AP Source: GM to call back 8,000 Chevy Volts

[Blue Goose]

AP Source: GM to call back 8,000 Chevy Volts

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will strengthen the structure around the batteries in its Volt electric cars to keep them safe during crashes, a person briefed on the matter said Thursday.

GM will ask Volt owners to return the cars to dealers for structural modifications, said the person, who did not want to be identified because GM executives plan to announce the repairs later Thursday.

GM's move is considered a step below a recall, which would be issued by a car company and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The company sold 7,671 Volts last year, falling short of its goal of 10,000. It was outsold last year by its main electric car competitor, the Nissan Leaf, at 9,674.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Electric cars are a friggin joke...from the amount of energy required to make the batteries to the piss poor overall performance....then the new battery required to the tune of 5k+ after a few years not to mention the disposal of the old one...and let's see how they work in minus 30 stuck in traffic.
Friggin green hippy types..crawl back behind the bead curtain you came from.

 

[Beach66Bum]

Electric cars are a friggin joke...from the amount of energy required to make the batteries to the piss poor overall performance....then the new battery required to the tune of 5k+ after a few years not to mention the disposal of the old one...and let's see how they work in minus 30 stuck in traffic.
Friggin green hippy types..crawl back behind the bead curtain you came from.

Call me old fashioned, but I'm sticking with my carbon footprint. Thank you very much.