[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JRP3', 'R')unning on electricity for 100,000 miles makes an EV or plug in hybrid less expensive over time than vehicles with around a $10,000 lower purchase cost. That's a reality which you cannot distort, no matter how much you try. The Volt makes more financial sense at it's price point than any ICE vehicle at or near the same price point. If you think the Volt is too expensive to succeed then so is any Lexus, Audi, Cadillac, and pretty much any vehicle that costs more than $15K.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JRP3', 'I')F and ONLY IF there aren't many maintenance issues, the Volt COULD make financial sense, if it holds up long enough AND the questionable battery life proves to be very good.

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[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', 'P')lus, I don't like lower middle class people helping pay the $7500 federal subsidy for some rich "look at me" type clown to own a Volt.

[JRP3]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', ' ')
YOU are blithely ignoring many serious unknowns, given GM's poor quality and customer service reputation, and the newness of the Volt's large battery and technology.

[JRP3]

Volt sales double in March:
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/04/03/chevy-volt-sales-double-in-march/

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he plug-in hybrid car had its best month ever in March with 2289 sold, more than double its February result of 1,023 and an increase of almost 50 percent over its previous best mark of 1,529 set in December 2011.

[Plantagenet]

GM extends duration of VOLT assembly line shut down

GM extends VOLT plant shut down for extra week

Sales are still so poor and the inventory of unsold VOLTs so large that GM is delaying re-opening the VOLT plant this summer.

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JRP3', 'V')olt sales double in March

[Tanada]

The funny thing is when the price of Gasoline starts bumping $4.00/gal in the USA every fuel efficient automobile suddenly gets a sales boost. The Chevy Cruze took an upswing as well as the Volt and the imports thought to be most fuel efficient by the average consumer.

[JRP3]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'G')M extends duration of VOLT assembly line shut down

GM extends VOLT plant shut down for extra week

Sales are still so poor and the inventory of unsold VOLTs so large that GM is delaying re-opening the VOLT plant this summer.

[Plantagenet]

Sorry, Jry. Once again you don't understand what you are reading and posting, even in your own links. Since your own link proved the point against you, you are officially hoisted on your own petard for not even understanding your own link.

As I noted above, GM is closing the VOLT plant for an extra week this summer because they still have too many VOLTS and too few buyers.

In addition to my link, this is confirmed in your own link: "LaForest noted that the Detroit Hamtramck plant would be shut down in the summer for two weeks for routine maintenance of equipment, plus one week to re-align Volt supply with demand. LaForest said the UAW was still hopeful GM could shave one week off that temporary shutdown as well."


Jry is once again hoisted on his own petard!

[JRP3]

OK, you got me on that one

[vtsnowedin]

Apparently others are beginning to do the math.
I doubt if it can be considered a serious number as the Volt won't last 27 years to break even point.
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/bl ... ybrid.html

[Plantagenet]

The VOLT is in a tricky spot right now. Because of the very poor sales of the VOLT in Jan and Feb, they've currently got two months supply of VOLTs already built....and some (most?) of these have the older battery design that repeatedly caught fire after NHTSA collision tests, now retrofitted to make them safer, even though NHTSA now says there isn't a fire hazard in spite of the fact that VOLT batteries repeatedly caught fire after their tests.

GM has a backlog of VOLTS equivalent to 61 days worth of production

On the other hand, GM sold over 2000 VOLTS in march so maybe the car is starting to get some traction with the current high gas prices. With the 4-week long shutdown of the assembly line in spring, and then another 3 weeks more shutdown planned in the summer, GM should be able to move the backlogged inventory. For the future GM will start building VOLTS with a new, more fire-resistant battery system, and they still have hopes of getting VOLT sales much higher---up around the 3000 per month level.

[Revi]

I think the Volt is a great car for a lot of people. The fact that you can plug it in anywhere is going to make it much more useful for a lot of people. The age of the car is ending soon anyway. These cars may be the bridge to another kind of transportation. Once people get used to plugging their car in we can get rid of the ICE motors, and switch to a smaller more efficient electric car instead of driving around in fossil fuel burners.

[JRP3]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')he VOLT is in a tricky spot right now. Because of the very poor sales of the VOLT in Jan and Feb, they've currently got two months supply of VOLTs already built....and some (most?) of these have the older battery design that repeatedly caught fire after NHTSA collision tests, now retrofitted to make them safer, even though NHTSA now says there isn't a fire hazard in spite of the fact that VOLT batteries repeatedly caught fire after their tests.

[Keith_McClary]

We don't seem to have a recent hybrid vehicle thread, so I'm posting this here, even though it doesn't mention the Volt:
Many hybrid-car owners buy once -- but not again, Polk study says$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hile the choice of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles for sale in the U.S. continues to grow, more buyers than not are deciding against the technology when they go to buy another car.

Only 35% of hybrid vehicle owners chose to purchase a hybrid again when they returned to the market in 2011, according to auto information company R.L. Polk & Co.

If you factor out the super-loyal Toyota Prius buyers, the repurchase rate drops to under 25%.
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Hybrid vehicles represent just 2.4% of the overall new vehicle market in the U.S., according to Polk, down from a high of 2.9% in 2008.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JRP3', 'f')ire nonsense...

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', 'W')e don't seem to have a recent hybrid vehicle thread, so I'm posting this here, even though it doesn't mention the Volt:
Many hybrid-car owners buy once -- but not again, Polk study says$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hile the choice of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles for sale in the U.S. continues to grow, more buyers than not are deciding against the technology when they go to buy another car.

Only 35% of hybrid vehicle owners chose to purchase a hybrid again when they returned to the market in 2011, according to auto information company R.L. Polk & Co.
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H/T Slashdot

[JRP3]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', ' ')
If it was nonsense, why did the VOLT issue a recall of every single VOLT on the road so they could fix the problem?

[Plantagenet]

So you believe there actually was no VOLT battery problem, Jrie?

The NHSTA engineers who tested the VOLT and the VOLT engineers who worked to come up with a fix, and GM's management recalling all the VOLTs to do the fix, and the dealers and mechanics actually installing the fix on every VOLT ever made ---- that was all a sham?

They were all just pretending to fix a problem that didn't exist?