[dinodino]

Probably all sold to Federal agencies...

[Haiku Guy]

A lot of these cars were “sold” to the dealers, who claimed the $7,000 federal subsidy, and have yet to be sold to private buyers.

[Calvin Locke]

Selling 4500 a success? I'm pretty sure I read in Iacocca's first book
that the Mustang's first year sales were over 400,000. Probably a
bigger profit margin too, without the benefit of either Federal tax
incentives, or Federal agency fleet sales.

[jennings2004]

So cynical this early in the morning....surely you know this is the wave of the future..../s

[jdsteel]

SELLOUT....appropriate. It’s what GM did.

[bfree]

Wow, such impressive numbers. LOL.
Sad part is how much this lemon cost the taxpayers.

[dartuser]

While I expect lots of silliness ...

I only drive 5 miles to get to work.

Can anyone out there comment on how the reduction in gas cost compares to the increase in electric bill?

This would be the main point for me to buy this golf car just to get to work.

And how much is the car?

[Bean Counter]

State and Local agencies too. We just found out our local PUD is the proud owner of a new Volt, when it showed up to demonstrate how well the new charging station the State of Washington just built works (with Federal “stimulus” money, of course). It turns out to be the only Volt in the whole County, but at least they can keep it charged (also on the public dime).

Madness.

[bossmechanic]

Well-to-do car collectors account for at least one month’s worth of these 1st year sales. 2nd year will have no such buyers.

[RowdyFFC]

You just gotta laugh. They SOLD OUT! Yet they only produced 4,000 and then went on furlough. And GE is set to buy 25,000 electric cars through 2015? Supposedly they’ve already bought and leased out 12,000 Volts(in 2011) to electric company employees so they can gather ‘research’ through OnStar and their ‘customer service centers’ in Detroit and Eden Prairie, Minn. And GE also has the contract for the “Watt Stations”. Wonder how much all that cost us?

Only in Washington does liberal math make sense.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Almost all of them WERE sold to Federal agencies.
This article is Journalistic Malpractice of the highest order!

[wbill]

GM said the production run for 2011 was set at 4,488 for the hybrid Chevrolet Volt and they've all been sold.

Now THIS is funny.

About a year or so ago, I was talking to an engineer who worked for the company that produces the powerpacks for the Volt. FWIW - the powerpack is the most expensive part of the car.

He was worried about being laid off. GM had initially contracted for 50,000 (maybe 60? I don't remember) of the powerpacks BUT they had only ordered 10,000, with no more orders in the pipeline.

Now, this article says they sold a little over 4K, and "that was their planned production" so "this is great news!". That's a pretty bold lie.