Report: GM plotting Tesla Model S competitor with 200-mile range

A senior General Motors official has revealed the company’s plans of making a 200-mile (322 km) range electric vehicle.

The same official also said that GM is trying to increase the range to double of the regular EVs and at the same time cutting down the costs as well as much as possible. However, GM’s global product development chief Doug Parks stated in an interview that he had doubts that such a car envisioned with a 30,000 USD price tag will ever make it as a production model as there was weak consumer response on EVs.

If we talk about the existing EV, the 2014 Chevrolet Spark which comes for 26,685 USD provides an approximate 82-mile (132 km) range while the new 200-mile electric vehicle would come close to the highly-acclaimed Tesla Model S but at a considerably lower price tag. GM has recently expanded and further invested in its battery lab at Detroit where they test battery technologies with a view to develop more long-lasting packs and various systems which will hopefully lead to longer all-electric autonomy.

Company CEO Dan Akerson has already mentioned that the next-gen Volt will have a significantly longer electric-only range, which will be around 60 miles (96 km) or even more.