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GM to pause production of Chevy Volt as sales slow (1874 Volts sold in the entire 1Q)
CBC.CA ^
Posted on 04/09/2015 4:19:03 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
General Motors will stop making the Chevrolet Volt for four weeks in June and July due to slow sales and to deal with the change to an all-new version of the gas-electric hybrid car.
The company says the Detroit-Hamtramck plant that makes the Volt and four other cars will probably stay open through the summer despite plans for the Volt. The factory also is undergoing construction so it can build a new full-size Cadillac CT6 and the 2016 Volt starting late in the summer.
Sales of electric and hybrid cars have slowed this year, largely due to low gasoline prices. The national average for a gallon of regular gas was about $2.40 US on Thursday, 35 per cent lower than last year's peak of $3.70.
The cheap gas has really hurt Volt sales and caused inventory to build on dealer lots. Through March, GM sold only 1,874 Volts, down 48 per cent from a year ago. The company now has enough Volts to supply dealers for 210 days, according to Ward's Automotive. A 60-day supply is optimal.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chevyvolt; governmentmotors; greenenergy; greenscam; obamanomics; porkulus; sparky
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1,874 Volts sole for the 1st 3 months! LOL!
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:19:33 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: GeronL
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:20:46 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: GeronL
All you really need is sole.
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:21:07 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Red in Blue PA
I'm a sole man!
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:21:10 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: fhayek
We are here to eat your sole!
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:22:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: Red in Blue PA
Lol.
But we keep getting told how popular it is.
The Edsal sold more.
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:22:34 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Darksheare
Anything obozo touches turns to utter crap.
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:24:00 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: GeronL
sales sole low they cannot make money!
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:24:09 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Cruznial is a mental disorder that effects the brain of liberals where they deny he is" electable.")
To: Red in Blue PA
A slow volt to China
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:25:38 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: Red in Blue PA
They’re what we gear heads refer to as “shitboxes.”
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:25:46 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:26:26 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: clintonh8r
If sales keep at this level for not too much longer, GM may have to close the line. They must be burning through a lot of case at that level.
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:28:48 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: Red in Blue PA
But, but, but, the Volt was the 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year.
Maybe the 2016 Volt will be the Motor Trend Car of the Century.
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:29:36 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: Red in Blue PA
It’s been kept opening for political reasons
Although a real advancement in battery technology could, someday, - I guess- make electric vehicles truly feasible.
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:30:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:30:29 PM PDT
by
__rvx86
(¡SI SE PUEDE! (Cruz 2016!))
To: GeronL
I love wood work like that in a boat, in somebody else’s boat.
To: jazusamo
I am convinced (but don’t ask me for the evidence), that the government was buying Volts and parking them on some remote piece of federal land in New Mexico or Utah. If so, we (the taxpayers) bailed out the company, subsidized the production of the car, and bought them at full sticker price - to go directly to the scrap yard. This is what happens when a government takes over a company, and want to show you that it knows what it is doing.
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:34:11 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: jazusamo
War is peace,
Freedom is slavery,
Ignorance is strength
The Chevy Volt is a Popular Car
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posted on
04/09/2015 4:34:52 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: Red in Blue PA
Guess people don’t like cars that burst into flame...
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