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Bob Lutz: 30K E-Flex cars in Europe in first year, 1M worldwide by 2020

Now that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged some £90 million for the development of clean vehicles in the U.K., General Motors is seeing plenty to like about the European market for its E-Flex vehicles. The automaker has already reversed its stance on building the electric cars in America and shipping them overseas, with the Ellesmere Port plant now being considered for Opel and Vauxhall EVs. Just how many electric cars could GM sell in Europe? According to Bob Lutz, plenty. In fact, GM believes it could move as many as ... Read more →

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant could get Volt production in Europe Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme Despite Carl-Peter Forster's recent assertion that Euro Volts would be built in America and shipped overseas, GM's European leader is now ...

Bob Lutz: 30K E-Flex cars in Europe in first year, 1M worldwide by 2020 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant could get Volt production in Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme Despite Carl-Peter Forster's recent assertion that Euro Volts would be built in America and shipped overseas, GM's European leader is now claiming that Europe may get its own plant. This change of heart could have something to do with Gordon ...

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