolet Cruze.
The automaker will begin the project at the end of October. It is working with LG Electronics on the project.
The Cruze EV demo fleet will be GM's first compact sedan electric vehicles to hit the road and will be powered by batteries from LG Chemical and propulsion systems from LG Electronics.
The demo fleet in South Korea will consist of Chevrolet Cruzes and GM Daewoo Lacetti Premieres. GM currently markets the vehicle under the local brand in South Korea. The project is aimed at providing data on customer acceptance and battery range.
GM says there's no plan to sell an electric Cruze in the U.S.
By testing an all-electric Cruze that has no gas engine, it's clear that GM is developing a fully electric compact.
"There's no plan to put an electric Cruze in the U.S. market," spokesman Rob Peterson said. "As battery technology matures and that (charging) infrastructure increases as well, battery-electric vehicles could hold a great deal of potential."
GM executives have said repeatedly that the power system from the rechargeable electric Chevrolet Volt will be used in more models.
The Volt can go about 40 miles on battery power, and after that, a small gas engine kicks in to generate power for the car.
The Cruze experiment will continue until its safe for GM to say that electric-car batteries are still years from commercial viability.Then, the Cruze experiment can shift to the back burner where it will stay until our next Einstein has the flash of insight that leads to the development of a battery that packs the energy density and recharge speed to make it a winner.
General Motors to test battery-powered models of its Cruze in South Korea
September 18, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- General Motors says it will launch a test fleet of electric cars in South Korea as it continues to develop battery-powered models of its Chevrolet Cruze.
The automaker will begin the project at the end of October. It is working with LG Electronics on the project.
The Cruze EV demo fleet will be GM's first compact sedan electric vehicles to hit the road and will be powered by batteries from LG Chemical and propulsion systems from LG Electronics.
The demo fleet in South Korea will consist of Chevrolet Cruzes and GM Daewoo Lacetti Premieres. GM currently markets the vehicle under the local brand in South Korea. The project is aimed at providing data on customer acceptance and battery range.
GM says there's no plan to sell an electric Cruze in the U.S.
By testing an all-electric Cruze that has no gas engine, it's clear that GM is developing a fully electric compact.
"There's no plan to put an electric Cruze in the U.S. market," spokesman Rob Peterson said. "As battery technology matures and that (charging) infrastructure increases as well, battery-electric vehicles could hold a great deal of potential."
GM executives have said repeatedly that the power system from the rechargeable electric Chevrolet Volt will be used in more models.
The Volt can go about 40 miles on battery power, and after that, a small gas engine kicks in to generate power for the car.
Labels: battery technology, electric vehicles, general motors, gm
posted by no_slappz at 7:34 PM
2 Comments:
snake-hunter sez,
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Sir No-Slappz,
Maybe, we could have a mini-nascar event, where the Volt and the Cruze
can run around the kiddie-track to see which car dies first!
reb
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Jest Kiddin', Sir.
reb
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