Post by EVangelist on Apr 29, 2015 0:18:08 GMT 11
Maybe this is old news, but on ABC 2BL morning show yesterday, Linda Mottram talked to a motor journo about Holden not bringing the next model Volt to Oz. Basically, only a left hand drive version will be made for USA and continental Europe market.
The journo (can't remember who it was) basically said the problem with the Volt was that it was too expensive for what you got, and given the poor sales here, Holden couldn't justify the investment required to make a RHD version. Apart from the UK the only other big RHD market is Japan where the Leaf rules.
I couldn't resist but call up to rave about how great electric cars are. They put me on air, I was actually driving at the time, I should have mentioned the Leaf by name (kicking myself) even though the ABC doesn't like it when callers reference commercial brand names.
Linda Mottram seemed a bit fixated on charging infrastructure (or the lack thereof) although in my case it hasn't been an issue because the car is always back in my garage for charging overnight, I've never driven far enough in one go yet to require offsite charging.
The journo (can't remember who it was) basically said the problem with the Volt was that it was too expensive for what you got, and given the poor sales here, Holden couldn't justify the investment required to make a RHD version. Apart from the UK the only other big RHD market is Japan where the Leaf rules.
I couldn't resist but call up to rave about how great electric cars are. They put me on air, I was actually driving at the time, I should have mentioned the Leaf by name (kicking myself) even though the ABC doesn't like it when callers reference commercial brand names.
Linda Mottram seemed a bit fixated on charging infrastructure (or the lack thereof) although in my case it hasn't been an issue because the car is always back in my garage for charging overnight, I've never driven far enough in one go yet to require offsite charging.
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