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Oct 9, 2008, 7:59:44 AM10/9/08
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The Volt has got competition


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=GM:US&sid=a1FnnmN0Khc0

"three electric vehicles, thrusting itself into the competition
between General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp."

"Chrysler's initial electric-car fleet consists of a Jeep Wrangler,
Town & Country minivan and a two-seat sports car called, for now, the
Dodge EV, based on a Group Lotus Plc Europa design."

"Prototypes, with their electric motors concealed inside the bodies of
existing models, went unnoticed on test tracks and around Chrysler
headquarters, said Lou Rhodes, president of the electric-car unit.

The development team, which has grown to ``several hundred''
employees, has worked in isolation on half a floor within Chrysler's
restricted-access design center.

``Ninety percent of the people in Chrysler had no idea what we were
working on,'' Quigley said.

Help Wanted

Chrysler, which has announced cuts of 28,500 employees since February
2007, or more than a third of its workforce, is hiring engineers and
designers for the electric car program."

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