Green Options » automobile manufacturers http://greenoptions.com/tag/automobile-manufacturers Posts tagged 'automobile manufacturers' Wed, 27 May 2009 13:59:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en How GM is Making Electric Vehicles Relevant http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/how-gm-is-making-electric-vehicles-relevant/ http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/how-gm-is-making-electric-vehicles-relevant/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 13:59:14 +0000 Frank Weber http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/how-gm-is-making-electric-vehicles-relevant/

Editor’s Note: Frank Weber is the Global Electric Vehicle Development Executive for General Motors. Here he discusses the Chevy Volt and the future of transportation. This post was written for Gas 2.0 and reposted at the GM FastLane Blog.

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak at EVS 24 in Norway about extended-range electric vehicles (E-REVs). Attendees and presenters were some of the brightest minds from around the world working to make electric vehicles an everyday reality, but frankly, I sensed many of those minds think electric vehicle development is better suited to small, entrepreneurial companies, some with little or no automotive experience.

There seems to be in the minds of many some sort of inherent conflict between being a large, traditional automaker and the ability to develop cars of the future.

I couldn’t disagree more with that sentiment, and GM is on a mission to prove it.

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