How GM's failure will affect the Volt?

After General Motors Failure, will Volt still be released as predicted, delayed or simply be abandoned?

GM's bankruptcy and control by the US government will be decisive in keeping the Volt up float. Only time will tell if GM's failure will affect Chevy Volt, and while it might not be commercially viable in the short-term, any Research & Development of Electric cars is a long to very long-term investment that will inevitably produce good results, since the whole industry will eventually move to Hybrid and pure electric vehicles in the next decades.

The government might even try to sell the Volt to other interested parties, but I believe the end result will be the same, the Volt will come out to the public, even if delayed, with different looks or even another company using the Volt brand.

20% of all vehicles sold in U.S. to be hybrids by 2020

According to a recent study conducted by JPMorgan, hybrid sales are about to take off. Last year, there were some 480,000 total hybrid vehicles sold around the world, which represents less than 1% of global sales. By 2020, though, JPMorgan predicts that 11.28 million hybrids will be sold annually, representing over 13% of all vehicles sold.

Much of that increase in sales will be attributed to the United States, as the report suggests that hybrids will capture nearly 20% of total market share in this country. The study suggests that the increase in hybrid vehicle sales will be influenced by such factors such as increased pressure from government agencies to reduce fuel consumption and overall vehicle emissions, as well as a drastic reduction in the cost of hybrid technology.

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