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Old 08-05-2008, 02:48 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Re: CAFE: GM Spokesman Sets "Very Conservative Expectations" On Initial Volt Producti

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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.
Let me boldly predict, Ming: hydrogen will be nowhere. There's absolutely no infrastructure to distribute it. There's no extra supply margin of electricity that could be used to generate it. Hydrogen, if it's going to happen, will require a shift so massive, and investments so huge, that it will be decades - that's plural "decades" - before it comes into anything like general use.
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