While the Chevrolet Volt is still more than one and a half years away from going on sale, General Motors Corp. today said it’s already working on the second and third generations of the electric drive vehicle.
Denise Gray, GM’s director of global battery system engineering, said the automaker has been working with a number of battery cell producers to look for ways to cut costs in the next generation vehicles.
“Even at the very smallest levels of components … we’ve been working through different ideas,” she said.
What’s more, Kruse noted that advance technology usually becomes less expensive as its usage increases and understanding of the technology grows.
“We’re very bullish on the viability of this technology to meet … mass market needs,” Kruse said.
The Volt (and the counterparts GM will make for Europe) remain the company’s hope for the future.
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