Bob Lutz, the former GM vice chairman and old-school "car guy" who brought the struggling Volt to market.
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Bob Lutz, formerly chairman of the firm's North American operations and global product-development chief, is to concentrate on the latter role.
Bob Lutz, a vice-chairman of General Motors, shrugged the ads off, saying they might even help to sell a few more vehicles.
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Former GM Vice Chairman, and Forbes contributor, Bob Lutz, is among the more optimistic prognosticators suggesting that electric vehicles will comprise 15 percent of the market within a decade.
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Left unsaid: Can the 49-year-old soccer mom motivate a worldwide staff of 36, 000 designers and engineers in an old-boy industry where only "car guys"--like the colorful, cigar-chomping Bob Lutz--are considered worthy of leading vehicle development?
If you're launching a line of extended-range electric vehicles, ala the Chevy Volt, it's hard to imagine a better person to help you with the launch than Bob Lutz, the driving force behind that very car.
Based on an award-winning design by Henrik Fisker and powered by the internationally applauded Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 powertrain, Destino is the result of collaboration by industrialist Gilbert Villereal and former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz .
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In spite of an announcement before the Labor Day long weekend that the company was bringing back 79-year old consummate car design man Bob Lutz as a consultant, prospects will track the economy more than fashion.
Back in January, General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz told Forbes a 2010 IPO was a possibility, but only after a laundry list of criteria were checked off, including turning a profit, generating solid cash flow and having a compelling story to tell investors.
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Bob Lutz, the legendary auto executive who worked for all of the Detroit Three said that when he was at Chrysler one reason his people wanted to buy American Motors (aside from its ownership of Jeep) was because it could teach Chrysler how to develop more vehicles with fewer resources.
With regards to whether Toyota's setback could give GM an edge in the electric car game, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said, "I think that our No. 1 competitor has some problems with their technology, and I do think that it very definitely opens a window of opportunity for us to be first to market with a genuine plug-in hybrid, " which sounds like fightin' words, if you ask us.
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