Ready: GM is about to launch the first production-Scale process.
Of course, you 've seen volts on shows and news, but those are manual.
Build a prototype.
"We have hinted that this will come, but now we are confirming this," said Tony possavwatts, Volt's line director . ".
"We 've been building the battery pack for a few months, so that's ahead of schedule too.
GM earlier said it would produce its first cars later this year.
It is important to put volts on the market quickly and in public, as there are many electric vehicles planned to hit the road in 2010.
With the New York International Auto Show starting next week, GM launched its first cars, giving the company the opportunity to showcase the technology --
Let the reporter try it.
According to Posawatz, Volt will be an economic boon for Michigan because its suppliers are all over the state.
GM's investment in Michigan totaled $0. 7 billion.
Here's how Volt breaks down the dynamism of the struggling Michigan economy. Hamtramck.
The factory that will assemble Volt is located in hamtemk, a troubled city completely surrounded by Detroit.
GM invests $0. 336 billion in Detroit
The Hamtramck factory opened in 1985 with 1,200 employees.
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Voltage of tooling. Brownstown.
Battery pack and module assembly. Bay City.
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(Not connected to the wheel) a liter gas engine used as a voltage generator. Holland.
LG Chem, a battery supplier, will open a factory in the Netherlands in 2013 to produce batteries for Volt.
Today, most batteries are produced in Asia, a move to build domestic capacity.
Shipping batteries from Japan and South Korea is expensive and time consuming because they require temperature, Posawatz said
Controlled packaging subject to tariffs and tariffs.
Also, the airline will not ship lithium, so these batteries have to travel through slow boats. Flint.
Thanks to Michael Moore's movie Roger and Me, Flint has become a symbol of the car industry being abandoned.
Flint is not doing much better now, but the tooling and stamping work for Volt is there.
In the second model year, Volt's gas engine will be built there.
There are other benefits to Michigan, says Posawatz.
Each electric vehicle will create two to three charging stations to create economic opportunities for the industry.