GM’s Opel Preparing All-Electric Car, Report Says
July 19, 2007
General Motors reportedly is working on an all-electric car for the Opel brand that could go into production by the end of 2010.
Opel will unveil the electric vehicle, which uses the E-Flex technology shown in January in the Chevrolet Volt, at the Frankfurt auto show in September, according to a report from Thomson Financial, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport magazine. The vehicle reportedly has a range of 60 kilometers without using a combustion engine.
Perhaps the car will eventually arrive in the U.S. -- as a Saturn, since Opel now supplies vehicles and designs to that American division of GM.
Posted by Michelle Krebs at 6:36 AM under GM , Technology | Comments (3) | digg this | Seed Newsvine
Opel and Saturn, truly a marrige made in heaven. Saturn ,and probably Cadillac ,will end up as America's best car lines by far.
Posted by: harry Murphy greenhornet | July 20, 2007 at 6:34 PM
60 kilometers between charges may be okay in the European market, but I am guessing that the commuting distance for the American worker is much further than that. If they can double the kilometers between charges, then a Saturnized Opel may fly stateside.
Posted by: Matt Keegan | July 27, 2007 at 8:42 AM
IF YOU HAD AN ALL ELECTRIC CAR WITH A GOOD HEATER AND AC ; I WOULD BUY TWO ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR MY WIFE . WE LIVE WITHIN FOUR MILES OF OUR WORK.
Posted by: conrad libby | November 03, 2007 at 1:30 PM