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GM Chief: Engineers Working on 200-Mile Range Electric Car

Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson reveals General Motors operating a dual track program: one to develop a 100-mile range battery pack, the second to produce one capable of 200 miles driving range.

General Motors Co. (GM) is working on developing an electric car that has a range of as much as 200 miles (322 kilometers), Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson said.

“There will be breakthroughs in battery technology, they’re on the horizon,” Akerson said today during a presentation at the IHS CERAWeek energy conference broadcast on CNBC.com. “We’re actually developing a car today which is really anathema to the way the auto industry works: We’re running a dual play on the technology to see which one will succeed. One will result in” a 100-mile range, “the other will be a 200-mile range.”

The CEO reiterated GM’s plans to have about 500,000 vehicles on the road by 2017 with some form of electrification, including the Chevrolet Volt, which can go 38 miles on battery power, and he also pointed to work the Detroit-based automaker is doing with diesel and compressed-natural gas, according prepared remarks.

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READER COMMENTS

JIM STACK wrote on 08-Mar-2013:

GM better check Tesla. They already have 300 mile Sedans and 10 times faster charging than any other Fast Charge. They already have things that other say is impossible, they are working on much more advanced ideas we will see later this year. [19]

RON COCHRAN wrote on 10-Mar-2013:

I'm not sure that Tesla provides a reasonable comparison. It's a bit like NASA saying that fuel cells work just fine. But the full statement is "fuel cells work just fine, as long as you have an unlimited budget". [24]

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