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Alert - General Electric Co. will order 20 000 Volt`s



30.10.2010г 

Alert - General Electric Co. will order 20 000 Volt`s
GE will order “tens of thousands” of the electric vehicles in about a week, CEO of GE Jeffrey Immelt said Thursday in a speech in London, without giving a total or identifying a manufacturerq, according to Bloomberg. As Autopress-2001 learnt in Detroit previous week, giant order is about 20 000 of new GM electrical model Volt. General Motors Co. begins delivering plug-in Volt hybrids this year in USA.

GE will order the "tens of thousands" of electric cars this week, according to a statement of giant boss Jeffrey Immelt in London. These are the largest ever fleet-purchase of electric cars in history. From inside sources our agency learned that it comes to 20,000 cars from the advanced model Volt.

Many of the leading automobile manufacturers are preparing to launch sales of its electric models in the coming months. Nissan Motor Co. started delivery of its full electric Leaf in the U.S. by the end of the year and in Europe early next year. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. also started delivery of the model i-MiEV in Europe by year's end, Ford Motor Co. prepare electric versions of its successful "banicharka" Transit Connect and his bestselling Focus, Toyota Motor Corp. will offer the market electriccharged version of its sucsessful SUV RAV4. General Motors Co. is ready with its electric extended-range Volt, Honda Motor Co., Chrysler LLC, BMW AG and other major brands are also working on the development and marketing of electric cars.

The huge fleet new electric cars will assist GE in its efforts in the promotion of clean energy technologies such as chargers for cars, solar panels and wind turbines. With every dollar generated in sales of electric will already have at least 10 cents on revenue U.S. energy and industrial giant, according to spokesman Gary Schaffer. According to the bosses of the giant, at least half of the 45,000-is its agents will make further only electric.

GE will invest $ 10 billion over the next five years in the development of resources and tools for use of clean energies, such as soft and hardware for power transmission / etc smart-grid technologies /. Among the products in the development of giant lithium-ion batteries for cars, GE developed a joint venture with the company A123 Systems Inc. based on a sodium-based batteries for large vehicles and locomotives. The program will create many new jobs.

Източник: Автопрес


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