BEIJING (Reuters) - lithium battery pack General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) lithium battery packis running "down to the wire" as it readies its plug-in lithium battery packhybrid Chevrolet Volt for a planned launch in 2010 and moving closer to picking a supplier for the next-generation battery packs that will power the electric car, GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Sunday.
"At this point the focus for us lithium battery pack100 percent is getting the Volt produced in the U.S.," Wagoner told reporters on the sidelines of the Beijing Auto Show. "So far, so good, but it's going lithium battery packto be right down to the wire to meet the production deadline we've set."
GM, which is counting on the Volt to show that it lithium battery packcan compete with the likes of Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on fuel-saving technology, has said it intends to build the new rechargeable vehicle by the end of 2010.
That aggressive target has forced GM to compresslithium battery pack the industry's established timeline for developing a new car by conducting experimental testing on the battery systems crucial to the Volt even as developers push ahead with work on the vehicle's other components.
