{"id":379253,"date":"2010-03-02T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=52063"},"modified":"2010-03-02T07:13:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:13:29","slug":"report-whitacre%e2%80%99s-plan-to-release-chevrolet-volt-early-seeing-hurdles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/379253","title":{"rendered":"Report: Whitacre\u2019s plan to release Chevrolet Volt early seeing hurdles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2011_chevrolet_volt_main_wide_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\n<p>General Motors long ago set the launch date for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt for November 2010; however, when Chairman Ed Whitacre became CEO of the company, he planned to push the Volt extended-range electric to customer&#8217;s garages prior to November.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Free Press<\/em>, Whitacre&#8217;s ambitions are running into hurdles. Executives familiar with the plans said that they&#8217;ve run into some challenges that are complicating the push.<\/p>\n<p>The idea has &#8220;a number of problems, and the car isn&#8217;t one of them,&#8221; one executive said.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders are concerned that if the Volt is sold before the official launch date, it could require early tweaks and changes that are routine to prepare a vehicle for official rollout. If those tweaks and changes are misunderstood, it could create PR problems for GM, which is counting on the Volt to boost its image.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/tag\/chevrolet-volt\/\"><strong>Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Volt<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2011 Chevrolet Volt<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2011_chevrolet_volt_press2_image_011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Chevrolet Volt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2011_chevrolet_volt_press2_image_011-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2011_chevrolet_volt_press2_image_006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Chevrolet Volt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2011_chevrolet_volt_press2_image_006-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2011_chevrolet_volt_press2_image_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Chevrolet Volt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2011_chevrolet_volt_press2_image_002-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2011_chevrolet_volt_images_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Chevrolet Volt Production Show Car\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2011_chevrolet_volt_images_004-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Chevrolet Volt Production Show Car\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-52063\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157607322374084%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157607322374084%2F&amp;set_id=72157607322374084&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157607322374084%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157607322374084%2F&amp;set_id=72157607322374084&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20100301\/BUSINESS01\/3010325\/1014\/rss13\">Free Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RdJDCtCg_Mv488tRn0ZtO_rP0ZE\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RdJDCtCg_Mv488tRn0ZtO_rP0ZE\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RdJDCtCg_Mv488tRn0ZtO_rP0ZE\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RdJDCtCg_Mv488tRn0ZtO_rP0ZE\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=FVf-W4zP90U:MNwwEnNlf5Y:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=FVf-W4zP90U:MNwwEnNlf5Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=FVf-W4zP90U:MNwwEnNlf5Y:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=FVf-W4zP90U:MNwwEnNlf5Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=FVf-W4zP90U:MNwwEnNlf5Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=FVf-W4zP90U:MNwwEnNlf5Y:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=FVf-W4zP90U:MNwwEnNlf5Y:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Motors long ago set the launch date for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt for November 2010; however, when Chairman Ed Whitacre became CEO of the company, he planned to push the Volt extended-range electric to customer&#8217;s garages prior to November. According to the Free Press, Whitacre&#8217;s ambitions are running into hurdles. Executives familiar with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}