VOLT PRODUCTION TO START NOV 1ST

Chevrolet's electric Volt starts production Nov. 1

"...[Gm-Volt], an independent website, has gotten hold of a dealer document that shows that General Motors plans to start making the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car in November.

"That means that GM remains on the timeline that many have doubted it could achieve, putting its wonder car on sale by the end of the year."

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"The site quotes Leo Karl, owner of Karl Chevrolet in Connecticut, as noting that dealers are getting ordering information about the new Volt for the first time…"

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[Leo Karl, owner, Karl Chevrolet:] "[It] shows estimated start of production for the 2011 Chevy Volt is November 1, 2010. However, the chart also shows that GM expects to post each dealers' final allocation on their website by November 17th and then dealer order submission by November 18th. Those last two dates are contradictory to the November 1st start of production, so there are still questions…"

"The Volt is Chevrolet's most important new introduction. It will be able to operate on electric power long enough to get most people to work before its backup gas engine kicks in."