The Chevrolet Volt on Pier 92. (Jim Motavalli photo)

I have been covering the evolution of the Chevrolet Volt since the curtain was first whisked away at the Detroit Auto Show in 2007. At that time, General Motors was starting its slide into bankruptcy, but the automaker never slackened in prioritizing the Volt as job number one for the company’s fortunes. The persistence finally seems to be paying off, because the Volt’s debut is imminent in a reborn (but hardly out of the woods) GM.

My Think City on the snowy roads of Turku, Finland. (Credit: Jim Motavalli)

The EVs headed for the U.S. market by the end of the year are a diverse lot. The battery-powered Coda, for instance, is based on a Chinese car, but was re-engineered by Porsche in Germany, uses a lot of components from suppliers all over the world, and will be built in California. The Nissan Leaf is Japanese, but will be built in Tennessee. The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid? Well, the owner is Danish, the company is based in California (and Delaware), and the car will be built in Finland.

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