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Chevy Volt a lemon for GM. Current administration makes sour lemonade.
- Thread starter wilburbear
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Who says so? Take a step back and think about this one. The Volt can go 30-40 miles on electric battery and then runs on gas after that. It doesn't matter what the typical commute is. It fullfills the purpose of being electric while eliminating the range anxiety the prevents electric vehicles from being practical. I have gone over a month without using gas, yet at this time, I would never buy an electric vehicle without extended range capabilities.Quote from bwolinsky:
The point of any electric car is to <b>never use gas.</b> It wouldn't go very far on the typical commute before it started to use some.
Where do you get these stats? They sold 7600 Volts in 2011. Unless Fox News is doing the math, that's more than 200 per month.Quote from bwolinsky:
I think I remember GM only sold less than 200 cars per month since they started the volt, so there's basically no chance that there's even a wait, and they just stopped making them as of yesterday, it sounds like.
Please point out my propaganda. No seriously, please do. There was a waiting list for over a year. Now there isn't. Supply has caught up to the current demand.Quote from atticus:
No, we object to your propaganda that there was a waiting list and other bullshit. They shut down the line. Good story bro.
You certainly have a valid point. In fact, I agree with you. Generally the government shouldn't be subsidizing the private sectors inability to bring costs down to an economically viable level. But that doesn't make the Volt a bad car.Quote from clacy:
We have $15 TRILLION in debt, I don't think we need to be bankrolling crappy cars that can't stand in the market place on their own.
When it becomes economically viable and desirable, the private sector will figure out electric cars, but the US government cannot afford to subsidize GM until that point is reached.
It's funny because most of the other sales people I work with would be saying the exact same things that are being said here. Most of them are your typical Fox News watching, Obama is a socialist, Republicans. But yet they don't critisize the Volt. Probably because they're selling it but I think more because they know it's that good of a car/concept.
Ha ha, you're so funny. I would actually advocate for a reduction in the DOE.Quote from clacy:
So I guess sandybestdog is Secretary Chu
Quote from Sandybestdog:
Please point out my propaganda. No seriously, please do. There was a waiting list for over a year. Now there isn't. Supply has caught up to the current demand.
8 months ago you stated it was an 8 month waiting list... still want to stick to that line of BS? Last to know? Hey Sherlock, they're piling up in the lot, even with the 8k hit to the sticker price. They can give them away on the $0-down lease marked to $33k.
There was a several month waiting list 8 months ago. Yes, I'll stick to that. Still want to stick with your line of BS?Quote from atticus:
8 months ago you stated it was an 8 month waiting list... still want to stick to that line of BS? Last to know? Hey Sherlock, they're piling up in the lot, even with the 8k hit to the sticker price. They can give them away on the $0-down lease marked to $33k.
Quote from Sandybestdog:
If the Volt runs on all electric, it costs 4.3 cents per mile to drive ($1.50 a charge/35 miles). A car that gets an average of 28 MPG would cost 12.5 cents per mile ($3.50 a gallon/28 miles). After 100,000 miles, that's a savings of $8200.
$8200 makes good ad copy
Sheesh, don't sell me the saving based on mpg.In short order we'll have a "tax per mile driven".
My husband leased a Volt yesterday. He is not allowed to take delivery until the dealer can get a replacement vehicle in the showroom (three weeks at least). Demand outstrips supply here in Canada, he had to watch deliveries on the internet and show up on the dealer's doorstep with chequebook in hand to get it. I've heard elsewhere that the US still has an SUV mentality, and that will change as higher gas prices are sustained. Maybe. Or maybe Canada was just under allocated.
Quote from Candace:
My husband leased a Volt yesterday. He is not allowed to take delivery until the dealer can get a replacement vehicle in the showroom (three weeks at least). Demand outstrips supply here in Canada, he had to watch deliveries on the internet and show up on the dealer's doorstep with chequebook in hand to get it. I've heard elsewhere that the US still has an SUV mentality, and that will change as higher gas prices are sustained. Maybe. Or maybe Canada was just under allocated.
It's entirely possible to have supply issues, while still having low demand. When demand is so low, and production costs are extremely high, often manufacturers and dealers alike will try to cut their inventory to the bone (just in time) so that they can manage the margins better. Also, many times people with something to sell, will make it APPEAR like there is a low inventory due to high demand so that people perceive that EVERYONE must be buying this thing.