Heartache: GM Halts Production of Chevy Volt, Lays Off 1,300 Workers…

weasel zippers ^ | 3/2/12 | zip

[Nachum]

And in the same week Obama vows buy one, Christmas comes early this year.

(DFP) — General Motors has told 1,300 employees at its Detroit Hamtramck that they will be temporarily laid off for five weeks as the company halts production of the Chevrolet Volt and its European counterpart, the Opel Ampera.

[GeronL]

Volbama!!

[BilLies]

Has anyone ever seen a real live Chevy Volt...real live means you seen it some place besides a auto show, auto dealership, without a Government (Federal, State, Local) plate and/or not a company (GE) car....you know like it looks like someone, an individual bought and paid for it, (even though its net purchase price was less because of government subsidies).

I never have!

[bert]

Ohms

[GeronL]

You realize that to Obama this is evidence that gas prices are still too low.

[RinaseaofDs]

Guy next door owns a Toyota Prius, and you have to hand it to Toyota, they made that car work at a profit.

I’ve seen some Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) as well.

Never a Volt in person.

I’d pay money to see this add from a local Toyota dealer:

“Only a dolt would own a Volt, but if you need a Prius, then COME SEE US!”

[RJS1950]

What convenient timing! Der Fuehrer makes a blowhard speech about how he has single-handedly brought back the auto industry by way of the Volt (not mentioning he gave them our money) and now after the speech his toadies at GM hand out the solyndra-solution to GM Volt employees. Wonder how many of the soon to be “temporarily” laid off GM employees were at his speech heiling der Fuehrer.

[GonzoGOP]

OK, so who is going to make use of the unit of electrical resistance, the Ohm?

The new turbo diesel powered Ford Ohm

Join the Resistance!

[bassmaner]

That’s *real* renewable energy there, pardner ...

[Springman]

Just went to the automotive news web site. 6,300 Volts in inventory. Sales in Jan were 603.

GM mismanagement strikes again.

[GeronL]

lol.

They need to take a 10-month vacation... haha

[AlmaKing]

If a Volt crashed into an Amp you’d get Energy since the crash can only last for a finite time.

signed,
undercover EE

[outofsalt]

“If a Volt crashed into an Amp...Watt would be the result?”

Ohm..? Wait, don’t tell me... Ohm...

[IYAS9YAS]

So, the 20 commercials per hour for the Volt that are on every channel I tune to are going to stop, too? Wa hoo!

[MissMagnolia]

..... he (Obama) can always serve as a bed example.

I gues that's why he's been calling Sandra Fluke .....

[BilLies]

If its a money problem, I will chip in a little.

Besides, I don’t think Toyota lies about the m/p/m wind power benefits as does the Obama Toady Subsidiaries, General Motors and General Electric.

[a fool in paradise]

President Obama announced this week he plans to buy one in 2017. What a guy.

[Disambiguator]

“we are still seeking to align our production with demand.”

"It's not that their popularity is waning. Their appeal is becoming more selective."

/Spinal Tap (slight paraphrase)

[cameraeye]

“.....criminal puppeteers will buy it for him.”

Well instead of complaining about it, let’s cut the strings in November!

[jiggyboy]

You gotta add a requirement that you don’t have to do the monetary equivalent of the replacement of the engine and the transmission every ten years or so.

[Pollster1]

Any bad news for that corrupt company is worth celebrating.