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Editorial: Henderson's fuel cell 10X cost comments are out of context

The other day we reported on an interview with General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson published in the Washington Post. While most of the discussion focused on the bailout and bankruptcy, from the perspective of this site, the main items of interest were Henderson's responses to questions relating the to the cost of the Chevy Volt and hydrogen fuel cells. Much has been made of Henderson saying that the Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell used for the Project Driveway program cost 10 times the Volt's approximately $40,000 price. The problem here is that ... Read more →

GM CEO: electric cars require teamwork; hydrogen cars 10x more expensive than Volt Sebastian Blanco

New GM CEO Fritz Henderson has some good words for his competitors. Surprised? It's all in an effort to make sure that plug-in vehicles get the help they need to become cost competitive. Henderson ...

GM announces that 2011 Chevrolet Volt will get 230 mpg city! John Neff

In case you missed it this morning, General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson made some big news just one month after the "new" GM emerged from bankruptcy protection. First of all, Henderson announced ...

Day one for The New GM: the more things change... Lutz stays, company needs vehicles that matter Sebastian Blanco

After only 40 days in bankruptcy, General Motors emerged today as the new GM (sans green logo, for now). While the bankruptcy was about as short and sweet as they come, the future is what everyone is ...

GM CEO: the Chevy Cruze "will surprise most customers" Sebastian Blanco

To compete with Ford Focus, other compact vehicles and for the higher-mpg car market in America in gereral, GM will be bringing out the Chevrolet Cruze next year. Over on the GM Fastlane blog, ...

GM CEO on Volt as a loss leader, making money from small cars 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The president of GM's North American operations, Tony Clarke, recently kicked up a bit of a dust story when he expanded on New GM CEO Fritz Henderson's statement that the Chevy Volt can stay even if it's "can't pay the rent." Henderson went back to Automotive News (subs req'd) to try and ...

Money-losing Chevy Volt will stay alive even if it can't "pay the rent" 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors doesn't have any money to play around with these days, but new CEO Fritz Henderson is willing to let at least one vehicle program's fiduciary requirements slide. Even though Henderson said recently that all GM models will need to "pay the rent," the money-losing Chevrolet Volt ...


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