Orlando getting Volt powertrain?
#1
08-03-2009, 02:38 PM
Orlando getting Volt powertrain?
This could be awesome: 40+mpg, electric power, seating for 7 and not half bad looking either.
http://www.motorauthority.com/chevro...echnology.html
As long as it doens't cost $50K, it should be a winner.
http://www.motorauthority.com/chevro...echnology.html
As long as it doens't cost $50K, it should be a winner.
#2
10-06-2009, 10:46 AM
Re: Orlando getting Volt powertrain?
Hello
With GM having spent a reported $1 billion bringing the Chevrolet Volt to fruition, spreading out the risk among several models could be the key to paying down the R&D tab on its gas-electric engine. And tapping into the family-mover market wouldn't hurt either. Enter the Chevrolet Orlando. GM unveiled the attractive minivan concept at the Detroit auto show this past January, with a target release date of 2011. The Orlando may also come with an option other than juice-box holders and Band-Aid cubbies: The Chevrolet Volt's Voltaic (formerly E-Flex) power train.
Ex-vice chairman and new marketing boss Bob Lutz told the GM-Volt blog that the company is studying how it might port the Volt's drive system over to the Orlando. A hybrid vehicle with space for a large brood seems to be a logical next plateau in the rise of the gas-electric power plant. GM is adamant about not calling the Volt a hybrid, but an "extended-range electric" vehicle, considering only the electric motor will drive the wheels (the gas engine will only charge the batteries).
With GM having spent a reported $1 billion bringing the Chevrolet Volt to fruition, spreading out the risk among several models could be the key to paying down the R&D tab on its gas-electric engine. And tapping into the family-mover market wouldn't hurt either. Enter the Chevrolet Orlando. GM unveiled the attractive minivan concept at the Detroit auto show this past January, with a target release date of 2011. The Orlando may also come with an option other than juice-box holders and Band-Aid cubbies: The Chevrolet Volt's Voltaic (formerly E-Flex) power train.
Ex-vice chairman and new marketing boss Bob Lutz told the GM-Volt blog that the company is studying how it might port the Volt's drive system over to the Orlando. A hybrid vehicle with space for a large brood seems to be a logical next plateau in the rise of the gas-electric power plant. GM is adamant about not calling the Volt a hybrid, but an "extended-range electric" vehicle, considering only the electric motor will drive the wheels (the gas engine will only charge the batteries).
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http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2...olt-powertrain
davies' post is taken from popsci.com article.
This is way too easy.
PS: I still don't need a lifting sling, sorry.
Last edited by Gairwyn; 10-06-2009 at 10:53 AM. Reason: spam call-out
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