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GM's Volt is a first-year sellout
UPI.com ^
| August 1, 2011
Posted on 08/02/2011 5:30:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
DETROIT -- For 2011, General Motors' return to electric-powered vehicles has been a sellout success, the U.S. automaker said Monday.
GM said the production run for 2011 was set at 4,488 for the hybrid Chevrolet Volt and they've all been sold.
Through June, GM had sold 3,071 Volts, while Nissan had sold 3,894 Leafs.
GM, meanwhile, has increased its production schedule to 16,000 for 2011 and plans to make 60,000 in 2012. Eventually, GM plans to make 100,000 Volts per year.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: failure; firepit; governmentmotors; volt
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Chevy Volt Marketing Team.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Probably all sold to Federal agencies...
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:32:03 AM PDT
by
dinodino
To: Oldeconomybuyer
On the bright side, chances are that these will be driven by some government subsidized future organ donor.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:33:12 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: dinodino
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.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:36:02 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be a slave)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
GM was a first year sellout as a gov’t owned company.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:38:45 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And how much per unit do they get from the government for pumping out these go-carts..? I’m sure the kick backs and incentives pay their costs even without selling them.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:40:37 AM PDT
by
Track9
(Make War!!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Volts for Dolts. (I wonder where the energy comes from to charge these things...)
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:43:37 AM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: dinodino
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.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
‘...and I would like to introduce the team responsible for convincing buyers of the value of the Volt. Immediately behind me is Larry, then from left to right his brother Darryl, his other brother Darryl, his other brother Darryl...’
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:47:17 AM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gee...how much profit did GM make from this “sellout”? I don’t expect to see any Volts on the road except as abandoned vehicles.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:49:07 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gee...how much profit did GM make from this “sellout”? I don’t expect to see any Volts on the road except as abandoned vehicles.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:49:15 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I have never seen a Volt. On the other hand, I have seen thousands of Camrys, Accords, Lexuses and BMWs just in the past few weeks. A rousing success
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:49:41 AM PDT
by
ilgipper
(political rhetoric is no substitute for competence (Thomas Sowell))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yes, as many have pointed out:
* 5000 cars is a joke
* many of these were purchased for federal fleeets per O’s mandate
* those that were purchaased by individuals were heavily subsidized
What a joke - that this can be trumpeted as a great success just shows how stupif they (0 / dems / GM / MSM ) think we are.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:50:18 AM PDT
by
jtal
(Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Stop the Volt tax loophole.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
How many did GE buy for their “fleet” ...
To: dinodino
So cynical this early in the morning....surely you know this is the wave of the future..../s
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:52:34 AM PDT
by
jennings2004
(Sarah Palin: "The bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel!")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I’ve got a customer who drives one. I guess he likes it. I haven’t asked about it. He’s an airline pilot.
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:57:51 AM PDT
by
Huck
To: ThePatriotsFlag
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posted on
08/02/2011 5:58:50 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Obama: "Let them eat peas!")
To: dinodino
SELLOUT....appropriate. It’s what GM did.
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posted on
08/02/2011 6:00:15 AM PDT
by
jdsteel
(I like the way the words "Palin for President" make progressives apoplectic.)
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