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Originally Posted by AMcA
I think an even bigger issue than testing and design is the supply chain. You don't just call up Pep Boys and order batteries for 50,000 plug-in hybrids.
You've gotta find someone who CAN make them, and who CAN BE TRUSTED to do the job reliably, who then has to BUILD a factory to build them. And then your trustworthy supplier needs to find a boatload of suppliers it can trust.
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And even then you can hit unforeseen product issues with your batteries and other special Volt-specific components.
The Volt will start out small, and by the time it gets into big volume production, who knows where Hydrogen will be...
Meanwhile, GM will need a hyper-fuel efficient car based on more traditional technology. Or just let the Japanese and Europeans corner that market.