US President Barack Obama has pledged to have one million electric cars on the road by 2015, soon after General Motors (GM) said that the company is ready to launch electric car named Chevy Volt.
GM said the company has anticipated a strong demand for the Chevy Volt as the promise to drive gas-free without range anxiety appeals to many. For example, without advertising and promotion, there are about 20,000 people who have requested more information through Chevy.com since September 2008.
On this independent site, GM said further, the company has collected nearly 48,000 people since May 2007 who express a similar interest.
Indeed, the discussion and buzz about electric cars has continued to accelerate. It is astounding how much more media there is about them today compared to early 2007 when the Volt concept was first unveiled.
Although gas prices spiked quite high last summer, today they are about the same as in January 2007.
For many of early electric car adopters, gas prices are not the issue, it is more an interest in not using gas for what it represents. For some that’s the environment, for others its energy independence, and for many its both.
The question is will that happen, can that happen, and how many Volts will GM actually sell? The Detroit News reports without naming sources that GM plans to build 40,000 Chevrolet Volts within the next two years.
Meanwhile, Chrysler has expressed intention to produce 5,000 electric cars, Toyota Motor Corp intends to produce more than 15,000 plug-in Prius cars, and Nissan has planned to produce 10,000 electric cars that will be named later.
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