{"id":538897,"date":"2010-04-21T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/21\/is-the-chevy-volt-coming-in-october-the-news-is-cryptic\/"},"modified":"2010-04-21T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T22:39:00","slug":"is-the-chevy-volt-coming-in-october-the-news-is-cryptic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/538897","title":{"rendered":"Is the Chevy Volt coming in October? The news is cryptic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hybrids\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hybrid<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/chevrolet\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chevrolet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\" rel=\"tag\">GM<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/electric\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electric<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/gallery\/2011-chevy-volt-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" border=\" \" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/08\/volt-new-official-pics01-630.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2011 Chevy Volt<\/small><\/strong><\/em> &#8211; <em><strong><small>Click above for high-res gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nAccording to <em>Consumer Reports<\/em>, Chairman Ed Whitacre has said that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/volt\">Chevrolet Volt<\/a> will go on sale this October. Of course, we&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/09\/report-some-chevy-volts-to-arrive-early-thanks-to-a-100-millio\/\">heard this rumor before<\/a>, and each time GM says that the original target date is not moving. Last year, for example, Jon Lauckner, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/gm\">General Motor<\/a>&#8216;s vice president for global product planning, said, &#8220;Our date with destiny is November of 2010.&#8221; Given the intense scrutiny GM is under with this particular vehicle program, we wanted to hear form the source if anything has changed. Dave Darovitz, who handles corporate communications for the Volt<br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"> and the fuel cell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/equinox\">Equinox<\/a>, told Autoblog:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><em>As you can expect, we&#8217;re pretty excited about the market potential for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle. Our plans and focus have not changed &#8211; we continue to drive toward a flawless consumer experience when we launch in the fourth quarter this year in California, Michigan and Washington D.C<\/em>.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kind of cryptic. Darovitz doesn&#8217;t say it <em>won&#8217;t<\/em> be October, but also makes it clear that GM&#8217;s plans remain what they have always been. Guess we&#8217;ll have to keep waiting, for the Volt and to learn about the real release date.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2011-chevy-volt-3\/low\/\">2011 Chevy Volt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2011-chevy-volt-3\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autobloggreen.com\/media\/2009\/02\/volt-new-official-pics01_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2011-chevy-volt-3\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autobloggreen.com\/media\/2009\/02\/volt-new-official-pics12_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2011-chevy-volt-3\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autobloggreen.com\/media\/2009\/02\/volt-new-official-pics04_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2011-chevy-volt-3\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autobloggreen.com\/media\/2009\/02\/volt-new-official-pics05_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/photos\/2011-chevy-volt-3\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autobloggreen.com\/media\/2009\/02\/volt-new-official-pics06_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.consumerreports.org\/cars\/2010\/04\/gm-repayment-of-loans-chevrolet-volt-sale-early.html\">Consumer Reports<\/a>, GM]<\/meta><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/21\/is-the-chevy-volt-coming-in-october-the-news-is-cryptic\/\">Is the Chevy Volt coming in October? The news is cryptic<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:39:00 EST.  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Of course, we&#8217;ve heard this rumor before, and each time GM says that the original target date is not moving. 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