Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @05:40AM from the build-some-space-rockets-while-you're-at-it dept.

cartechboy writes "GM may sell the Chevy Volt, but it's not a sexy electric car like Tesla Model S. It's a plug-in hybrid with muddled marketing (whose owners love it even though they burn gasoline sometimes). Product exec Doug Parks says GM is developing an electric car that does 200 miles on one charge, with a price around $30,000. But he wouldn't say when, falling back on the old excuse: 'Electric car batteries are really, really expensive!' Tesla's still the only maker to offer an electric car with more than 200 miles of range, so it will be interesting to see whether GM can really build a true Tesla rival. If so, the marketing must be better than the Volt's. Otherwise, it won't matter how good the car is."

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Re:betteridge's law of headline by h4rr4r · 2013-09-17 06:03 · Score: 1, Troll

Envy? You have me confused with someone else.
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Re:betteridge's law of headline by Richy_T · 2013-09-17 07:09 · Score: 0, Troll

Yes. Negotiations made under thread of crashing a company into the ground financially are much fairer.