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Toyota will beat Volt to market

rybo submitted on 8/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:00:05 PM

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General Motors’ product chief Bob Lutz has a revealed that test fleets for the production Chevrolet Volt would start running as early as next year and that the first customer cars could start rolling of assembly lines earlier than the proposed November 2010 release date.



However, Lutz also stressed that GM is not in a race with Toyota to be the first to the market with a mass produced plug-in hybrid vehicle, explaining that the two vehicles will be very different.

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Toyota will beat Volt to market

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Agent63

How come that looks so much like an Acura? Toyota copying Acura?

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Posted on 8/29/2008 8:58:31 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5   

rybo

Um.. that's actually a teaser for the Volt.

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Posted on 8/29/2008 9:08:26 AM | | Votes: 6   

Agent63

Look at the front lamps.

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/02/2009_Acura_TSX.jpg

TROLL!

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Posted on 8/29/2008 9:01:43 PM | | Votes: -1   

91z4me

Its sad that the author couldn't get the point of Lutz's conversation: the Volt isn't just a plug in hybrid. And as such GM and Toyota aren't racing toward the same goal.

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Posted on 8/29/2008 9:16:12 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

komododave

Agreed. The article had a definite negative and condescending vibe to it.

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Posted on 8/29/2008 10:16:45 PM | | Votes: 1   

w209w114

The vold isnt just a plug in hybrid. Its an alle elctric vehicle capable or using stored gas, ethanol, or diesel to charge the battery once the 40 mile range per charge has been depleted. If thats not innovation, I dont know what is

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Posted on 8/29/2008 2:13:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

w209w114

VOLT*

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Posted on 8/29/2008 2:13:37 PM | | Votes: 1   

mpls

It's not Toyota copying Honda, it's GM copying Honda

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Posted on 8/29/2008 7:06:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Peyton18

I don't care who beats who as long as they get them out! BTW this is why a capitalist society is good, COMPETITION. When you vote, remember that...we don't want to be socialist.

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Posted on 8/31/2008 4:33:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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