Lutz answers some Chevy Volt questions

Bob Lutz exits the Volt at NAIAS

In clean and green circles there have been serious questions about whether the Chevy Volt hybrid is a real idea or just a publicity stunt. Quite frankly, clean and green consumers neither like nor trust GM. For this customer segment GM is best known for gas hogs and for killing the electric vehicle.

Yet, has GM turned a leaf with its Volt concept?

According to Bob Lutz, we'll know within 3 years. More important, GM is going to be "transparent" with the Volt development process, letting the media and consumers know about both important progress and important setbacks of the Volt's development.

Lutz recently stated that since there are is "not mystic technology involved" in the Volt concept, the production of the Volt is now "basically a development effort". As a result the Volt could, and probably will, adapt and evolve from the show car presented at NAIAS and other auto shows.

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