New Chevrolet Sail hatch Photo
Tycho letters that General Motors is developing an electric alternative of the Chevrolet Sail auto in China. While there are no abstruse capacity to share, we can cautiously apprehend a powertrain meant for best ambit and bashful power. That brings us to the catechism – Will GM India use the e-Sail as a backup for the asleep e-Spark project?
The Sail is a abundant bigger car compared to the Spark. The Spark’s localized able-bodied and the array packs and motors were declared to appear from REVA which was based out of Bangalore. The Sail however, comes from China and the Indian government doesn’t see Bangalore in the aforementioned way as Beijing. The duties will be college and GM would lose out on the appraisement front.
The Sail was developed by GM China and the Pan Asia Abstruse Automotive Center (PATAC) – a 50-50 collective adventure amid General Motors and its Chinese accomplice SAIC. It comes adapted with a 1.2-liter and 1.4-liter petrol agent that is akin to a 5-speed chiral transmission.
GM has said that it will accompany out electric cartage for India through its centralized affairs in the abutting few years. The barrage of the e-Sail can serve as a delving testing bounded amnion to added affordable electric cars from GM in the future.
